CN113038805A - Liquid-cooling cabinet, server cooling system and data center - Google Patents
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a liquid cooler, a server cooling system, and a data center. One embodiment of this liquid cooling cabinet includes: the cooling system comprises a cabinet body and a cooling liquid circulating assembly, wherein an accommodating cavity is formed in the cabinet body, and a mounting plate is arranged on the bottom surface of the accommodating cavity and used for fixing a cold plate type liquid cooling server; the cooling liquid circulation assembly comprises a flow channel interface and a flow channel formed inside the side wall of the cabinet body, the flow channel interface comprises a liquid supply interface, a liquid return interface, a branch liquid supply interface and a branch liquid return interface, and the flow channel comprises a liquid supply flow channel, a liquid return flow channel, a liquid supply branch and a liquid return branch; the liquid supply interface is used for being connected with a water outlet end of the cooling liquid supply device, the liquid return interface is used for being connected with a water inlet end of the cooling liquid supply device, the liquid supply branch is communicated with the liquid supply flow channel and the branch liquid supply interface, the liquid return branch is communicated with the liquid return flow channel and the branch liquid return interface, the branch liquid supply interface is used for being connected with a water inlet pipe of a liquid cooling plate of the cold plate type liquid cooling server, and the branch liquid return interface is used for being connected with a water outlet pipe of the liquid cooling.
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Technical Field
The embodiment of the disclosure relates to the field of machinery, in particular to the field of cooling of electronic equipment, and particularly relates to a liquid cooling cabinet, a server cooling system and a data center.
Background
With the increasing power density of servers and the increasingly strict energy efficiency and carbon emission requirements of data centers, the demand of the data centers on liquid cooling server systems with higher application energy efficiency levels is more urgent. Existing server cooling systems include chip-scale cold plate liquid cooling systems and immersion liquid cooling systems. The cold plate type liquid cooling system is directly provided with a metal cavity on the server chip, and the direct cooling of the chip is realized through the circulating flow of cooling liquid.
In the related art, a plurality of Cold plate type liquid cooling servers are vertically installed on a cooling rack, a main pipeline for centralized liquid supply and return is arranged on the cooling rack, and the main pipeline is connected with a liquid cooling secondary side main pipeline of a Cold liquid distribution device (CDU) below or above the cooling rack to form a cooling loop. The liquid cooling plates of the plurality of liquid cooling plate servers are simultaneously connected with the main pipeline of the cooling rack so as to be connected with cooling liquid.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a liquid cooling cabinet.
In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid cooling cabinet, including: a liquid refrigerator is used for a cold plate type liquid cooling server and comprises a cabinet body and a cooling liquid circulating assembly, wherein an accommodating cavity is formed in the cabinet body, and a mounting plate is arranged on the bottom surface of the accommodating cavity and used for fixing the cold plate type liquid cooling server; the cooling liquid circulation assembly comprises a flow channel interface and a flow channel formed inside the side wall of the cabinet body, the flow channel interface comprises a liquid supply interface, a liquid return interface, a branch liquid supply interface and a branch liquid return interface, and the flow channel comprises a liquid supply flow channel, a liquid return flow channel, a liquid supply branch and a liquid return branch; the liquid supply interface is used for being connected with a water outlet end of the cooling liquid supply device, the liquid return interface is used for being connected with a water inlet end of the cooling liquid supply device, the liquid supply branch is communicated with the liquid supply flow channel and the branch liquid supply interface, the liquid return branch is communicated with the liquid return flow channel and the branch liquid return interface, the branch liquid supply interface is used for being connected with a water inlet pipe of a liquid cooling plate of the cold plate type liquid cooling server, and the branch liquid return interface is used for being connected with a water outlet pipe of the liquid cooling.
In some embodiments, this liquid cooling cabinet still includes the switch forced air cooling subassembly that is located holding chamber tip, and the switch forced air cooling subassembly includes the frame and is fixed in the air cooling plant in the frame, and the inner wall fixed connection of frame and the cabinet body, frame include switch mounting structure, switch mounting structure be used for with the mounting structure on the shell of switch be connected.
