CN218336891U

CN218336891U - Modular data center

Info

Publication number: CN218336891U
Application number: CN202221795981.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张炳华; 李明江; 冯淑琴
Original assignee: Shanxi Qinshuzhizao Management Consulting Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanxi Qinshuzhizao Management Consulting Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-12
Filing date: 2022-07-12
Publication date: 2023-01-17
Anticipated expiration: 2032-07-12

Abstract

The utility model relates to a modular data center, which comprises a container, a filtering device, an air conditioning device and a cabinet, wherein the box body of the container is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; the filtering equipment is arranged at the air inlet in the box body and is used for filtering air entering the box body from the air inlet; the air conditioning equipment is arranged in the box body and connected with the filtering equipment, and the air conditioning equipment is used for controlling the temperature of air entering the box body from the air inlet; the cabinet is located in the box, air entering the box from the air inlet at least passes through the cabinet after being filtered by the filtering equipment, and is discharged out of the container from the air outlet. The utility model provides a modular data center's energy consumption is lower, and applicable environment is wider.

Description

Modular data center

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a server equipment technical field, more specifically, the utility model relates to a modularization data center.

Background

The data center is a specific equipment network center which is used for transmitting, accelerating, displaying, calculating and storing data information on internet network infrastructure and can be written globally, and the modularized data center adopts a modularized design concept to furthest reduce the coupling form of the infrastructure to a machine room environment in order to cope with the development trend of servers such as cloud calculation, virtualization, centralization, densification and the like.

At present, a refrigeration system of a modular data center generally adopts a mode of indirect heat exchange between machine room circulating air and outdoor air or a refrigeration mode of an indirect evaporation air-conditioning system. The refrigeration mode of indirect heat exchange needs to refrigerate return air with the temperature of more than 40 ℃ in the machine room and then send the return air back to the machine room after being cooled, but the refrigeration of the return air can lose energy consumption; an indirect evaporation air conditioning system needs a water source and is not suitable for water-deficient areas.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

It is an object of the present invention to provide a new design for a modular data center to address at least one of the problems of the background art.

According to the utility model discloses an aspect provides a modularization data center, include:

the container body of the container is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet;

the filtering equipment is arranged at the air inlet in the box body and is used for filtering air entering the box body from the air inlet;

the air conditioning equipment is arranged in the box body and connected with the filtering equipment, and is used for controlling the temperature of air entering the box body from the air inlet;

the cabinet is located in the box body, air entering the box body from the air inlet at least passes through the cabinet after being filtered by the filtering equipment and is discharged out of the container through the air outlet.

Optionally, the filtering device and the air conditioning device are located at the same side within the cabinet.

Optionally, at least two sets of filtering devices and air conditioning devices are arranged in a matching manner and distributed on two sides of the cabinet.

Optionally, the air conditioner further comprises a controller, wherein the controller is connected with the air conditioner, and the controller is configured to be capable of controlling the working state of the air conditioner.

Optionally, the filtering apparatus includes an evaporator, a dehumidifier and a filter, the evaporator, the dehumidifier and the filter are sequentially disposed inside the air inlet, and air entering the box from the air inlet sequentially passes through the evaporator, the dehumidifier and the filter and then flows through the cabinet.

Optionally, the air conditioning equipment includes compressor and fluorine pump, the compressor with the fluorine pump all with the evaporimeter is connected, the compressor with the fluorine pump respectively can be to the air in the evaporimeter carries out the accuse temperature.

Optionally, an air inlet fan is arranged at the air inlet, and an air exhaust fan is arranged at the air outlet;

the air inlet fan is used for pumping air outside the container into the box body, and the air exhaust fan is used for exhausting air flowing through the cabinet to the outside of the box body.

Optionally, a fresh air layer located at the bottom of the box body and a thermal interlayer located at the top of the box body are arranged in the container;

the filtering equipment and the cabinet are both located on the fresh air layer, and the air conditioning equipment is located on the heat interlayer.

Optionally, the fresh air layer and the thermal interlayer are communicated through a thermal channel.

Optionally, a server and a power distribution device are arranged in the cabinet, and the power distribution device is at least connected with the server.

The utility model has the technical effects of, this use is novel through set up air intake and air exit on the box of container to set up filtration equipment and set up air conditioning equipment in the box in air intake department, make the air outside the box can directly get into the box from the air intake in, and at least through the rack of flowing through after filtration equipment's filtration, and finally discharge to the box from the air exit outside.

