WO2017032040A1

WO2017032040A1 - In-row air conditioner and data center having same

Info

Publication number: WO2017032040A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/081008
Authority: WO
Inventors: 徐永田; 郭雨龙; 柴宏生; 刘帆
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-08-27
Filing date: 2016-05-04
Publication date: 2017-03-02
Also published as: CN205040134U

Abstract

Disclosed are an in-row air conditioner and a data center having same, applicable to a communication machine room. The in-row air conditioner is used to reduce the temperature of a communication cabinet and comprises a housing, and a cold air outlet and a return air inlet which are provided on the housing. The return air inlet is provided on the upper end of the housing and is close to or in communication with a hot air outlet which is provided on the upper end of the communication cabinet, so as to form a hot air channel. The cold air outlet is provided on the lower end of the housing and is close to or in communication with a cold air inlet which is provided on the lower end of the communication cabinet, so as to form a cold air channel, such that the cold air generated by the in-row air conditioner is transferred into the communication cabinet from the cold air inlet.

Description

An inter-column air conditioner and an inter-column air conditioner and a data center thereof

Technical field

The present application relates to, but is not limited to, the field of communication device technologies, and in particular, to an inter-column air conditioner and an inter-column air conditioner and a data center thereof.

Background technique

As the degree of electronic integration becomes higher and higher, the heat flow density of the communication cabinet in the communication room or the data processing room is also higher and higher, and the cooling of the heating device in the communication room becomes a difficulty. The current setting is to place a side on the side of the machine room. Large air conditioners, however, there are the following problems: the air outlet of the communication cabinet is cold air at the lower end and hot air at the upper end. Only one large air conditioner is used to mix the cold air and the hot air to reduce the efficiency of cooling the communication cabinet, thereby improving energy efficiency. loss.

Summary of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The main purpose of the utility model is to provide an inter-column air conditioner and an inter-column air conditioner and a data center thereof, which aims to improve the cooling efficiency of the communication cabinet and reduce the energy loss.

An inter-column air conditioner is used in a communication equipment room for reducing the temperature of a communication cabinet in a communication equipment room, wherein the air conditioner in the inter-column includes a casing and a cold air outlet and a return air outlet provided on the casing, the back The tuyere is disposed at an upper end of the casing, adjacent to or communicating with the hot air outlet of the upper end of the communication cabinet to form a hot air passage, and the cold air outlet is disposed at a lower end of the casing, adjacent to a cold air inlet of the lower end of the communication cabinet or The communication forms a cold air passage for conveying cold air generated in the air conditioner between the air conditioners into the communication cabinet to reduce the temperature of the communication cabinet.

Optionally, the inter-column air conditioner includes two cold air outlets, and the two cold air outlets are disposed on opposite front and rear sides or left and right sides of the housing.

Optionally, the inter-column air conditioner includes three cold air outlets, one of the cold air outlets is disposed on a bottom surface of the housing, and the other two cold air outlets are disposed on opposite front and rear sides or left and right sides of the housing. side.

Optionally, the air return opening is disposed on an upper end surface of the housing.

Optionally, the inter-column air conditioner further includes an evaporator, a fan and a compressor disposed in the housing, the evaporator is located at an upper end of the housing, and is disposed adjacent to the return air outlet, the fan Located in the middle of the housing, the compressor is located at the lower end of the housing.

An inter-column air conditioner and a data center thereof are disposed in a communication equipment room, and include a plurality of communication cabinets and at least one inter-column air conditioner, wherein the communication cabinet and the inter-column air conditioner are arranged in a row, and the air conditioners in the columns are arranged The upper end of the communication cabinet is provided with a hot air outlet communicating with the air return port, and the lower end of the communication cabinet is provided with a cold air inlet communicating with the cold air outlet.

Optionally, an upper end of the communication cabinet and the inter-column air conditioner is provided with a hot air passage, and the hot air passage is in communication with the return air outlet and the hot air outlet.