In some embodiments, the liquid supply channel and the liquid supply branch are arranged inside the first side wall of the cabinet body, and the branch liquid supply ports are arranged on the upper surface of the first side wall in a straight line along the length extension direction of the cabinet body; the liquid return flow channel and the liquid return branch are arranged inside the second side wall of the cabinet body, and branch liquid return interfaces are linearly arranged on the upper surface of the second side wall along the length extension direction of the cabinet body; wherein, the first side wall and the second side wall are two opposite side walls.
In some embodiments, the mounting plate includes a plurality of connection assemblies aligned along a length of the cabinet, each connection assembly for connecting to one of the cold plate liquid cooling servers.
In some embodiments, the mounting plate includes a plurality of rows of connecting assemblies distributed in parallel.
In some embodiments, the connection assembly is a slot, and a length direction of the slot is perpendicular to a length direction of the cabinet, so that the base of the cold plate liquid cooling server is vertically inserted into the slot.
In some embodiments, a power interface is further disposed on the side wall of the cabinet body, and the power interface is communicated with an external power source and configured to supply power to the equipment in the accommodating cavity.
In some embodiments, the liquid-cooled cabinet includes two cooling-liquid circulation assemblies, each cooling-liquid circulation assembly being connected to a respective cooling-liquid supply.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a server cooling system, including a cooling water tower, a cold liquid distribution device, a liquid cooling primary side circulating pump, and the liquid cooler in any of the above embodiments, wherein the liquid cooler is used for accommodating a cold plate type liquid cooling server, a branch liquid supply interface of the liquid cooler is used for connecting a water inlet pipe of the cold plate type liquid cooling server, and a branch liquid return interface of the liquid cooler is used for a water outlet pipe of the cold plate type server; the cooling water tower is used for containing cooling liquid, the water outlet end of the cooling water tower is connected with the liquid cooling primary side liquid supply pipe of the liquid cooling distribution device, the water inlet end of the cooling water tower is connected with the water outlet end of the liquid cooling primary side circulating pump, the water inlet end of the liquid cooling primary side circulating pump is connected with the liquid cooling primary side liquid return pipe of the liquid cooling distribution device, and the cooling water tower is configured to drive the cooling liquid to flow between the cooling water tower and the liquid cooling distribution device; the liquid cooling secondary side liquid supply pipe of the cold liquid distribution device is connected with the liquid supply interface of the liquid cooling cabinet, and the liquid cooling secondary side liquid return pipe of the cold liquid distribution device is connected with the liquid return interface of the liquid cooling cabinet and is configured to drive the cooling liquid to flow between the cold liquid distribution device and the liquid cooling cabinet.
In some embodiments, the server cooling system includes two cooling towers and at least one liquid-cooled distribution device, and the liquid-cooled cabinet includes two cooling liquid circulation assemblies, wherein each cooling liquid circulation assembly is connected to one liquid-cooled distribution device, and each liquid-cooled distribution device is connected to one cooling tower.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a data center, including a machine room, a cold-plate liquid-cooled server, and the server cooling system in any of the above embodiments, wherein a cooling tower of the server cooling system is disposed outside the machine room, and a liquid cooler and a cold liquid distribution device of the server cooling system are disposed inside the machine room; the cold plate type liquid cooling server is fixed in the accommodating cavity of the liquid refrigerator.
In some embodiments, the data center further comprises a switch, and the liquid cooling cabinet further comprises a switch air cooling assembly, wherein the switch is connected with the frame of the switch air cooling assembly.
In some embodiments, the machine room is a multi-layer structure, each layer being provided with one liquid cooling cabinet and at least one cold liquid dispensing device.
The liquid freezer that this disclosed embodiment provided through coolant liquid circulation subassembly, can realize the flow of coolant liquid in the liquid cooling board of cold plate formula liquid cooling server. When a single cold plate type liquid cooling server breaks down, the cold plate type liquid cooling server can be maintained only by disconnecting the cold plate type liquid cooling server from the liquid supply branch and the liquid return branch, normal operation of other cold plate type liquid cooling servers cannot be influenced, operation is simplified, and uninterrupted cooling of the cold plate type liquid cooling server is realized.
