TWI679379B - Energy-saving computer room - Google Patents

Abstract

An energy-saving computer room is mainly for the high heat generated by a cabinet installed in the computer room during operation, and provides an external air intake mode that can directly provide heat dissipation to the inside of the cabinet. The external air intake mode is a method that can directly cool the outside of the computer room. Introduce the mode of heat dissipation in the cabinet, as long as the temperature of the outside air in the equipment room is maintained at a suitable temperature condition, this mode can be activated to achieve the effect of energy saving. In addition, the computer room of the present invention can further provide an internal air supply mode. This mode can be used when the external air temperature of the computer room is too high or it is not suitable to use the external air intake mode, or the two modes can be used simultaneously.

Description

Energy-saving computer room

The invention relates to a server computer, telecommunications and switch machine room, in particular to an energy-saving machine room including an external air-intake mode capable of directly providing a cooling function to the inside of a cabinet.

In order to maintain the normal operation of the equipment installed in the cabinet of the equipment room, it is generally used to set the air conditioning equipment in the closed equipment room to control the temperature. However, the air conditioning equipment operates for a long time and the power consumption is quite amazing.

Therefore, how to reduce the power consumption to achieve the purpose of energy saving has always been a problem that the industry hopes to break through and improve.

In view of this, the main object of the present invention is to provide an energy-saving machine room that can effectively reduce power consumption. The main purpose is to provide an external air intake mode for the server room that can directly provide heat dissipation to the inside of the cabinet. The external air intake mode Refers to a mode that can directly introduce cold air from the outside of the equipment room into the cabinet for heat dissipation work. This mode can be activated as long as the temperature of the outside air in the equipment room is maintained at a suitable temperature condition, in order to achieve energy saving and power saving effects.

According to the above purpose, an energy-saving machine room provided by the present invention includes: a machine room provided with an elevated floor; A plurality of cabinets are disposed on the elevated floor, the cabinets include an air inlet provided below and an air outlet provided above, and the air outlet is provided with a fan array; an external air inlet channel is provided at the Below the elevated floor and in communication with the air inlets below the cabinets, so that the outside air of the machine room can be introduced into the cabinets through the external air intake channel; an external air intake gate is arranged in the external air intake channel, And can be selectively opened or closed; an exhaust passage for collecting hot air pumped out of the cabinets through the fan array and exhausting it outside the computer room; and a remote control center for controlling the fan array and The external intake gate.

With this configuration, through the monitoring of the remote control center, when the temperature of the external air is maintained at a suitable temperature condition, this mode can be selected to be activated, and the fan array is used to extract air and introduce external air for heat dissipation.

When the present invention is implemented, it may further include a plurality of sensing elements connected to the remote control center, wherein the sensing elements include at least one temperature sensing element disposed on the cabinets and the external environment of the computer room. .

There are more than one air filter in the external air inlet channel, which are used to filter the external air from the outside of the computer room to the cabinets.

The external air inlet channel includes a plurality of air inlet shunt channels respectively connected to the air inlet below each cabinet.

The exhaust channel includes a plurality of exhaust shunt channels respectively connected to the air outlet above each cabinet.

In addition to the aforementioned external air intake mode, the computer room of the present invention can further provide an internal air supply mode during implementation. This mode can be used when the temperature of the external air in the computer room is too high or is not suitable for external air intake. In the case of air mode, switch to use, or use the two modes together. The internal air supply mode is mainly composed of the following: an air-conditioning main unit provided in the machine room; a air-supply channel communicating with the external air-intake channel for cooling air generated by the air-conditioning main unit through the external air inlet; The air passage is introduced into the cabinets; and an air-conditioning intake gate is disposed in the air-supply passage and can be selectively opened or closed; wherein the air-conditioning host and the air-conditioning intake gate can be controlled by the remote control center.

The air conditioning host is disposed on the elevated floor.

The air-conditioning air intake gate and the external air-intake gate can be opened at the same time, so that the outside air of the machine room and the cold air produced by the air-conditioning host are simultaneously introduced into the cabinets.

With this structure, when the computer room has both the external air intake mode and the internal air supply mode, it can choose one of the appropriate modes according to the change of the temperature conditions of the external air in the computer room, or use the external air intake mode at the same time. And internal air supply modes.

