CN220043920U

CN220043920U - Top cover drainage structure of liquid cooling box body of data machine room

Info

Publication number: CN220043920U
Application number: CN202320082099.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张炳华; 李明江
Original assignee: Hebei Qinhuai Data Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hebei Qinhuai Data Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-01-12
Filing date: 2023-01-12
Publication date: 2023-11-17
Anticipated expiration: 2033-01-12

Abstract

The utility model discloses a top cover drainage structure of a liquid cooling box body of a data machine room, which at least comprises a box body and a top cover, wherein one side of the top cover is hinged with the box body and can cover an opening of the box body; the novel water draining device comprises a top cover, a box body, a water draining assembly, a sealing assembly and a water draining assembly, wherein the sealing assembly and the water draining assembly are detachably connected and are respectively arranged on the top cover and the box body, and when the water draining assembly is connected with the sealing assembly, liquid in the sealing assembly flows into the water draining assembly. According to the utility model, the liquid on the top cover can be converged and discharged when the top cover is opened and turned over, so that the influence on the machine room environment is avoided.

Description

Top cover drainage structure of liquid cooling box body of data machine room

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of liquid cooling heat exchange boxes, in particular to a top cover drainage structure of a liquid cooling box of a data machine room.

Background

Modern data centers are burdened with large amounts of data computation and storage, which is increasingly demanding of system performance stability. In order to provide higher energy efficiency to meet the needs of business development, heat dissipation from servers and even machine rooms is critical. It is known that if the heat dissipation is poor, the high temperature not only reduces the working stability of the chip, but also generates excessive thermal stress due to the temperature difference between the inside of the module and the outside environment, which affects the electrical performance, the working frequency, the mechanical strength and the reliability of the chip.

Compared with the traditional air conditioning system, the heat dissipation problem of the high-heat-density data center is solved, and the heat dissipation problem of the high-heat-density data center is more advantageous, namely the most popular liquid cooling technology in the industry is fast in cooling, low in energy consumption and environment-friendly. Liquid cooling refers to a cooling mode in which liquid with high specific heat capacity is used as a working medium for heat transmission to meet the heat dissipation requirements of IT equipment such as a server. Common liquid cooling techniques include three types of immersion, spray and cold plate.

In order to ensure that the liquid cooling box can normally run, the air tightness in the box body is required to be ensured, and once the liquid cooling box leaks, the damage of key parts such as chips and the like is caused, and serious loss is caused to liquid in the box, so that the consequence is serious.

The applicant of the present patent application finds through studying the prior art that when the liquid in the liquid cooling box is too much, the liquid can flow to the outer wall of the box and the ground due to the inclined flow when the top cover is opened, resulting in pollution to the machine room.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a top cover drainage structure of a liquid cooling box body of a data machine room, which can collect and drain liquid on the top cover when the top cover is opened and turned over, so as to avoid influencing the environment of the machine room.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a top cover drainage structure of a liquid-cooled box body of a data machine room, which at least comprises a box body and a top cover, wherein one side of the top cover is hinged with the box body and can cover an opening of the box body; the novel water draining device comprises a top cover, a box body, a water draining assembly, a sealing assembly and a water draining assembly, wherein the sealing assembly and the water draining assembly are detachably connected and are respectively arranged on the top cover and the box body, and when the water draining assembly is connected with the sealing assembly, liquid in the sealing assembly flows into the water draining assembly.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the sealing assembly comprises a sealing block and a drainage channel, the sealing block is arranged at the bottom of the top cover, and the drainage channel is arranged on the sealing block; the drainage channel is positioned at the part, close to the hinged part of the top cover, of the sealing block, and the end part extends to the edge of the top cover and penetrates through the edge of the top cover.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the size and the shape of the sealing block are matched with the opening of the box body; when the top cover is closed, the sealing block is positioned in the opening, and the outer wall is contacted with the inner wall of the opening.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the sealing blocks are obliquely downwards arranged around the central axis of the top cover.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the part of the sealing block provided with the drainage channel is in a V shape with two sides inclined towards the middle part, and the drainage channel is positioned at the bottom of the V shape.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the sealing block is provided with a flow channel along the length, the flow channel is positioned on one side of the sealing block close to the top cover, and the junction between one side of the sealing block far away from the top cover and the flow channel is arc-shaped.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the drainage assembly comprises a drainage pipeline, a drainage mounting frame and a drainage box, and two ends of the drainage pipeline are respectively communicated with the drainage channel and the drainage box; the drainage mounting frame is arranged on the box body and can be used for placing the drainage box.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the top cover is provided with a visual window, and the sealing block is annular and is arranged around the visual window.