Optionally, a partition is disposed at an upper end of the communication cabinet and the inter-column air conditioner, and the partition is configured to enclose the air return port and the hot air outlet as the hot air passage to block the communication cabinet The hot air flows downward from the hot air outlet.

Optionally, the number of the cold air outlets of the inter-column air conditioner is three, one of the cold air outlets is disposed on a bottom surface of the housing, and the other two of the cold air outlets are oppositely disposed on two sides of the housing. The lower end surface of the communication cabinet is provided with a cold air inlet communicating with a cold air outlet located at a bottom surface of the housing, and the inter-column air conditioner and the data center thereof are further included in the inter-column air conditioner and the communication a cold air passage below the cabinet, the cold air passage being in communication with the cold air outlet and the cold air inlet.

Optionally, the inter-column air conditioner and the communication cabinet are disposed on a raised floor, and the elevated floor is provided with a cold air passage and at least two reserving ports, wherein the reserving port corresponds to the cold air outlet and the cold air The inlet is arranged to communicate the air conditioner between the column and the communication cabinet with the cold air passage.

The technical solution of the present invention is for providing a data center of an inter-column air conditioner and an inter-column air conditioner, and a data center thereof for reducing the temperature of the communication cabinet, wherein the inter-column air conditioner includes a casing and a cold air outlet provided on the casing And a return air outlet, the air return opening is disposed at an upper end of the housing, and is configured to communicate with a hot air outlet of an upper end of the communication cabinet to form a hot air passage; the cold air outlet is disposed at a lower end of the housing for a cold air inlet of the lower end of the communication cabinet is connected to form a cold air passage for conveying cold air generated in the air conditioner between the air conditioners into the communication cabinet to reduce the The temperature of the letter cabinet.

According to the technical solution of the present invention, the cold air outlet at the lower end of the air conditioner between the columns communicates with the cold air inlet at the lower end of the communication cabinet to form a cold air passage. The air return port at the upper end of the air conditioner between the columns communicates with the hot air outlet at the upper end of the communication cabinet to form a hot air passage. The cold air passage and the hot air passage do not form interference, and the hot air does not lower the temperature of the cold air, and the communication cabinet can be cooled more efficiently without reducing the power of the air conditioner between the columns, thereby reducing energy loss, energy saving and environmental protection.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a data center of an inter-column air conditioner and its components according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic view showing another embodiment of an inter-column air conditioner and a data center thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of an air conditioner between columns according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the reference numerals:

标号Label	名称 name	标号Label		名称name
100100	列间空调 Air conditioner	44	压缩机 compressor
11	壳体 case	200200	列间空调及其组成的数据中心Inter-column air conditioning and its data center
1a1a	回风口 Return air outlet	201201	通信机柜Communication cabinet
1b1b	冷风出口 Cold air outlet	201a201a	热风出口 Hot air outlet
22	蒸发器Evaporator	201b201b	冷风入口 Cold air inlet
33	风机Fan

Embodiments of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

It should be noted that all directional indications (such as up, down, front, back, left, and right) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relative relationship between components in a certain posture (as shown in the drawing). Positional relationship, motion situation, etc., if the specific posture changes, the directional indication also corresponds The ground changes accordingly.

The utility model provides an air conditioner between columns, which is used in a communication machine room for reducing the temperature of a communication cabinet in a communication machine room.

1 to 3, FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a data center of an inter-column air conditioner and its components according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is another embodiment of a data center of an inter-column air conditioner and its components according to the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of an inter-column air conditioner according to the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 (the direction of the arrow is the flow direction of the wind), the utility model provides an inter-column air conditioner 100 for reducing the temperature of the communication cabinet 201, and the inter-column air conditioner 100 includes a shell. The body 1 and the cold air outlet 1b and the return air opening 1a provided on the casing 1 are provided at the upper end of the casing 1 for being adjacent to or communicating with the hot air outlet 201a of the upper end of the communication cabinet 201 (that is, the air return port 1a) The hot air outlet 201a can be closed, and the hot air passage can be directly connected through the duct inside, and the return air inlet 1a and the hot air outlet 201a can be adjacent to each other to form a hot air passage to form a hot air passage.

