09 September 2019

Designed for data centres, Airewall is a fan wall product for low energy high density applications.

Airedale International Air Conditioning says it removes the need for pressurised raised floors or overhead cooling and, with options of 170-400kW cooling power, offers flexibility and scalability. 

It comprises a filter and fan bank, a damper section and a chilled water heat exchanger. 

The damper section can be installed separately to maintain a clean data hall and individual sections can be removed for maintenance.

Airedale says modular construction allows for narrower corridors.

Airewall, it says, has intelligent controls which means it is self-regulating and adapts to changing loads and that maintenance costs are typically lower due to easy, direct access via the plant room.

The absence of computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units also frees space.

Airedale says it has developed Airewall to use new corrugated Bluefin fans from Ziehl-Abegg.

Inspired by the fins of humpback whales, they are said to increase efficiency by up to 15%.

Said to be quieter than other methods, Airewall is available as four-. six- and eight-fan models with coils up to 10 rows deep.