Mestex Data Center Research Published

One of the initiatives within Mestex is our collaboration with the University of Texas at Arlington ("UTA") and the National Science Foundation ("NSF") Industry University Cooperative Research Centers ("I/UCRC").  Our area of particular interest and research support is related to reducing the energy consumption of data centers via the use of outside air and evaporative (adiabatic) cooling solutions.  Most of this research stays hidden behind closed doors but when the research results in findings that can significantly aid the mission critical industry those results are published.

Over the last several years, Mestex has hosted a small data pod at our facility in Dallas, Texas.  That data pod has been cooled by an "off the shelf" Mestex product with the only variations from the standard catalog item being the ability to add special filters (one of the research areas regarding particulates) and the control software designed by Mestex specifically for data centers.  We recently received the following email from Dr. Dereje Agonafer, Presidential Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.


Congratulations Dr. Shah and Dr. Awe and the Mestex team on getting this paper published in a journal.



We continue to be proud of our working relationship with Mestex – resulted in significant research implemented in product applications as well as archival publications. In 2016, our joint work was featured in: “Breakthroughs from NSF I/UCRCs appeared on the 6th edition of the Compendium, published in a printed book and online, and is intended for Congressional and White House staffers and visitors to the NSF, and for members of the general public to help them realize the impacts of research taking place within I/UCRCs. Our joint work with Mestex was featured in the book – reference below:



2016 Compendium, Successful Industry-Nominated Technological Breakthroughs for NSF I/UCRCs in “More Efficient Data Centers: Maximizing Airside Cooling,” p. 111-112, http://faculty.washington.edu/scottcs/NSF/2016/NSF-book-2016-Final.pdf

The research documented in this paper helps to show data center industry designers and operators the benefits of Airside Cooling for their centers.  Further research findings were just published in the ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging.  That research, a collaboration between Mestex, UTA, and IBM focused on the reliability of cooling data center electronic equipment with outside air in a somewhat dirty environment.  On going research between Mestex and UTA is now focusing on filter performance.