Monitor Air Quality - Protect your operational environment.
Comprehensive monitoring for particle mass concentration, VOC index, and NOx to safeguard your critical facilities.
In data centers, air quality is a frequently overlooked factor in operational efficiency and uptime. When dust particles accumulate on equipment and internal heatsinks, they act as an insulator. This impedes thermal transfer, drives up cooling costs, and significantly increases the risk of server overheating.
The Hidden Cause of Inefficient Cooling Consider a scenario where your cooling system is running perfectly and an AKCP Cabinet Thermal Map shows optimal cold air entering your rack—yet a server still overheats. This often presents as an unusually high ∆T (Delta T): cold air is entering, but it is failing to extract heat efficiently.
When temperature sensors alone can’t explain the failure, an air quality sensor provides the missing variable. A high particulate count indicates that dust is coating your heat-generating components, actively neutralizing the effects of your air supply.
Chemical & Corrosion Risks Particulates are not the only threat to your IT infrastructure. A buildup of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) or Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) in your environment, particularly when combined with incorrect humidity levels, creates the perfect conditions for the rapid corrosion of sensitive metal components.
Protect your infrastructure, prevent silent hardware degradation, and maximize your cooling efficiency with real-time air quality monitoring from AKCP.
| Feature | Specification |
| Particulate Matter (PM) | |
| Measurement Parameters | PM1.0, PM2.5, PM4.0, PM10 |
| Mass Concentration Range | 0 to 1,000 µg/m³ |
| Mass Concentration Precision | ±10% or ±10 µg/m³ (whichever is larger) |
| Particle Size Range | 0.3 µm to 10 µm |
| Lifetime | > 10 years (dust resistant w/ Sheath Flow technology) |
| CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) | |
| Measurement Range | 0 to 40,000 ppm |
| Accuracy | ±(50 ppm + 2.5% of reading) |
| VOC & NOx | |
| VOC Index Range | 1 to 500 Index points (Relative) |
| NOx Index Range | 1 to 500 Index points (Relative) |
| Temperature | |
| Measurement Range | -10°C to +50°C (+14°F to +122°F) |
| Accuracy | ±0.45°C (typical) |
| Measurement Resolution | 0.1°C increments (0.2°F increments) |
| Humidity | |
| Measurement Range | 0% to 90% RH (non-condensing) |
| Accuracy | ±4.5% RH (typical) |
| Measurement Resolution | 1% RH increments |
| Hardware Specifications | |
| Max cable length | 10m (33ft) |
| Sensor count | 9 |