Above-mentioned this kind of structure makes the outside air of container can directly get into the inside of box through the air intake to flow through the rack after filtration equipment filters at least, realize directly adopting the mode of direct current air supply, send the outside air of container to inside the container, cool down or keep warm etc. to the equipment in the rack. The temperature control mode can save energy consumption, and the use environment is wider due to the adoption of the waterless system.

Other features of the present invention and advantages thereof will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

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

Fig. 2 is a top view of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of fig. 1.

Description of reference numerals:

1. a container; 11. an air inlet; 12. an air outlet; 13. a fresh air layer; 14. a thermal interlayer; 15. a hot aisle; 2. a filtration device; 21. adding a dehumidifier; 22. a filter; 23. an evaporator; 3. an air conditioning device; 31. a compressor; 32. a fluorine pump; 4. a cabinet; 5. a power distribution device; 6. and a controller.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that: unless specifically stated otherwise, the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention.

The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.

Techniques and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but are intended to be considered a part of the specification where appropriate.

In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as exemplary only and not as limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.

According to fig. 1 to 3, the utility model provides a modularization data center, include: the container comprises a container 1, a filtering device 2, an air conditioning device 3 and a cabinet 4, wherein an air inlet 11 and an air outlet 12 are arranged on a box body of the container 1; the filtering device 2 is arranged at the air inlet 11 in the box body, and the filtering device 2 is used for filtering air entering the box body from the air inlet 11; the air conditioning equipment 3 is arranged in the box body and connected with the filtering equipment 2, and the air conditioning equipment 3 is used for controlling the temperature of air entering the box body from the air inlet 11; the cabinet 4 is located in the box body, and air entering the box body from the air inlet 11 at least passes through the cabinet 4 after being filtered by the filtering equipment 2 and is discharged out of the container 1 from the air outlet 12.

In particular, at least a server is usually disposed in the cabinet 4 of the data center, and when the server works, a large amount of heat is generated, which causes overheating of the environment around the cabinet 4 and affects the working state of the cabinet 4. In the prior art, the cabinet 4 is usually cooled by air cooling or water cooling, and the air cooling usually returns the hot air around the cabinet 4 for cooling, which results in large energy consumption of the cooling system of the data center.

In the present embodiment, the data center is provided in a modular form, that is, the data center includes a container 1, and a filtering device 2, an air conditioning device 3, and a cabinet 4 provided in the container 1. Wherein, container 1 can be with external environment and internal environment mutual isolation as whole data center's protection device to rack 4 can be in stable environment, also can be convenient for data center integrate and modularization. The outside air of container 1 can directly get into inside the box through air intake 11, and the filtration equipment 2 and the air conditioning equipment 3 that set up in the box of container 1 can filter and the accuse temperature to the air that directly gets into in the box from air intake 11 respectively, and under the normal condition, the server of placing in the rack 4 generally generates heat more in the work, and air conditioning equipment 3 generally is used as refrigeration.

In an embodiment, when the temperature of the outside air of container 1 is lower, and can satisfy the condition to rack 4 cooling, outside air gets into the box back in from air intake 11 department, and accessible filtration equipment 2 filters directly to flow through rack 4 after filtering impurity such as dust, steam, cools down rack 4, need not to control the temperature through air conditioning equipment 3, has saved the energy consumption. And when the outside air temperature of container 1 was less than the air temperature in the container 1 but can not satisfy the cooling demand of rack 4, outside air can cool off the back through air conditioning equipment 3 earlier after getting into container 1 from air intake 11, and rethread filtration equipment 2 filters the back and flows through rack 4, cools down rack 4. Wherein, air conditioning equipment 3's operating condition can set for through the specific temperature of outside air, the utility model discloses do not limit to this.

In this embodiment, the external air can enter the container 1 from the air inlet 11 by arranging a fan on the container body of the container 1, and meanwhile, the hot air in the container 1 can be exhausted by arranging a fan at the air outlet 12 on the container body. Air convection between the air inlet 11 and the air outlet 12 forms an air duct in the box body, and the cabinet 4 is arranged in the air duct to achieve the purpose of air cooling and heat dissipation.

