Particulate Contamination; Limits For Particulates And Gases - IBM System Storage DCS3700 Installation, User's, And Maintenance Manual

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Particulate contamination

Attention: Airborne particulates (including metal flakes or particles) and reactive gases acting alone or
in combination with other environmental factors such as humidity or temperature might pose a risk to
the storage expansion enclosure that is described in this document. Risks that are posed by the presence
of excessive particulate levels or concentrations of harmful gases include damage that might cause the
storage expansion enclosure to malfunction or cease functioning altogether. This specification sets forth
limits for particulates and gases that are intended to avoid such damage. The limits must not be viewed
or used as definitive limits, because numerous other factors, such as temperature or moisture content of
the air, can influence the impact of particulates or environmental corrosives and gaseous contaminant
transfer. In the absence of specific limits that are set forth in this document, you must implement
practices that maintain particulate and gas levels that are consistent with the protection of human health
and safety. If IBM determines that the levels of particulates or gases in your environment have caused
damage to the storage expansion enclosure, IBM may condition provision of repair or replacement of
storage expansion enclosure or parts on implementation of appropriate remedial measures to mitigate
such environmental contamination. Implementation of such remedial measures is a customer
responsibility.
Table 28. Limits for particulates and gases
Contaminant Limits
Particulate v The room air must be continuously filtered with 40% atmospheric dust spot efficiency
v Air that enters a data center must be filtered to 99.97% efficiency or greater, using
v The deliquescent relative humidity of the particulate contamination must be more than
v The room must be free of conductive contamination such as zinc whiskers.
Gaseous v Copper: Class G1 as per ANSI/ISA 71.04-1985
v Silver: Corrosion rate of less than 300 Å in 30 days
1
ASHRAE 52.2-2008 - Method of Testing General Ventilation Air-Cleaning Devices for Removal Efficiency by Particle Size.
Atlanta: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
2
The deliquescent relative humidity of particulate contamination is the relative humidity at which the dust absorbs
enough water to become wet and promote ionic conduction.
3
ANSI/ISA-71.04-1985. Environmental conditions for process measurement and control systems: Airborne contaminants.
Instrument Society of America, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A.
(MERV 9) according to ASHRAE Standard 52.2
high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters that meet MIL-STD-282.
2
60% .
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