The server cooling system provided by the disclosed embodiment places the cold plate type liquid cooling server in the liquid cooling cabinet for cooling, can realize the uninterrupted cooling of the cold plate type liquid cooling server, and reduces the space occupied by the server cooling system.
The data center that this disclosed embodiment provided cools off cold plate formula liquid cooling server through server cooling system, can reduce the demand of data center to the computer lab height to reduce construction cost.
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fig. 1 is a general schematic construction of one embodiment of a liquid cooler of the present disclosure;
fig. 2 is a schematic overall structure diagram of yet another embodiment of the liquid cooler of the present disclosure;
fig. 3 is a schematic overall structure diagram of yet another embodiment of the liquid cooler of the present disclosure;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a scenario of an embodiment of a server cooling system of the present disclosure;
FIG. 5 is a scenario diagram of one embodiment of a data center of the present disclosure;
reference numerals: 1-liquid freezer; 2-a cold plate liquid cooling server; 3-a switch; 4-a cooling water tower; 5-cold liquid distribution device; 6-liquid cooling of the primary side circulation pump;
10-a liquid supply interface; 20-a liquid return interface; 30-branch liquid supply interface; 40-branch liquid return interface; 50-a liquid supply channel; 60-liquid return flow channel; 70-a liquid supply branch; 80-liquid return branch; 90-exchanger air-cooled components;
51-liquid-cooled primary side liquid return pipe; 52-liquid cooled primary side feed tube; 53-liquid cooling secondary side liquid return pipe; 54-liquid cooling secondary side liquid supply pipe;
100-a cabinet body; 200-mounting plate; 300-a power interface; 910-a frame; 920-air cooling device.
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The present disclosure is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant invention and not restrictive of the invention. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only the portions related to the related invention are shown in the drawings.
It should be noted that, in the present disclosure, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows a general structural schematic diagram of one embodiment of the liquid cooling cabinet of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid cooling cabinet, including: a liquid refrigerator is used for a cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 and comprises a cabinet body 100 and a cooling liquid circulating assembly, wherein a containing cavity is formed in the cabinet body 100, a mounting plate 200 is arranged on the bottom surface of the containing cavity, and the mounting plate 200 is used for fixing the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2; the cooling liquid circulation assembly comprises a flow channel interface and a flow channel formed inside the side wall of the cabinet body 100, the flow channel interface comprises a liquid supply interface 10, a liquid return interface 20, a branch liquid supply interface 30 and a branch liquid return interface 40, and the flow channel comprises a liquid supply flow channel 50, a liquid return flow channel 60, a liquid supply branch 70 and a liquid return branch 80; the liquid supply interface 10 is used for connecting a water outlet end of a cooling liquid supply device, the liquid return interface 20 is used for connecting a water inlet end of the cooling liquid supply device, the liquid supply branch 70 is communicated with the liquid supply flow channel 50 and the branch liquid supply interface 30, the liquid return branch 80 is communicated with the liquid return flow channel 60 and the branch liquid return interface 40, the branch liquid supply interface 30 is used for connecting a water inlet pipe of a liquid cooling plate of the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2, and the branch liquid return interface 40 is used for connecting a water outlet pipe of the liquid cooling plate.
In the present embodiment, the flow path of the cooling liquid in the liquid cooling cabinet includes a trunk and branches, wherein the liquid supply interface 10 of the liquid cooling cabinet is connected to the water outlet end of the liquid cooling supply device (which may be a CDU, for example) to connect the cooling liquid to the cooling liquid circulation assembly of the liquid cooling cabinet. The liquid return interface 20 is connected to the water inlet end of the liquid cooling supply device, so that the cooling liquid after absorbing heat flows back to the cooling liquid supply device to form a main path for circulating the cooling liquid. Meanwhile, each cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 is simultaneously connected with a branch liquid supply interface 30 and a branch liquid return interface 40 to form a cooling liquid circulation branch. The cooling liquid in the liquid supply channel 50 flows into the liquid return channel 60 through each branch to form a loop through which the cooling liquid circulates.