Therefore, according to the technical scheme provided by the utility model, the sealing component is arranged on the top cover, so that the separation between the top cover and the box body is increased, the inside of the box body cannot be directly communicated with the outside, and the possibility of liquid outflow is reduced.

Meanwhile, the sealing assembly is detachably connected with the drainage assembly arranged on the box body, so that liquid remained on the sealing structure can be discharged through the drainage assembly when the top cover is overturned, and the phenomenon that the liquid is sprinkled or flows to the ground is avoided, and the environment of a machine room is influenced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the inventive embodiments of the present utility model, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the inventive embodiments of the present utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a seal assembly provided in an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a flow channel according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a drainage assembly according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Reference numerals illustrate:

1. a case; 2. a top cover; 3. a sealing block; 31. a flow passage; 4. a visual window; 5. a drainage channel; 6. a drainage pipe; 7. a drainage mounting rack; 8. a drain box; 9. a pipeline bracket.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model more apparent, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings. Terms such as "upper," "lower," "first end," "second end," "one end," "the other end," and the like used herein to refer to a spatially relative position are used for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. The term spatially relative position may be intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "below" can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

Furthermore, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "provided," "connected," "slidingly connected," "secured," and "sleeved" are to be construed broadly. For example, "connected" may be in a fixed connection, a removable connection, or a unitary construction; may be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; either directly, indirectly, through intermediaries, or through internal connections between two devices, elements, or components. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the current embodiment, liquid in the liquid cooling box can be when the top cap is opened, follow top cap slope portion flow to box outer wall and ground, lead to producing the pollution to the computer lab, consequently, a data computer lab liquid cooling box top cap drainage structures is urgently needed, can open the top cap when overturning with its liquid and assemble the discharge, avoids causing the influence to the computer lab environment.

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be apparent that the described embodiments of the utility model are only some, but not all, embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, based on the embodiments of the utility model, which a person skilled in the art would obtain without making any inventive effort, are within the scope of the utility model.

In an implementation manner, referring to fig. 1 to 2 specifically, a top cover drainage structure of a liquid cooling box body of a data machine room at least may include a box body 1 and a top cover 2, where the top cover 2 can cover an opening of the box body 1 through its size, in order to ensure tightness of the liquid cooling box body, a sealing structure is usually disposed on the top cover 2, and when the top cover 2 is closed, the sealing structure is usually soaked in the liquid in the box body due to excessive liquid in the box body, so that the liquid on the sealing structure cannot flow into the box body 1 in time when the top cover 2 is opened, and in the process along with the rotation of the top cover 2, the liquid will be carried out by the sealing structure and sprinkled or flow to an outer wall and the ground of the box body 1, so as to pollute the environment of the machine room. In order to solve the problem, the top cover drainage structure of the liquid-cooled box body of the data machine room of the utility model can further comprise a sealing component and a drainage component, wherein the sealing component and the drainage component are detachably connected and are respectively arranged on the top cover 2 and the box body 1, and when the drainage component is connected with the sealing component, liquid in the sealing component flows into the drainage component.

Specifically, the box 1 is a hollow structure with an upward opening, so that the server can be placed in the box 1, the box 1 is filled with non-conductive liquid, the server is immersed in the liquid, the server is cooled, the size of the top cover 2 is matched with that of the box 1, the top cover 2 can rotate above the opening of the box 1, and when the top cover 2 contacts with the box 1, the top cover 2 can cover the opening of the box 1, so that the liquid in the box 1 is prevented from flowing out.

In the scheme of the utility model, the sealing assembly comprises a sealing block 3, the sealing block 3 is arranged at the bottom of the top cover 2, the size and the shape of the sealing block 3 are matched with those of the opening of the box body 1, specifically, if the opening is circular, the sealing block 3 is in a circular ring shape, and if the opening is square, the sealing block 3 is in a square ring shape. So, when top cap 2 is closed, sealing block 3 can be located the opening, and sealing block 3's outer wall and opening inner wall contact to increased the separation between top cap 2 and box 1, made the inside unable direct and outside intercommunication of box 1, reduced the possibility that liquid flows.

