CN114650681A

CN114650681A - Modular data center and seabed IDC system

Info

Publication number: CN114650681A
Application number: CN202111115387.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 傅荣荣; 蒲定; 徐坦; 陈希恰; 李彩斌
Original assignee: Shenzhen Hailanyun Data Center Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Hailanyun Data Center Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-23
Filing date: 2021-09-23
Publication date: 2022-06-21

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of underwater equipment, and provides a modular data center, which comprises: the first cabin body is suitable for storing an IT cabinet, a power distribution cabinet and a network cabinet; the second cabin is suitable for storing a power supply; wherein the second cabin is electrically connected with the first cabin and is suitable for supplying power to the first cabin. According to the modular data center provided by the invention, the IT cabinet, the power distribution cabinet, the network cabinet and the power supply which are originally integrated in one cabin body are distributed in different cabins, and the power supply is independently arranged in the second cabin body, so that a large amount of heat can be prevented from being generated in the first cabin body where the IT cabinet is positioned, and the normal operation of the IT cabinet is facilitated. And the power supply and the IT cabinet are separately arranged, so that the damage to the IT cabinet caused by the fire or explosion of the power supply can be reduced, and the safe operation of the IT cabinet is facilitated.

Description

Modular data center and seabed IDC system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of underwater equipment, in particular to a modular data center and a seabed IDC system.

Background

With the development of marine technologies, research works such as marine exploration and development gradually move from shallow sea to deep sea, and an underwater data cabin is a structure which provides an installation space for instrument units such as electronic circuits and power supplies, ensures that electronic equipment can safely and reliably work underwater, and is widely applied to marine equipment such as marine exploration and development, scientific research and underwater weaponry. The method can be applied to marine equipment such as marine exploration and development, scientific research, underwater weaponry and the like. Among them, IT is critical that normal operation of electronic devices such as IT devices and safety and stability of information transmission are ensured.

Data centers usually consist of IT cabinets, power distribution cabinets, network cabinets and power supplies, and in order to save costs, the data centers are usually integrated into a cabin. However, such a high-density arrangement has some disadvantages that the power supply may release a large amount of heat during operation, which may cause the temperature in the cabin to rise, and thus may be unfavorable for the normal operation of the IT cabinet. And, the danger coefficient of power is great, is unfavorable for the safe operation of whole IT rack.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the invention is that the underwater data center in the prior art adopts a high-density arrangement mode to be not beneficial to normal operation of an IT cabinet, so that a modular data center and a seabed IDC system are provided.

The present invention provides a modular data center comprising: the first cabin body is suitable for storing an IT cabinet, a power distribution cabinet and a network cabinet; a second compartment adapted to store a power supply; wherein the second cabin is electrically connected with the first cabin and is suitable for supplying power to the first cabin.

Further, including a plurality of independent cavities in the second cabin body, every all set up a set of power in the cavity, every group power all with equipment electricity in the first cabin body is connected.

Further, the number of the first cabins is recorded as n, the rated power of each first cabin is P, the rated power of the power supply in each chamber is M, and then M is equal to nP.

Further, the first cabin comprises two first cabins, and the two first cabins are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the second cabin.

Further, two adjacent chambers are isolated by a separation plate.

Further, the second cabin is connected with an external power system by adopting a cable of 10KV or 35KV, and the second cabin is connected with the first cabin by adopting a cable of 380V.

Further, the modular data center further comprises a support, and the first cabin and the second cabin are both arranged on the support.

Further, the bottom of support is provided with leveling structure.

Furthermore, manholes are arranged on the first cabin body and the second cabin body.

The invention also provides a subsea IDC system comprising the modular data center.

The technical scheme of the invention has the following advantages:

according to the modular data center provided by the invention, the IT cabinet, the power distribution cabinet, the network cabinet and the power supply which are originally integrated in one cabin body are distributed in different cabins, and the power supply is independently arranged in the second cabin body, so that a large amount of heat can be prevented from being generated in the first cabin body where the IT cabinet is positioned, and the normal operation of the IT cabinet is facilitated. And the power supply and the IT cabinet are separately arranged, so that the damage to the IT cabinet caused by the fire or explosion of the power supply can be reduced, and the safe operation of the IT cabinet is facilitated.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a modular data center provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

1. a first cabin 2 and a second cabin; 3. A support;

4. an IT cabinet; 5. A power distribution cabinet; 6. A network cabinet;

7. a separator plate; 8. A cable.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a modular data center provided in an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 1, the embodiment provides a modular data center, including: a second cabin 2 and a plurality of first cabins 1, wherein, the second cabin 2 stores power to form a distribution cabin. The first cabin 1 stores an IT cabinet 4, a power distribution cabinet 5 and a network cabinet 6 to form a data cabin. Wherein, in the first cabin body 1, the power distribution cabinet 5 and the network cabinet 6 can be positioned in the middle, and the IT cabinet 4 is positioned at two sides of the power distribution cabinet 5 and the network cabinet 6. The data cabin and the power distribution cabin jointly form the modular data center. Wherein, the second cabin 2 and the first cabin 1 can be connected by a submarine cable.