Specifically, the circulation loop of the cooling liquid in this embodiment is: the cooling liquid flows from the water outlet end of the cooling liquid supply device into the liquid supply channel 50 through the liquid supply interface 10, then flows into the water inlet pipe of the liquid cooling plate of the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 from the branch liquid supply interface 30 through the liquid supply branch 70, flows into the liquid cooling plate of the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2, absorbs the heat emitted by the chip of the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 through the cooling liquid circulating in the liquid cooling plate, flows out from the water outlet pipe of the liquid cooling plate after absorbing the heat, flows into the liquid return channel 60 through the branch liquid return interface 40, and then flows back to the cooling liquid supply device through the liquid return interface 20.
The flow channel may be disposed at the bottom of the cabinet 100, or may be disposed at a side wall of the cabinet 100. The liquid supply channel 50, the liquid supply branch 70, the liquid return channel 60, and the liquid return branch 80 may be disposed on the same side wall, or may be disposed on different side walls, which is not limited in this application.
The runner interface in this embodiment can be built-in interface module that has the switch valve, when needs UNICOM or disconnection interface, can close the valve earlier, then connect the interface, later open the valve.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, two ends of the liquid return channel 60 are respectively provided with one liquid return interface 20, two ends of the liquid supply channel 70 are respectively provided with one liquid supply interface 10, and the liquid return interface 20 and the liquid supply interface 10 located on the same side are communicated with the same cooling liquid supply device. As an example, the liquid cooling cabinet may be simultaneously communicated with the two cooling liquid supply devices through the flow channel interfaces at the two sides, so that the two cooling liquid supply devices may respectively supply and return liquid to the liquid cooling cabinet from the two sides of the liquid cooling cabinet, and when one of the cooling liquid supply devices or the flow channel interface at one side fails, the flow channel interface at the other side and the cooling supply device communicated therewith may be activated, thereby avoiding cooling interruption caused by the failure. For another example, the flow channel interfaces on the two sides can be communicated with the same cooling liquid supply device, so that the same cooling liquid supply device can simultaneously supply liquid and return liquid to the liquid cooling cabinet from the two sides, and when the flow channel interface or the pipeline on one side of the liquid cooling cabinet fails, the cooling supply device can supply liquid and return liquid to the liquid cooling cabinet from the flow channel interface on the other side, and the cooling interruption can also be avoided.
The cooling liquid may be various types of liquid refrigerants, such as water, mineral oil, fluorinated liquid, and the like, which is not limited in this application.
The cooling liquid supply device can be a cooling liquid storage device, for example, a cooling water tower is provided, the cooling water tower is communicated with the cooling liquid circulating assembly, and the circulating circulation of the cooling liquid between the cooling water tower and the liquid cooling cabinet is realized through a circulating water pump. For another example, the cooling liquid supply device may be a cooling liquid distribution device, a circulation pump, a cooling liquid storage device and a heat exchange assembly are arranged in the cooling liquid distribution device, and a circulation pipeline of the cooling liquid distribution device is divided into a liquid cooling primary side pipeline and a liquid cooling secondary side pipeline, wherein the liquid cooling primary side pipeline is communicated with the cooling tower, and the liquid cooling secondary side pipeline is communicated with the cooling liquid circulation assembly, so that circulation of cooling liquid in the cooling tower and the liquid cooling primary side pipeline and circulation of cooling liquid between the liquid cooling cabinet and the liquid cooling secondary side pipeline can be respectively realized, and heat exchange of the cooling liquid in the liquid cooling primary side pipeline and the liquid cooling secondary side pipeline is realized through the heat exchange assembly, so that heat transfer from the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 to the external environment can be realized.
In a specific example, the base of the cold plate liquid cooling server 2 may be fixed on the mounting plate 200 by bolts, and then the cold plate liquid cooling server 2 may be cooled by respectively connecting the outlet pipe of the cold plate with the branch liquid return interface 40 and the inlet pipe of the cold plate with the branch liquid supply interface 30 by hoses, and then opening the valves of the branch liquid return interface 40 and the branch liquid supply interface 30. When cold plate liquid cooling server 2 breaks down, can close branch road confession liquid interface 30's valve earlier, wait to close branch road back liquid interface 40's valve after the coolant liquid completely flows out in the liquid cooling board again, later break off the outlet pipe of liquid cooling board and branch road back liquid interface 40 and the inlet tube of liquid cooling board and branch road confession liquid interface 30 between be connected, then can take out cold plate liquid cooling server 2 from the liquid cooling cabinet, need not to close the coolant liquid circulation subassembly of whole liquid freezer, can not influence the normal cooling of other cold plate liquid cooling servers 2.