The utility model discloses in, the outside air of container 1 can directly get into the inside of box through air intake 11 to at least through 2 filtration back flow through rack 4 of filtration equipment, realize directly adopting the mode of direct current air supply, send the outside air of container 1 to container 1 inside, lower the temperature or keep warm etc. to rack 4. The temperature control mode of the cabinet 4 does not need to carry out return air refrigeration on hot air in the container 1, thereby greatly saving energy consumption, and the formed modular data center has higher adaptability to the environment due to the water-free system adopted by the refrigeration system (namely the air conditioning equipment 3 and the filtering equipment 2), and can be applied to some water-deficient areas. The return air refrigeration refers to directly refrigerating air in the container 1, and because the return air temperature is generally higher than the air temperature outside the container 1, more cold energy needs to be consumed in the return air refrigeration mode, and the air outside the container 1 is directly adopted for refrigeration, so that energy consumption can be saved. In addition, in practical application, the container 1 can be directly replaced by a machine room, and the utility model discloses do not do the restriction to this yet.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1 to 2, the filtering device 2 and the air conditioning device 3 are located at the same side inside the box.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the filtering device 2 and the air conditioning device 3 may be respectively disposed at the same side in the container body of the container 1, and may be distributed vertically or in parallel. This arrangement saves space in the container 1 and facilitates the connection of the air conditioning unit 3 to the filter unit 2.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 1 to 2, at least two sets of the filtering device 2 and the air conditioning device 3 are provided in a matching manner and distributed at two sides of the cabinet 4.

Specifically, in practical applications, if the number of the cabinets 4 is too large, the heating value thereof is also larger, the demand for cooling capacity is also larger, and a plurality of sets of the filtering devices 2 and the air conditioning devices 3 may be disposed at both sides of the cabinet 4 disposed inside the container 1. For example, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, in an embodiment, the air conditioning device 3 and the filtering device 2 are respectively disposed on two sides of the cabinet 4, so that the cooling on the two sides of the cabinet 4 is balanced, and the problem of unbalanced heat dissipation when the cabinet 4 is cooled on one side is avoided.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 1 to fig. 2, the air conditioner further includes a controller 6, the controller 6 is connected to the air conditioner 3, and the controller 6 is configured to be able to control an operating state of the air conditioner 3.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the operating state of the air conditioner 3 may be controlled by the controller 6. The controller 6 may be provided with a temperature detection device such as a temperature sensor, which can detect the ambient temperature outside the container 1 and the air temperature inside the container 1. If it is not enough to satisfy the cooling effect to rack 4 to detect outside ambient temperature, 6 accessible of controller start air conditioning equipment 3 refrigerate the air that gets into from air intake 11 to reach after the temperature that satisfies the demand, rethread filtration equipment 2 filters the back and cools down rack 4. If the temperature of detecting external environment can satisfy the demand to the environmental cooling in rack 4 or the container 1, then the steerable air conditioning equipment 3 of controller 6 is in standby state etc. and the outside air that gets into from air intake 11 then accessible filtration equipment 2 filters the back, directly cools down rack 4. The controller 6 is additionally arranged, so that the automation degree of the modular data center is improved, and the energy consumption is further saved on the premise of meeting the refrigeration requirement.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 1 to 2, the filtering apparatus 2 includes an evaporator 23, a dehumidifier 21 and a filter 22, the evaporator 23, the dehumidifier 21 and the filter 22 are sequentially disposed inside the air inlet 11, and air entering the box from the air inlet 11 sequentially passes through the evaporator 23, the dehumidifier 21 and the filter 22 and then flows through the cabinet 4.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the filtering apparatus 2 may include an evaporator 23, a dehumidifier 21 and a filter 22 to filter the air entering the container 1 from the air inlet 11, and finally send the filtered air meeting the requirement to a set area, for example, an area where the cabinet 4 is placed. The evaporator 23 has a certain refrigeration function, and can cool air entering the container 1 to a certain extent. The dehumidifier 21 can humidify or dehumidify the air so that the air delivered into the container 1 meets the set humidity requirement. In addition, the filter 22 can filter impurities such as dust in the air, and avoid affecting the operation of devices in the container 1. As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 2, the evaporator 23, the dehumidifier 21 and the filter 22 are sequentially disposed near the air inlet 11, that is, the air entering from the air inlet 11 firstly enters the evaporator 23 for refrigeration, then enters the dehumidifier 21 for humidification or dehumidification, finally enters the filter 22 for filtration, and then is sent to a predetermined area.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 1 to fig. 2, the air conditioning equipment 3 includes a compressor 31 and a fluorine pump 32, both the compressor 31 and the fluorine pump 32 are connected to the evaporator 23, and the compressor 31 and the fluorine pump 32 are respectively capable of controlling the temperature of the air in the evaporator 23.