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail in the following embodiments. The content is sufficient for any person skilled in the art to understand and implement the technical content of the present invention, and according to the content disclosed in this specification, the scope of patent applications and the drawings. Anyone skilled in the relevant art can easily understand the related objects and advantages of the present invention.

100‧‧‧machine room

11‧‧‧ raised floor

12‧‧‧ Cabinet

121‧‧‧air inlet

122‧‧‧outlet

123‧‧‧fan array

13‧‧‧External air intake channel

131‧‧‧Intake diverting channel

14‧‧‧External intake gate

15‧‧‧Exhaust channel

151‧‧‧Exhaust Diversion Channel

152‧‧‧Exhaust Fan

16‧‧‧ sensing element

17‧‧‧air filter

20‧‧‧Air-conditioning host

21‧‧‧Air supply channel

22‧‧‧Air-conditioning intake gate

200‧‧‧Remote Control Center

Figure 1 is a schematic side view of the energy-saving computer room of the present invention; Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the energy-saving computer room of the present invention when the external air intake mode is enabled; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the use of the energy-saving machine room of the present invention when the internal air supply mode is enabled; and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the use of the energy-saving machine room of the present invention when the external air supply mode and the internal air supply mode are simultaneously enabled.

The energy-saving machine room of the present invention is an external air inlet mode that can directly provide heat dissipation function to the inside of the cabinet in response to the high heat generated by the cabinet installed in the machine room during operation.

First, please refer to the schematic side view of the energy-saving machine room of the present invention disclosed in FIG. 1. The energy-saving machine room includes a machine room 100 provided with an elevated floor 11; a plurality of cabinets 12 provided on the elevated floor 11, and the cabinets 12 include devices. An air inlet 121 below and an air outlet 122 provided above the air outlet 122 are respectively provided with a fan array 123; an external air inlet channel 13 is provided below the raised floor 11 and is connected with the cabinets 12 The lower air inlet 121 communicates with each other, so that the outside air of the computer room 100 can be introduced into the cabinets 12 through the external air inlet channel; an external air inlet gate 14 is provided in the external air inlet channel 13 and can be selectively Ground opening or closing; an exhaust passage 15 for collecting the hot air pumped out of the cabinets 12 through the fan array 123 and being discharged outside the computer room 100; and a remote control center 200 for controlling the fan array 123 与 this external intake gate 14.

The external air intake channel 13 includes a plurality of air intake shunt channels 131 respectively connected to the air inlet 121 below each cabinet 12. In addition, the exhaust passage 15 also includes a plurality of exhaust shunt passages 151 respectively connected to the air outlet 122 above each cabinet 12.

In this embodiment, a plurality of sensing elements 16 connected to the remote control center 200 are also included. The sensing elements 16 include a plurality of sensing elements 16 disposed on the cabinets 12 for detecting the internal temperature of the cabinets 12. A plurality of temperature sensing elements and at least one temperature sensing element disposed outside the computer room 100 and configured to detect an external ambient temperature.

In addition, more than one air filter 17 may be provided in the external air intake passage 13 to filter external air from the outside of the computer room 100 to the cabinets 12.

With the above structure, as shown in FIG. 2, through the monitoring of the remote control center 200, when the temperature of the external air in the computer room 100 is maintained at a suitable temperature condition, once the internal operating temperature of the cabinets 12 is detected to be too high, The fan array 123 will increase the operating speed accordingly, and the external air intake gate 14 is opened, and the fan array 123 continues to draw air, so that the external cold air enters the cabinet 12 through the external air intake channel 13 to achieve the effect of heat dissipation. The hot air drawn from the cabinet 12 through the fan array 123 is discharged out of the computer room 100 through the exhaust passage 15 again. A row of fans 152 may be further provided at the exit of the exhaust passage 15 to accelerate the exhaust of hot air.

By sensing the temperature inside the cabinet 12, the number of fans started and the speed of the fans in the fan array 123 can be adjusted and controlled according to the internal temperature of the cabinet 12 to save power consumption of the fan array 123.