The liquid freezer that this disclosed embodiment provided through coolant liquid circulation subassembly, can realize the flow of coolant liquid in the liquid cooling board of cold plate formula liquid cooling server 2. When a single cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 breaks down, the maintenance can be carried out only by disconnecting the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 from the liquid supply branch 70 and the liquid return branch 80, the normal operation of other cold plate type liquid cooling servers 2 cannot be influenced, the operation is simplified, and the uninterrupted cooling of the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 is realized.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the liquid supply channel 50 and the liquid supply branch 70 are disposed inside a first side wall of the cabinet 100, and the branch liquid supply ports 30 are linearly arranged on the upper surface of the first side wall along the length extension direction of the cabinet 100; the liquid return flow channel 60 and the liquid return branch 80 are arranged inside the second side wall of the cabinet 100, and the branch liquid return interfaces 40 are arranged on the upper surface of the second side wall in a straight line along the length extension direction of the cabinet 100; wherein, the first side wall and the second side wall are two opposite side walls.
In this implementation manner, the liquid supply channel 50, the liquid supply branch 70, the liquid return channel 60, and the liquid return branch 80 are disposed in the opposite sidewalls of the cabinet 100, so that the liquid supply channel 50, the liquid supply branch 70, the liquid return channel 60, and the liquid return branch 80 can be isolated, and thus heat exchange between the cooling liquid after absorbing heat and the cooling liquid without absorbing heat in the channels can be avoided, which causes the cooling liquid without absorbing heat to absorb heat before entering the liquid cooling plate, thereby affecting the cooling efficiency.
Referring next to fig. 2, fig. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of a liquid cooling cabinet according to still another embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 2, the liquid cooling cabinet further includes a switch air-cooling assembly 90 located at an end of the accommodating chamber, the switch air-cooling assembly 90 includes a rack 910 and an air-cooling device 920 fixed on the rack 910, the rack 910 is fixedly connected to an inner wall of the cabinet 100, the rack 910 includes a switch 3 mounting structure, and the switch 3 mounting structure is configured to be connected to a mounting structure on an outer shell of the switch 3.
As an example, the air cooling device 920 may be a rack-type air conditioner, an inner unit of the rack-type air conditioner is fixed on the rack 910, and an outer unit may be disposed outside the liquid cooling cabinet, so that cooling of the switch 3 may be achieved.
In practice, often need dispose accurate air conditioner in the computer lab to satisfy network equipment's such as switch 3 heat dissipation demands, switch air-cooled subassembly 90 has been integrated to the liquid cooling cabinet in this embodiment, so can realize cooling cold plate formula liquid cooling server 2 and switch 3 simultaneously, need not additionally to dispose other cooling apparatus, can reduce equipment cost.
Referring next to fig. 3, fig. 3 shows a schematic general structure diagram of a further embodiment of the liquid cooling cabinet of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 3, the liquid cooling cabinet includes two cooling liquid circulation assemblies, and each cooling liquid circulation assembly is connected to a cooling liquid supply device.
In practice, when the accommodating chamber of the liquid refrigerator is required to accommodate more cold plate type liquid cooling servers 2, the size of the liquid refrigerator is often required to be increased, for example, the length of the liquid refrigerator is increased, and the length of the runner is also required to be correspondingly increased, so that the power of the circulating pump is required to be higher. At this moment, two sets of runners can be arranged in the liquid cooling cabinet, a set of liquid supply interface 10 and a set of liquid return interface 20 are respectively arranged at two ends of the liquid cooling cabinet, the length of each set of liquid supply runner 50 and liquid return runner 60 can be half of the length of the liquid cooling cabinet, so that two cooling liquid circulation assemblies respectively provide cooling for half of the number of cold plate type liquid cooling servers 2, the requirement on the power of a circulating pump can be reduced, and lower equipment cost is facilitated.