Specifically, because the air temperature outside the container 1 can change at any time, in practical application, the fluorine pump 32, the compressor 31 and other equipment can be arranged to refrigerate the outside air with different temperatures, so that the refrigeration capacity is prevented from being excessive, and the energy consumption is further saved.

Optionally, an air inlet fan is arranged at the air inlet 11, and an air exhaust fan is arranged at the air outlet 12; the air intake fan is used for pumping the air outside the container 1 into the box body, and the air exhaust fan is used for exhausting the air flowing through the cabinet 4 to the outside of the box body.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the air inlet 11 may be provided with an air intake fan for drawing the air outside the container 1 into the container 1, and the air outlet 12 is provided with an air exhaust fan for exhausting the hot air flowing through the cabinet 4 out of the container 1, thereby achieving the purpose of cooling the cabinet 4 and the like inside the container 1. The air inlets 11 may be provided with a plurality of air inlets 11, the air inlets 11 may be provided with air inlet fans to increase the air intake and increase the cooling efficiency, and the inner sides of the air inlet fans may be respectively provided with a filtering device 2 and an air conditioning device 3 to filter or cool the air entering from the air inlets 11. And a plurality of air outlets 12 can be arranged to discharge hot air in the container 1 in time, so that the heat exchange efficiency inside and outside the container 1 is improved.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, a fresh air layer 13 located at the bottom of the container body and a thermal interlayer 14 located at the top of the container body are arranged in the container 1; the filtering device 2 and the cabinet 4 are both located on the fresh air layer 13, and the air conditioning device 3 is located on the thermal interlayer 14.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the bottom of the container 1 is the fresh air layer 13, that is, the air outside the container 1 enters the container 1 from the air inlet 11 and is filtered by the filtering device 2, and after being cooled by the air conditioning device 3, the air will flow through the fresh air layer 13, and because the cooled and filtered air or the air which is only filtered finally flows into the fresh air layer 13 from the filtering device 2, the filtering device 2 is also arranged at the bottom of the container 1, which is convenient for planning the air flow direction in the container 1. In addition, the hot air flowing through the cabinet 4 will flow directly to the top of the container 1, and can be exhausted from the exhaust outlet 12 on the top of the container 1 after passing through the thermal interlayer 14. The filtering device 2 and the air conditioning device 3 are respectively arranged at the bottom and the top of the container 1, so that the arrangement space in the container 1 can be saved.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, a controller 6 capable of controlling the operating state of the air conditioner 3 may be disposed beside the air conditioner 3, so that the controller 6 is connected to the air conditioner 3.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 3, the fresh air layer 13 and the thermal interlayer 14 are communicated through the thermal channel 15, and the heat generated by the cabinet 4 flows through the thermal channel 15 to the thermal interlayer 14 and is directly discharged to the outside of the container 1.

Optionally, a server and a power distribution device 5 are disposed in the cabinet 4, and the power distribution device 5 is connected to at least the server.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to fig. 2, in the present embodiment, a server and a power distribution device 5 may be disposed in the cabinet 4, wherein the power distribution device 5 is used to supply power to the server in the cabinet 4, and also may supply power to the air conditioning device 3 and the filtering device 2. In practical application, the distribution equipment 5 can generate higher temperature in work and is arranged in the cabinet 4, so that on one hand, the distribution management of the power distribution equipment in a field is facilitated, and on the other hand, the temperature reduction can also be realized. The power distribution equipment 5 may be a power distributor and/or a battery, and a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) may be provided in the cabinet 4 for emergency.

