Whether it’s already operational, undergoing expansion, or still in the design phase, we have a deep understanding of the thermal systems data centers rely on.
As global leaders in energy management and your thermal partner, Armstrong International will show you how to maximize the efficiency, performance and uptime of a data center’s systems while protecting its critical assets.
Stainless Steel Float-Style Air Vents
Essential protection for liquid-cooled IT infrastructure to keep data center pumps, coils, meters and cooling units operating smoothly and efficiently.
Proper air venting is critical for data centers. Even a small amount of trapped air can disrupt flow, which can significantly impair heat transfer and cooling efficiency, and cause pump cavitation and corrosion.
Unlike manual air vents, Armstrong’s automatic float-style air vents work continuously to remove entrained and accumulated air from liquid cooling system—improving data center commissioning, efficiency, and long-term system performance. Armstrong air vents offer all-stainless-steel construction, with internal components available in 316 stainless steel, a material increasingly specified to eliminate the possibility of corrosion in glycol-based systems.
Advantages of our float-style air vents include:
- Maximum heat transfer
- Minimal maintenance
- Accurate metering
- Balanced flow
- Decreased corrosion
- Reduced energy use
Cooling and Humidification
EvaPack® Evaporative Cooling and Humidification
Free cooling for direct or indirect evaporative humidification of data center IT spaces, and precooling for dry coolers and cooling towers.
Achieve a lower Power Usage Effectiveness ratio (PUE) and prevent IT equipment failure in data centers by maintaining servers in an environment of precision-controlled temperature and humidity. EvaPack® uses the natural process of evaporation to deliver reliable, trouble-free humidity control and cooling while reducing energy use and running costs, resulting in substantial cost savings.
- Minimum pressure drop and largest contact surface on the market
- Less expensive to implement
- Compact design allows quick, easy installation
- Adaptable for hot climates and future needs
- No glue is used in construction, allowing compatibiity with RO/DI grade water
The adiabatic process is safe, hygienic, uses less water and no electricity.
EvaPack® uses no glue, adhesives or hazardous substances and the evaporative media fibers incorporate silver zeolite for antimicrobial protection. The vertical media sections can be partially wetted, or loaded, with the specific amount of water necessary for cooling—with no wastewater.
HumidiPack® Steam Dispersion Panel
Armstrong HumidiPack® is a prefabricated steam humidifier system that comes ready-to-insert in the duct. Using a multiple-tube dispersion assembly, HumidiPack® spreads steam over the entire cross-section of the duct, mixing steam with air more quickly and substantially shortening the non-wetting distance.
HumidiPack® CF consistently delivers high-quality dry steam using a vertical header configuration that separates condensate internally. Tubes stay cold when not in use, so no heat is added to the air stream when there’s no demand. This is critical for data centers struggling with heat management.
HumidiPackPlus® adds steam-jacketed active tubes filled with high-pressure steam. These serve as heat blankets, so even very long tubes in very cold air remain hot enough to prevent internal condensation—ensuring a uniform discharge of dry steam.
HumidiClean™ HC-6000 Ionic Bed Electric Steam Humidifier
Armstrong’s revolutionary ionic bed technology offers less scale, higher efficiency, increased energy savings, and reduced maintenance on internal parts. The ionic beds are made of a fibrous medium that pulls solids from water as water temperature rises, minimizing buildup on heating elements and inner tank walls. When absorbed solids reach maximum capacity, you’ll be alerted that the ionic beds need to be changed—a hassle-free process that takes about 15 minutes.
ERS-LC Electric Steam Humidifier
Armstrong’s ERS-LC is a heater-type steam humidifier that’s ideal for providing humidification for smaller applications, where a steam line is too far away, or where no steam is available. Designed for sterile steam applications that require precise, sanitary humidification, the ERS-LC operates on potable tap water. The ERS-LCA is the only humidifier with a tilting tank that allows quick, easy maintenance.
Data Center Chiller and System Load Testing
Pre-commission data center chillers and system performance under the stress of intense heat loads and real-life operating conditions with mobile rental boilers.
Armstrong International’s partner, WARE, provides large-scale data center chiller testing using mobile hot water rental boilers or mobile steam rental boilers with heat exchangers. WARE operates one of the industry’s largest, most capable fleets of rental boiler equipment for heat load simulation and chiller testing, with testing scenarios ranging from individual chillers to full-system load simulations.
Rigorous testing of data center cooling systems before going live is crucial to ensure operational reliability and prevent costly downtime and devastating IT equipment damage.
WARE performs chiller pre-commissioning before IT assets are connected. Once the chiller system has been tested and proven, IT assets are connected and commissioning can proceed smoothly, with fewer issues or delays.
Chiller testing with WARE’s fleet of mobile rental boilers allows you to:
- Confirm system design and sizing
- Validate installation and piping configuration
- Identify and address performance issues before equipment goes live
- Protect critical assets from avoidable failures
- Keep your project on schedule
Accurate, Stable Flow Metering for Data Centers
VERIS Accelabar®
Monitor flow performance accurately within a data center’s glycol/water cooling loop.
Armstrong’s VERIS Accelabar® is designed to perform reliably in glycol and debris-prone environments, making it essential for data center liquid-cooling loops, especially those using glycol/water mixtures. As glycol ages, it degrades, leaving residue and sludge deposits that circulate throughout the system. Over time, these deposits can compromise valves, strainers, heat exchangers, instrumentation, and overall system performance, increasing downtime and maintenance costs. Armstrong’s VERIS Accelabar® plays a critical role by validating heat-removal capacity, promptly identifying abnormal conditions, and maintaining consistent cooling in the continuously operating, high-density environment of a data center.
Accelabar® needs no straight run of pipe, so it’s simpler and easier to install.
With zero straight-run-of-pipe requirements, VERIS Accelabar® can be installed in places other meters can’t without sacrificing performance—even in cramped spaces like data center mechanical rooms and distribution areas.
Consistent, reliable performance for Data Centers.
Where other flow meters struggle to perform, Armstrong’s proven technology consistently delivers accurate flow data, supporting continuous operation, lifecycle reliability, and greater operational confidence for data centers. Accelabar® requires no calibration and offers exceptional versatility, with turndown capabilities over a large range of flow rates.
Armstrong Heat Pump Solutions and Circular Thermal®
Improve data center efficiency, reduce operating costs, and support district heating or building heat by recovering waste heat for reuse.
A data center’s servers generate a huge amount of low-temperature heat that is too cool for use in industrial processes. Typically, that waste heat is released into the environment—but Armstrong has a better solution. Using Armstrong’s custom-engineered heat pump solutions and our Circular Thermal® methodology, we can help recapture a data center’s waste heat and raise the temperature, so it can be reused where it’s needed, significantly improving the thermal efficiency and reducing operating costs. Armstrong’s thermal utility engineers will work with you to ensure a turnkey experience.