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March 25, 2016 by Jason Roth Dust Explosion Fundamentals: Ignition Criteria and Pressure Development
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has had several definitions of combustible dusts over the years. The current definition in NFPA 654 is “a combustible particulate solid that presents a…
March 25, 2016 by Christopher Muller Changes Required for Protection of Today’s Process Control Equipment
Corrosion-induced failures remain frequent in electronics products used in industrial environments. The International Society for Automation (ISA) Standard 71.04-1985 provides a classification system using corrosion (or reactivity) monitoring to determine…
March 25, 2016 by Jason Roth Contamination Control in Data Centers Gas Phase Filtration Case Studies
The paper will provide an overview of operational challenges faced by data centers and effective solutions by using latest Honeycomb and Gas Phase Filtration technology. It will also cover the…
April 15, 2013 by Jason Roth Reducing Room-Level Bypass Airflow Creates Opportunities to Improve Cooling Capacity and Operating Costs
Reducing Room-Level Bypass Airflow Creates Opportunities to Improve Cooling Capacity and Operating Costs Based on field data on the amount of excess cooling capacity running in data centers, there is…
March 12, 2013 by Jason Roth Cooling Capacity Factor (CCF) Reveals Stranded Capacity and Data Center Cost Savings
Cooling Capacity Factor (CCF) Reveals Stranded Capacity and Data Center Cost Savings Computer rooms today, on average, have cooling capacity that is nearly four times the IT load. With data…
February 5, 2012 by Jason Roth Data Center Cleaning Best Practices
Data Center Cleaning Best Practices from Sun Microsystems Even a perfectly designed data center will require continued maintenance. An effective cleaning schedule must consist of specially designed short−term and long−term…
February 5, 2012 by Jason Roth Belt Debris Threats and Best Practices
Contamination Issues from Belts in Air Handlers Dedicated air units are supposed to be feeding clean “filtered” air into data centers, computer rooms, network rooms and other raised floor centers.…
February 4, 2012 by Jason Roth Zinc Needle Remediation Best Practices
Zinc Needle Remediation Best Practices The issue of Zinc Needles (or Zinc Whiskers) has been plaguing data centers worldwide for decades, causing catastrophic downtime in high-tech environments. For the past…
January 23, 2012 by Jason Roth Access Floor Cleaning Best Practices
Data Center Access Floor Cleaning: Best Practices Data Center Facility Managers all over the world are unknowingly causing downtime or dramatically increasing risk to sensitive equipment in data centers every…