In order to make the working principle and technical effect of the present invention clearer, the following exemplifies an application of the modular data center provided by the present application in practice.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the modular data center comprises a container 1, the enclosure being dimensioned to: the length is 12192mm, and the width is 3000mm, and its inside includes upper and lower two-layer, and the upper strata is heat intermediate layer 14, and the lower floor is new trend layer 13. The fan walls are respectively arranged at two sides of a fresh air layer 13 of the box body, namely two air inlets 11 are arranged at each side, an evaporator 23, a dehumidifier 21 and a filter 22 are sequentially arranged at the inner side of each air inlet 11, a compressor 31 and a fluorine pump 32 are respectively arranged at the top of each evaporator 23 corresponding to each evaporator 23, wherein the compressor 31 and the fluorine pump 32 are both connected with the evaporator 23, and a controller 6 connected with the compressor 31 and the fluorine pump 32 is simultaneously arranged near the fluorine pump 32. In addition, a cabinet 4 is placed on the fresh air layer 13, and a server, a battery connected with the server, a power distribution source and a UPS are arranged in the cabinet 4. Each air inlet 11 is arranged on the fresh air layer 13, an air inlet fan is arranged at each air inlet 11, each air outlet 12 is arranged at the top of the container 1, and an air exhaust fan is arranged at each air outlet 12.

The working principle of the modular data center is as follows: the air outside the container 1 is conveyed by each air inlet fan, passes through the evaporator 23, the dehumidifier 21 and the filter 22 and then is sent to the periphery of the cabinet 4 in the container 1, the server in the cabinet 4 heats the cold air sent to the periphery of the cabinet 4 and then discharges the cold air to the hot channel 15, and finally the cold air is discharged to the outside through the hot interlayer 14 and the air exhaust fan at the top of the container 1.

Outdoor air (new trend) temperature is lower in winter, when can satisfying the refrigeration demand of computer lab (in the container 1), the new trend only passes through evaporimeter 23, is not refrigerated, and compressor 31 and fluorine pump 32 do not all work promptly, and the new trend directly sends into in the container 1 and cools down rack 4 after filtering. In the transition season, the temperature of the fresh air rises, the controller 6 can control the fluorine pump 32 to be started, and the fresh air is refrigerated through the evaporator 23 and then sent into the container 1 to cool the cabinet 4. Along with the temperature of the fresh air continuously rising, the fluorine pump 32 cannot meet the refrigeration requirement, at the moment, the controller 6 starts the compressor 31, and the fresh air is refrigerated through the evaporator 23 and then sent into the container 1 to cool the cabinet 4.

The modularization data center that this embodiment provided directly adopts the outside air of container 1 to refrigerate, because the outside air temperature of container 1 is lower, compares in the return air that adopts the higher temperature in the container 1 and refrigerates, has practiced thrift the energy consumption. In addition, all parts of equipment of the data center are integrated in the container 1, so that modularization and productization of the data center are realized.

In the above embodiments, the differences between the embodiments are described in emphasis, and different optimization features between the embodiments can be combined to form a better embodiment as long as the differences are not contradictory, and further description is omitted here in consideration of brevity of the text.

Although some specific embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail by way of illustration, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above illustration is only for purposes of illustration and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the above embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A modular data center, comprising:

2. The modular data center of claim 1, wherein the filtration device and the air conditioning device are located at a same side of the cabinet.

3. The modular data center of claim 1, wherein the filtering device and the air conditioning device are provided in at least two sets and distributed at two sides of the cabinet.

4. The modular data center of claim 1, further comprising a controller coupled to the air conditioning unit, the controller configured to control an operating state of the air conditioning unit.

5. The modular data center of claim 1, wherein the filtering device comprises an evaporator, a dehumidifier and a filter, the evaporator, the dehumidifier and the filter are sequentially disposed inside the air inlet, and air entering the box from the air inlet sequentially passes through the evaporator, the dehumidifier and the filter and then flows through the cabinet.

6. The modular data center of claim 5, wherein the air conditioning equipment comprises a compressor and a fluorine pump, the compressor and the fluorine pump are both connected to the evaporator, and the compressor and the fluorine pump are each capable of controlling the temperature of the air in the evaporator.

7. The modular data center of claim 1, wherein an air intake fan is disposed at the air intake, and an air exhaust fan is disposed at the air exhaust;

8. The modular data center of claim 1, wherein a fresh air layer is disposed within the shipping container at a bottom of the enclosure and a thermal interlayer is disposed at a top of the enclosure;

9. The modular data center of claim 8, wherein the fresh air layer and the thermal interlayer communicate through a thermal channel.

10. The modular data center of claim 1, wherein a server and power distribution equipment are disposed within the cabinet, the power distribution equipment being connected to at least the server.