IDP leads the DYMAN innovation project for the design of adsorption chillers for Data Centers
The IDP Group leads the DYMAN (DYnamically MANaged self-cooling HPC Data Centers) project, funded by the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), framed in the call: HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01.
DYMAN aims at the development of an innovative design of adsorption coolers based on new low-temperature adsorbents that reach high capacities at very low conduction temperatures, below 50°C, and a new type of adsorption heat exchangers made of 3D printed structures, which reduce internal thermal resistances and improve heat transfer by two-phase flow, improving the heat transfer rate and reducing the unit’s internal electrical consumption.
In addition, the project aims to further develop an existing two-phase cooling system for high-performance computing servers to handle the thermal loads more efficiently of next-generation processors. It also aims to recover 50% of the waste heat from the processors to generate additional cooling power through a sorption heat pump.
IDP coordinates the project and leads three work packages with the main objectives of testing the hardware developed within the test labs, facilitating the effective realization of DYMAN’s objectives within the established deadlines, budget limits and quality standards, and exploring synergies and collaborations between the projects in the portfolio to maximize the achievement of scientific results.
The project will be implemented over a period of 36 months and is made up of a consortium of 10 high-level companies and institutions from Spain, Germany, Italy and Belgium.