In practical application, in order to make top cap 2 can not directly fall outside box 1 at the upset in-process liquid to can slide along sealing block 3 to the direction of top cap 2, sealing block 3 can be from the center to the slope downward setting all around, and the inclination top of sealing block 3 is top cap 2 center promptly, so, at the in-process that top cap 2 was opened, the partial liquid on sealing block 3 inner wall can directly fall to box 1 under the action of gravity, and other liquid can flow to be located on the sealing block 3 of lowermost.

The sealing assembly further comprises a drain channel 5, see in particular fig. 2, wherein the portion of the sealing block 3, which is close to the hinge joint of the top cover 2, is provided with the drain channel 5, and the drain channel 5 extends in the direction of the edge of the top cover 2 and penetrates the side wall of the top cover 2, i.e. the drain channel 5 enables the sealing block 3 to communicate with the outside. Specifically, when the top cover 2 is turned over, the liquid remaining on the sealing block 3 flows along the inclined surface of the sealing block 3, and flows to the portion of the sealing block 3 close to the hinge joint of the top cover 2, that is, when the top cover 2 is opened and rotated, the liquid flows to the portion of the sealing block 3 located at the lowest position under the action of gravity, and finally flows out of the top cover 2 through the drainage channel 5.

Referring to fig. 3, the drainage assembly comprises a drainage pipe 6, a drainage mounting frame 7 and a drainage box 8, wherein one end of the drainage pipe 6 can be inserted into the side wall of the top cover 2 and is communicated with the drainage channel 5, the other end of the drainage pipe 6 is inserted into the drainage box 8, the drainage mounting frame 7 is arranged on the box body 1, and the drainage box 8 is arranged on the drainage mounting frame 7. Specifically, when the top cover 2 needs to be opened, two ends of the drainage pipeline 6 can be respectively spliced with the side wall of the top cover 2 and the drainage box 8, so that liquid entering the drainage channel 5 due to the overturn of the top cover 2 can flow into the drainage box 8 through the drainage pipeline 6, the drainage of residual liquid on the sealing block 3 is completed, and the liquid is prevented from being spilled or flowing to the machine room due to the overturn of the top cover 2. In practical application, when the liquid in the drain box 8 is too much, the operation and maintenance personnel can detach the drain pipe 6 from the drain box 8 and detach the drain box 8 from the drain mounting frame 7 for replacement.

It should be noted that, in order to avoid adverse effects of the liquid on the drain box 8 and the drain pipe 6, the drain box 8 and the drain pipe 6 should be made of a corrosion-resistant material. Specifically, when hydrofluoric acid is used as the cooling liquid in the tank 1, the drain box 8 and the drain pipe 6 may be made of rpp (reinforced polypropylene).

In one possible embodiment, in order to allow the liquid on the sealing block 3 to flow entirely into the drain passage 5, the portion of the sealing block 3 where the drain passage 5 is provided is V-shaped with both sides inclined toward the middle, and the drain passage 5 is located at the lowest position. In this way, the liquid flowing from the rest of the seal block 3 to the lowermost portion flows into the drain passage 5 due to the inclined structure.

Further, the flow channel 31 is arranged on the sealing block 3 along the length, the flow channel 31 is positioned on one side of the sealing block 3 close to the top cover 2, and the sealing block 3 is obliquely arranged, namely, the flow channel 31 is positioned at the lower end of the sealing block 3, the joint of the higher end of the sealing block 3 and the flow channel 31 is arc-shaped, so that liquid can flow into the flow channel 31 conveniently, and residual liquid on the sealing block 3 is reduced.

In an implementation manner, the tank 1 is further provided with a pipe support 9, the drainage pipe 6 penetrates through the pipe support 9, the drainage pipe 6 is provided with a clamping plate with a size larger than the diameter of the drainage pipe 6, the drainage pipe 6 can be placed on the pipe support 9 through the clamping plate, and two ends of the drainage pipe 6 can still be located on the side wall of the tank 1 when the two ends of the drainage pipe are not connected with the side wall of the top cover 2 and the drainage box 8, so that operation and maintenance personnel can use the drainage pipe conveniently.