In another specific example, the two cooling liquid circulation assemblies may respectively provide cooling for all the cold plate type liquid cooling servers, and when one of the cooling liquid circulation assemblies or the cooling liquid supply device fails, the other cooling liquid circulation assembly and the cooling liquid supply device communicated with the other cooling liquid circulation assembly may be activated, so that the reliability of the liquid refrigerator may be improved through the redundancy arrangement.
In some optional implementations of the above embodiments, a power interface 300 is further disposed on the side wall of the cabinet 100, and the power interface 300 is connected to an external power source and configured to supply power to the device in the accommodating cavity. Therefore, the liquid cooling cabinet in the embodiment has the cooling and power supply functions, so that the liquid cooling cabinet is more flexible and more convenient in practical application.
In some alternative implementations of the above-described embodiments, the mounting plate 200 includes a plurality of connection assemblies aligned along the length of the cabinet 100, each for connecting to one cold plate liquid cooling server. So, can provide the cooling for a plurality of cold plate formula liquid cooling servers simultaneously to further improve work efficiency.
Further, mounting plate 200 includes a plurality of rows of connecting assemblies arranged in parallel. So, can further improve the quantity that can hold cold plate formula liquid cooling server simultaneously in the liquid freezer through the width that increases liquid freezer to further improve cooling efficiency.
Further, the connecting assembly is a slot, and the length direction of the slot is perpendicular to the length direction of the cabinet 100, so that the base of the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 is vertically inserted into the slot. Thus, the mounting and dismounting operations of the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 can be simplified.
Referring next to fig. 4, fig. 4 shows a scene schematic diagram of an embodiment of a server cooling system of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 4, the server cooling system includes a cooling water tower 4, a cold liquid distribution device 5, a liquid cooling primary side circulating pump 6, and a liquid cooling cabinet 1 in any of the above embodiments, where the liquid cooling cabinet 1 is used to accommodate a cold plate type liquid cooling server 2, a branch liquid supply interface 30 of the liquid cooling cabinet 1 is used to connect a water inlet pipe of the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2, and a branch liquid return interface 40 of the liquid cooling cabinet 1 is used to connect a water outlet pipe of the cold plate type server; the cooling water tower 4 is used for accommodating cooling liquid, the water outlet end of the cooling water tower 4 is connected with the liquid cooling primary side liquid supply pipe 52 of the liquid cooling distribution device 5, the water inlet end of the cooling water tower 4 is connected with the water outlet end of the liquid cooling primary side circulating pump 6, the water inlet end of the liquid cooling primary side circulating pump 6 is connected with the liquid cooling primary side liquid return pipe 51 of the liquid cooling distribution device 5, and the cooling water tower 4 and the liquid cooling distribution device are configured to drive the cooling liquid to flow between the cooling water tower 4 and the liquid cooling; the liquid cooling secondary side liquid supply pipe 54 of the cold liquid distribution device 5 is connected with the liquid supply interface 10 of the liquid refrigerator 1, and the liquid cooling secondary side liquid return pipe 53 of the cold liquid distribution device 5 is connected with the liquid return interface 20 of the liquid refrigerator 1, and is configured to drive the cooling liquid to flow between the cold liquid distribution device and the liquid refrigerator 1.
The server cooling system provided by the embodiment of the disclosure places the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2 in the liquid cooling cabinet 1 for cooling, can realize the uninterrupted cooling of the cold plate type liquid cooling server 2, and reduces the space occupied by the server cooling system.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the server cooling system includes at least two cooling towers 4 and a liquid-cooled distribution device, and the liquid-cooled cabinet 1 includes two cooling liquid circulation assemblies, wherein each cooling liquid circulation assembly is connected to one liquid-cooled distribution device, and each liquid-cooled distribution device is connected to one cooling tower 4.
As an example, each cooling liquid circulation assembly may provide cooling for half the number of cold plate liquid cooling servers 2, which may reduce equipment costs.
For another example, two cooling liquid circulation assemblies may provide cooling for all of the cold plate liquid cooling servers 2, respectively, and the reliability of the server cooling system may be improved by redundancy.
