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Rear Door Heat Exchange

KX-RDHx A90

Active Rear Door Heat Exchanger

Fan-assisted door cooling to 90 kW per rack, with EC fans that modulate on cabinet exhaust temperature.

Rated capacity
90 kW
Per rack
90 kW
Nominal Delta-T
10 K
Nominal flow
129 L/min
Supply water
W15 – W30 (15 – 30 °C)
Max pressure
6.0 bar
Partial PUE
1.12
Working fluid
Treated water
Full specifications
Active fan-assisted rear door heat exchanger with a vertical row of EC fans and a copper fin coil, shown open at an angle

The A90 is what you fit when the racks have outgrown a passive door but the servers are not ready for cold plates — which describes a great many real deployments sitting between 45 and 90 kW.

Fans that respond to the load

Eight EC fans modulate continuously on measured cabinet exhaust temperature rather than following a fixed speed curve. At part load the door is nearly silent and draws almost nothing; at full load it delivers the airflow the passive coil could not.

Failing in the right direction

Loss of the control signal drives the fans to full speed. Loss of power leaves you with a passive rear door — degraded, but still removing heat from a coil fed by water. There is no failure mode in which the door becomes an obstruction.

Warmer water

Because the fans supply the airflow, the A90 tolerates supply water up to 30 °C where the passive coil wants 25 °C or below. That five kelvin is often exactly what lets a site stay on free cooling through the summer.

Technical data

Full specification

Values are at nominal duty. Ask us for the full performance map if you are working outside these conditions.

Technical specifications
Rated capacity 90 kW
Configuration Active, EC fan assisted
Supply water temperature 15 – 30 °C
Nominal Delta-T 10 K
Nominal flow rate 129 L/min
Fans 8 × EC, N+1, 0 – 100 % modulation
Fan power at duty 340 W
Acoustic level at 1 m 62 dB(A)
Maximum working pressure 6 bar
Electrical supply 230 V single phase, dual feed
Communications Modbus TCP, SNMP v3
Dimensions (W × H × D) 600 × 1,995 × 230 mm
Mass (dry) 112 kg
Partial PUE contribution 1.12

Module 05 — Flow envelope

Delta-T against required flow

This unit rejects 90 kW. Widening the temperature difference across the loop cuts the volume of water you have to move — and pump power falls with roughly the cube of flow.

0 88 175 263 350 4 K 8 K 12 K 16 K 20 K Flow — L/min Loop Delta-T
Required flow
129 L/min
Return temperature
40.0 °C at W30 supply
Relative pump power
100 % of nominal

Water at 4.18 kJ/kg·K, density taken as 1 kg/L. Pump power index scales with the cube of the flow ratio against this unit’s nominal 10.0 K design point.

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