According to the modular data center provided by the invention, the IT cabinet 4, the power distribution cabinet 5, the network cabinet 6 and the power supply which are originally integrated in one cabin body are distributed in different cabins, and the power supply is independently arranged in the second cabin body 2, so that a large amount of heat can be prevented from being generated in the first cabin body 1 in which the IT cabinet 4 is positioned, and the normal operation of the IT cabinet 4 is facilitated. In addition, the power supply and the IT cabinet 4 are separately arranged, so that the damage to the IT cabinet 4 caused by fire or explosion of the power supply can be reduced, and the safe operation of the IT cabinet 4 is facilitated.

In this embodiment, the second cabin 2 includes a plurality of independent chambers therein, and two adjacent chambers are isolated by an isolation plate 7, for example, the isolation plate 7 may be a fire-proof plate. Each cavity is internally provided with a group of power supplies, and each group of power supplies is electrically connected with the equipment in the first cabin body 1. Wherein, the cables 8 of the second cabin 2 entering the first cabin 1 can enter in two ways according to the standard requirement of the machine room. That is, each group of power supplies can supply power to each device in the first cabin 1, for example, the second cavity may include two independent cavities, when the second cavity operates normally, only one power supply in one of the cavities may operate, and the power supply in the other cavity serves as a standby power supply, and when one of the power supplies fails, the power supply in the other cavity may be activated, so as to ensure that the devices in the first cabin 1 are not powered off. So set up, improve whole modularization data center's reliability. And a protection plate is arranged between the two chambers, so that even if the power supply in one chamber fails and catches fire, the power supply in the other chamber cannot be damaged.

The power supply in the above embodiments may be understood as a device such as a transformer connected to an external power system. It is also understood that an internal battery is used to supply the data compartment with power during the off-time of the switched power supply.

In this embodiment, the number of the first nacelle 1 is denoted as n, the rated power of each first nacelle 1 is P, and the rated power of the power supply in each chamber is M, where M is nP. For example, the number of the first cabin 1 may be two, three, five, etc., and the specific number may be designed as required. So configured, the total power of the first nacelle 1 can be designed according to the maximum capacity that the second nacelle 2 can supply.

In this embodiment, the modular data center further includes a support 3, and the first cabin 1 and the second cabin 2 are both disposed on the support 3, for example, the first cabin 1 includes two, at this time, the second cabin 2 may be located in the middle, and the two first cabins 1 are symmetrically disposed on the left and right sides of the second cabin 2. Compared with the mode that a single cabin body is arranged, the modular data center has stronger capability of resisting storm factors such as seabed storm flow, tide and the like, and is favorable for safe operation underwater.

In this embodiment, the second enclosure 2 may be connected to an external power system by using a 10KV or 35KV high-voltage cable 8, and the second enclosure 2 may be connected to the first enclosure 1 by using a 380V low-voltage cable 8. So set up, can shorten low voltage cable 8's laying length, be favorable to reducing the line loss.

In this embodiment, the bottom of the support 3 is provided with a leveling structure. For example, the leveling structure may be a leveling nut.

In this embodiment, the first cabin 1 and the second cabin 2 are both provided with manholes, so as to facilitate later maintenance.

In another embodiment, a subsea IDC system is also provided, including the modular data center described above.

In summary, in the modular data center provided by the present invention, the refrigeration of the first cabin 1 and the second cabin 2 can be designed as a whole, and share the extra-cabin seawater exchange system.

The modular data center provided by the invention can integrally design the buoyancy device with variable displacement.

It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications therefrom are within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A modular data center, comprising:

the first cabin body is suitable for storing an IT cabinet, a power distribution cabinet and a network cabinet;

the second cabin is suitable for storing a power supply;

wherein the second cabin is electrically connected with the first cabin and is suitable for supplying power to the first cabin.

2. The modular data center of claim 1,

the second cabin comprises a plurality of independent cavities, each cavity is internally provided with a group of power supplies, and each group of power supplies is electrically connected with equipment in the first cabin.

3. The modular data center of claim 2,

the number of the first cabin bodies is recorded as n, the rated power of each first cabin body is P, the rated power of the power supply in each cavity is M, and then M is equal to nP.

4. The modular data center of claim 3,

the first cabin comprises two first cabins, and the two first cabins are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the second cabin.

5. The modular data center of claim 2,

and two adjacent chambers are isolated by adopting an isolation plate.

6. Modular data center according to any of claims 1-5,

the second cabin body is connected with an external power system by adopting a cable of 10KV or 35KV, and the second cabin body is connected with the first cabin body by adopting a cable of 380V.

7. The modular data center of claim 1,

the first cabin body and the second cabin body are arranged on the support.

8. Modular data center according to claim 7,

and the bottom of the support is provided with a leveling structure.

9. The modular data center of claim 1,

the first cabin body and the second cabin body are both provided with manholes.

10. Subsea IDC system, comprising a modular data center according to any of claims 1-9.