Referring now to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic view of a scenario of an embodiment of a data center of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 5, the data center includes a machine room, a cold-plate liquid-cooling server, and a server cooling system in any of the above embodiments, wherein a cooling tower 4 of the server cooling system is disposed outside the machine room, and a liquid-cooling cabinet 1 and a cold-liquid distribution device 5 of the server cooling system are disposed inside the machine room; the cold plate type liquid cooling server is fixed in the containing cavity of the liquid refrigerator 1.
In a specific example, the machine room may include a data machine room and a heat exchange room, the data machine room is used for placing network devices such as a cold plate type liquid cooling server, a liquid refrigerator 1 and a switch, the heat exchange room is used for placing a cold liquid distribution device 5, and the cooling tower 4 may be arranged on the top of the machine room. The liquid cooling primary side of the cold liquid distribution device 5 is communicated with the cooling water tower 4, the liquid cooling secondary side is communicated with the liquid refrigerator 1, cooling liquid in the cooling water tower 4 circularly flows in a pipeline of the liquid cooling primary side under the action of a liquid cooling primary side circulating pump 6, and cooling liquid built in the cold liquid distribution device 5 circularly flows in a pipeline of the liquid cooling secondary side under the action of a built-in circulating pump. The heat that is fixed in the cold plate formula liquid cooling server in the liquid freezer 1 and gives out is transferred to the heat exchange assembly in cold liquid distributor 5 through the coolant liquid in the liquid cooling secondary side pipeline, and later, the coolant liquid in the liquid cooling secondary side pipeline exchanges the heat with the coolant liquid in the liquid cooling primary side pipeline in heat exchange assembly, and the coolant liquid in the liquid cooling primary side pipeline after absorbing the heat flows back to in cooling tower 4 under the effect of liquid cooling primary side circulating pump 6 to give off the heat in cooling tower 4.
The data center provided by the embodiment of the disclosure cools the cold plate type liquid cooling server through the server cooling system, replaces a cooling rack in the related art, reduces the requirement of the data center on the height of a machine room, and is beneficial to reducing the building cost.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the data center further includes a switch (not shown in the figure), and the liquid cooling cabinet further includes a switch air-cooling component (not shown in the figure), and the switch is connected to a rack of the switch air-cooling component. Therefore, all electronic equipment can be cooled without additionally arranging other cooling equipment, and equipment cost is reduced.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the machine room is a multi-layer structure, and each layer is provided with one liquid cooling cabinet and at least one cold liquid distribution device 5.
In this implementation, cooling tower can provide the coolant liquid for the multilayer computer lab simultaneously, has improved data center's cooling capacity, and then has improved the quantity of cold plate formula liquid cooling server that data center can the holding, helps improving data center's efficiency.
The foregoing description is only exemplary of the preferred embodiments of the disclosure and is illustrative of the principles of the technology employed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the invention in the embodiments of the present disclosure is not limited to the specific combination of the above-mentioned features, but also encompasses other embodiments in which any combination of the above-mentioned features or their equivalents is made without departing from the inventive concept as defined above. For example, the above features and (but not limited to) technical features with similar functions disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are mutually replaced to form the technical solution.
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1. A liquid refrigerator is used for a cold plate type liquid cooling server and comprises a cabinet body and a cooling liquid circulating assembly, wherein an accommodating cavity is formed in the cabinet body, and a mounting plate is arranged on the bottom surface of the accommodating cavity and used for fixing the cold plate type liquid cooling server;
the cooling liquid circulating assembly comprises a flow channel interface and a flow channel formed inside the side wall of the cabinet body, the flow channel interface comprises a liquid supply interface, a liquid return interface, a branch liquid supply interface and a branch liquid return interface, and the flow channel comprises a liquid supply flow channel, a liquid return flow channel, a liquid supply branch and a liquid return branch;
the liquid supply interface is used for connecting a water outlet end of the cooling liquid supply device, the liquid return interface is used for connecting a water inlet end of the cooling liquid supply device, the liquid supply branch is communicated with the liquid supply channel and the branch liquid supply interface, the liquid return branch is communicated with the liquid return channel and the branch liquid return interface, the branch liquid supply interface is used for connecting a water inlet pipe of a liquid cooling plate of the cold plate type liquid cooling server, and the branch liquid return interface is used for connecting a water outlet pipe of the liquid cooling plate.