In one implementation, the top cover 2 is provided with a visual window 4, so that operation and maintenance personnel can observe the internal condition of the liquid cooling box conveniently, and the size of the visual window 4 is smaller than that of the sealing block 3 and is positioned in the annular sealing block 3.

Specifically, because the temperature of the cooling liquid stored in the box body 1 is low, the material selected by the visual window 4 can bear the pressure difference caused by the temperature difference between the inside and the outside of the box body 1, and can absorb a part of the temperature from the inside of the box body 1 and emit the temperature into the outside air.

Further, the hydrophobic coating is adhered to the surface of the visual window 4, and the hydrophobic coating formed by the hydrophobic coating has the characteristics of water resistance, fog resistance and the like, so that the phenomenon of hanging drop in the visual window 4 after the cooling liquid is vaporized can be avoided, and the situation that the liquid cooling box body cannot observe the inside in the using process is avoided.

Further, the junction of visual window 4 and top cap 2 is provided with sealed crimping and glues, reinforcing visual window 4 and top cap 2 between sealing performance.

In an implementation manner, the top cover 2 is further provided with a handle 4 which is convenient for operation and maintenance personnel to overturn, and the handle 4 is positioned on one side of the visual window 4, so that the operation and maintenance personnel are prevented from being influenced to observe.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the utility model is not intended to limit the utility model to the precise form disclosed, and any such modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the utility model are intended to be included within the scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. The top cover drainage structure of the liquid-cooled box body of the data machine room at least comprises a box body (1) and a top cover (2), wherein one side of the top cover (2) is hinged with the box body (1) and can cover an opening of the box body (1);

the novel water draining device is characterized by further comprising a sealing assembly and a draining assembly, wherein the sealing assembly and the draining assembly are detachably connected and are respectively arranged on the top cover (2) and the box body (1), and when the draining assembly is connected with the sealing assembly, liquid in the sealing assembly flows into the draining assembly.

2. The top cover drainage structure of the liquid-cooled box body of the data machine room according to claim 1, wherein the sealing assembly comprises a sealing block (3) and a drainage channel (5), the sealing block (3) is arranged at the bottom of the top cover (2), and the drainage channel (5) is arranged on the sealing block (3);

the drainage channel (5) is positioned at the hinged part of the sealing block (3) close to the top cover (2), and the end part extends to the edge of the top cover (2) and penetrates through the edge of the top cover (2).

3. The top cover drainage structure of the liquid-cooled box body of the data machine room according to claim 2, wherein the size and the shape of the sealing block (3) are matched with the opening of the box body (1);

when the top cover (2) is closed, the sealing block (3) is positioned in the opening, and the outer wall is contacted with the inner wall of the opening.

4. The top cover drainage structure of the liquid cooling box body of the data machine room according to claim 3, wherein the sealing block (3) is obliquely downwards arranged around the central axis of the top cover (2).

5. The top cover drainage structure of the liquid-cooled box body of the data machine room according to claim 2, wherein the part of the sealing block (3) provided with the drainage channel (5) is in a V shape with two sides inclined towards the middle, and the drainage channel (5) is positioned at the bottom of the V shape.

6. The top cover drainage structure of the liquid-cooled box body of the data machine room according to claim 5, wherein a flow channel (31) is arranged along the length of the sealing block (3);

the flow channel (31) is positioned on one side, close to the top cover (2), of the sealing block (3), and the joint of one side, far away from the top cover (2), of the sealing block (3) and the flow channel (31) is arc-shaped.

7. The data machine room liquid-cooled box body top cover drainage structure according to claim 1, wherein the drainage assembly comprises a drainage pipeline (6), a drainage mounting frame (7) and a drainage box (8);

two ends of the drainage pipeline (6) are respectively communicated with the drainage channel (5) and the drainage box (8);

the drainage mounting frame (7) is arranged on the box body (1) and can be used for placing the drainage box (8).

8. The top cover drainage structure of the liquid cooling box body of the data machine room according to claim 2, wherein a visible window (4) is arranged on the top cover (2), and the sealing block (3) is annular and is arranged around the visible window (4).