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Cooling Source
A cooling source represents a facility-level source of cooling, such as a chiller, cooling tower, or dry cooler. It is the cooling equivalent of a power panel: it serves as the upstream origin for one or more cooling feeds which distribute coolant to racks and devices. A cooling source is not modeled as a device; it represents external facility plant.
Fields
Site
The site at which the cooling source is located.
Location
The location within the site where the cooling source resides (optional).
Name
The cooling source's name or identifier. Must be unique to the assigned site.
Type
The type of cooling plant (e.g. chiller, cooling tower, dry cooler, CRAC, or CRAH).
Status
The operational status of the cooling source.
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Additional statuses may be defined by setting `CoolingSource.status` under the [`FIELD_CHOICES`](../../configuration/data-validation.md#field_choices) configuration parameter.
Cooling Capacity
The total heat-removal capacity of the source, expressed in kilowatts (kW).
Supply Temperature
The design supply (cold) coolant temperature, expressed in the selected temperature unit.
Return Temperature
The design return (warm) coolant temperature, expressed in the selected temperature unit.
Temperature Unit
The unit (Celsius or Fahrenheit) in which the supply and return temperatures are expressed.