In addition to the aforementioned external air intake mode, the computer room 100 of the present invention can further provide an internal air supply mode during implementation. This mode can be used when the temperature of the external air in the computer room 100 is too high or it is not suitable to use the external air intake mode. As shown in FIG. 1, the external air intake mode is mainly composed of: an air-conditioning main unit 20 provided on an elevated floor 11 in the computer room 100; and a ventilation passage 21 communicating with the external air intake passage 13. The cold air produced by the air-conditioning host 20 is introduced into the cabinets 12 through the external air-intake channel 13; and an air-conditioning intake gate 22 is provided in the air-supply channel 21 and can be selectively opened or closed; The air-conditioning host 20 and the air-conditioning intake gate 22 can be controlled by the remote control center 200.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the external air temperature is too high, or the external temperature conditions are not suitable for using the aforementioned external air intake mode to dissipate the cabinet 12, the internal air supply mode can be adopted instead, and the fan array 123 is controlled and started. In addition, by opening the air-conditioning air intake gate 22 and continuing the ventilation through the fan array 123, the cold air produced by the air-conditioning host 20 can be introduced into the cabinets 12 through the external air-intake channel 13 to achieve the effect of heat dissipation. The hot air drawn from the cabinet 12 through the fan array 123 is discharged out of the computer room 100 through the exhaust passage 15.

As can be seen from the above description, the present invention mainly provides an external air intake mode that can directly provide heat dissipation to the cabinet 12 in response to the high heat generated during the operation of the cabinet 12 installed in the computer room 100, thereby achieving energy saving and power saving effects. . In addition, when it is not suitable to use the external air intake mode alone, the internal air supply mode may be selected instead, or as shown in FIG. 4, the external air intake mode and the internal air supply mode are activated at the same time, and the external air intake gate 14 is selected. At the same time as the air-conditioning inlet gate 22 is opened, the outside air of the computer room 100 and the cold air produced by the air-conditioning host 20 are mixed into the cabinets 12 for heat dissipation. The amount of external air introduced and the amount of cold air supplied by the air-conditioning main unit 20 can further adjust the mixing ratio of outside air and cold air through the amount of opening of the air-conditioning intake gate 22 and the external intake gate 14.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention. When it cannot be used to limit the scope of the present invention, all equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent of the present invention should fall within the scope of the present invention. .

Claims (9)

An energy-saving computer room includes: a computer room with an elevated floor; a plurality of cabinets disposed on the elevated floor in the computer room, the cabinets including an air inlet provided below and an air outlet provided above The air outlet is provided with a fan array; an external air inlet channel is provided below the elevated floor, one end communicates with the air inlets below the cabinets, and the other end is connected to the outside of the machine room to cool the outside of the machine room. Air can be introduced into the cabinets through the external air intake channel, so that the cold air outside the machine room is directly introduced into the cabinet for heat dissipation; an external air intake gate is provided in the external air intake channel, and can be selectively opened Or closed; an exhaust channel, one end of which is connected to the cabinets, and the other end is connected to the outside of the machine room, to collect the hot air pumped by the cabinets through the fan array, and discharged outside the room; a remote control center, It is located outside the machine room and is used to control the fan array and the external air intake gate; an air-conditioning main unit is installed in the machine room; a supply air channel and the external air inlet channel The air conditioner is used to introduce the cold air produced by the air-conditioning main unit into the cabinets through the external air-intake channel; and an air-conditioning intake gate is installed in the air-supply channel and can be selectively opened or closed; The air-conditioning host and the air-conditioning intake gate can be controlled via the remote control center. The energy-saving computer room according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of sensing elements connected to the remote control center. The energy-saving computer room according to claim 2, wherein the sensing elements include a plurality of temperature sensing elements disposed on the cabinets. The energy-saving computer room according to claim 2, wherein the sensing elements include at least one temperature sensing element disposed outside the computer room. The energy-saving machine room according to claim 1, wherein the external air intake passage is provided with more than one air filter for filtering external air from the outside of the machine room to the cabinets. The energy-saving computer room according to claim 1, wherein the external air intake channel includes a plurality of air intake shunt channels respectively connected to the air inlet below each cabinet. The energy-saving computer room according to claim 1, wherein the exhaust channel includes a plurality of exhaust shunt channels respectively connected to the air outlet above each cabinet. The energy-saving computer room according to claim 1, wherein the air-conditioning host is disposed on the raised floor. The energy-saving machine room according to claim 1, wherein the air-conditioning intake gate and the external air-intake gate are opened at the same time, so that the external air of the engine room and the cold air produced by the air-conditioning host are mixed into the cabinets.