2. The liquid cooling cabinet of claim 1, further comprising a switch air cooling assembly located at an end of the accommodating chamber, wherein the switch air cooling assembly comprises a frame and an air cooling device fixed on the frame, the frame is fixedly connected with an inner wall of the cabinet body, the frame comprises a switch mounting structure, and the switch mounting structure is used for being connected with a mounting structure on a shell of a switch.
3. The liquid cooler of claim 1, wherein the liquid supply runner and the liquid supply branch are disposed inside a first side wall of the cabinet body, and the branch liquid supply ports are linearly arranged on an upper surface of the first side wall along a length extension direction of the cabinet body;
the liquid return flow channel and the liquid return branch are arranged inside the second side wall of the cabinet body, and the branch liquid return interfaces are linearly arranged on the upper surface of the second side wall along the length extending direction of the cabinet body;
wherein the first side wall and the second side wall are two opposite side walls.
4. The liquid cooler of claim 3, wherein the mounting plate includes a plurality of connection assemblies aligned along a length of the cabinet, each connection assembly for connecting to one of the cold plate liquid cooling servers.
5. The liquid cooler of claim 4, wherein the mounting plate includes a plurality of rows of connecting assemblies distributed in parallel.
6. The liquid cooler of claim 5, wherein the connection assembly is a slot having a length direction perpendicular to a length direction of the cabinet such that a base of the cold plate liquid cooling server is vertically inserted into the slot.
7. The liquid cooler of claim 1, wherein a power interface is further disposed on a side wall of the cabinet body, the power interface is in communication with an external power source and configured to supply power to the equipment in the accommodating cavity.
8. The liquid cooler of claims 1-6, wherein the liquid cooler comprises two of the coolant circulating assemblies, each of the coolant circulating assemblies being connected to one of the coolant supply devices, respectively.
9. A server cooling system comprising a cooling water tower, a cold liquid distribution device, a liquid-cooled primary side circulation pump, and the liquid-cooled refrigerator of any one of claims 1 to 8,
the liquid cooling cabinet is used for accommodating a cold plate type liquid cooling server, a branch liquid supply interface of the liquid cooling cabinet is used for connecting a water inlet pipe of the cold plate type liquid cooling server, and a branch liquid return interface of the liquid cooling cabinet is used for a water outlet pipe of the cold plate type server;
the cooling water tower is used for containing cooling liquid, the water outlet end of the cooling water tower is connected with the liquid cooling primary side liquid supply pipe of the liquid cooling distribution device, the water inlet end of the cooling water tower is connected with the water outlet end of the liquid cooling primary side circulating pump, the water inlet end of the liquid cooling primary side circulating pump is connected with the liquid cooling primary side liquid return pipe of the liquid cooling distribution device, and the cooling water tower is configured to drive the cooling liquid to flow between the cooling water tower and the liquid cooling distribution device;
the liquid cooling secondary side liquid supply pipe of the cold liquid distribution device is connected with the liquid supply interface of the liquid refrigerator, and the liquid cooling secondary side liquid return pipe of the cold liquid distribution device is connected with the liquid return interface of the liquid refrigerator and is configured to drive the cooling liquid to flow between the cold liquid distribution device and the liquid refrigerator.
10. The server cooling system of claim 9, comprising two of said cooling water towers and at least said liquid-cooled distribution device, said liquid-cooled cabinets comprising two cooling liquid circulation assemblies, wherein,
each cooling liquid circulation assembly is respectively connected with one liquid cooling distribution device, and each liquid cooling distribution device is respectively connected with one cooling tower.
11. A data center comprising a machine room, a cold plate liquid cooled server, and the server cooling system of claim 9 or 10,
the cooling tower of the server cooling system is arranged outside the machine room, and the liquid cooling cabinet and the liquid cooling distribution device of the server cooling system are arranged inside the machine room;
the cold plate type liquid cooling server is fixed in the accommodating cavity of the liquid refrigerator.
12. The data center of claim 11, the data center further comprising a switch, the liquid cooler further comprising a switch air-cooled assembly, the switch connected with a rack of the switch air-cooled assembly.
13. A data centre according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the machine room is a multi-level structure, each level being provided with one said liquid cooling cabinet and at least one said cold liquid dispensing device.
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