Water Wizard: Munters MediaThis is Munters media, an absorbent
cellulous material that's used to cool and humidify warm desert
air brought into the chamber through vanes and filters. Air
passes through the material and is cooled by a small amount of
water. The air cools by 10 to 12 degrees as it uses energy to
absorb water vapor. Water is collected and sent to an
ultraviolet exposure chamber to kill bacteria and other living
organisms, then recirculated through the Munters Media.
Humidification is necessary in the data center because the dry
desert air, particularly during winter, encourages static
electrical discharges that can be harmful to data center
equipment. Facebook's Prineville facility won the Engineering
News-Record's award for best green building in 2011, due in no
small part to its energy and water-conserving features in a
region where energy is plentiful but water is scarce. - Learn
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