The cold air outlet 1b is disposed at a lower end of the casing 1 for abutting or communicating with the cold air inlet 201b of the lower end of the communication cabinet 201 (that is, the cold air outlet 1b and the cold air inlet 201b can be closed, and the cold air passage is directly connected through the pipeline inside, and also The cold air outlet 1b and the cold air inlet 201b are adjacent to form a cold air passage) to form a cold air passage for conveying cold air generated in the inter-column air conditioner 100 from the cold air inlet 201b into the communication cabinet 201 to lower the temperature of the communication cabinet 201.

According to the above aspect, the cold air outlet 1b at the lower end of the inter-row air conditioner 100 communicates with the cold air inlet 201b at the lower end of the communication cabinet 201 to form a cold air passage. The return air port 1a at the upper end of the inter-column air conditioner 100 communicates with the hot air outlet 201a at the upper end of the communication cabinet 201 to form a hot air passage. The cold air passage and the hot air passage do not interfere, and the hot air does not lower the temperature of the cold air, so that the communication cabinet 201 can be cooled more efficiently without increasing the power of the air conditioner 100 between the columns, thereby reducing energy loss, energy saving and environmental protection.

In the present embodiment, the inter-column air conditioner 100 includes two cold air outlets 1b, and the two cold air outlets 1b are provided on the opposite front and rear side or left and right sides of the casing 1. In order to save the installation space, when the left and right sides (front and rear sides) of the inter-column air conditioner 100 are respectively abutted with the left and right sides of the two communication cabinets 201, the front and rear sides (left and right sides) of the inter-column air conditioner 100 correspond to the front and rear of the communication cabinet 201 Cold air on the side The port 201b is provided with a cold air outlet 1b to improve the cooling efficiency of the inter-column air conditioner 100.

Optionally, the inter-column air conditioner 100 includes three cold air outlets 1b, wherein one cold air outlet 1b is disposed on the bottom surface of the casing 1, and the other two cold air outlets 1b are disposed on opposite front and rear sides or left and right sides of the casing 1. When the inter-column air conditioner 100 and the communication cabinet 201 are installed on the raised floor, the cold air inlet 1b corresponding to the bottom surface of the communication cabinet 201 on the bottom surface of the inter-column air conditioner 100 is provided with the cold air outlet 1b, so that communication can be formed in the bottom elevated floor. The cold air passage improves the cooling efficiency of the air conditioner 100 between the columns.

In the present embodiment, referring to FIG. 1, the return air opening 1a is provided on the upper end surface of the casing 1. The air outlet 1a of the inter-column air conditioner 100 is disposed on the upper end surface of the casing 1 corresponding to the hot air outlet of the communication cabinet 201, so that the hot air flowing out from the hot air outlet of the communication cabinet 201 can flow in, which increases the resistance of the hot air flowing downward.

In the present embodiment, referring to FIG. 3, the inter-column air conditioner 100 further includes an evaporator 2, a fan 3, and a compressor 4 disposed in the casing 1. The evaporator 2 is located at the upper end of the casing 1 and adjacent to the return air inlet. 1a is provided, the fan 3 is located in the middle of the casing 1, and the compressor 4 is located at the lower end of the casing 1. With this arrangement, the work efficiency of the converted hot air of the inter-column air conditioner 100 can be improved, and the cooling efficiency of the inter-column air conditioner 100 can be improved.

Alternatively, the evaporator 2 is disposed in a V shape to enhance the conversion efficiency of hot air.

An inter-column air conditioner and a data center 200 thereof are used in a communication equipment room. Referring to FIG. 2 (the direction of the arrow in the direction of the wind is wind), the plurality of communication cabinets 201 and at least one inter-column air conditioner 100 are included. The structure of the air conditioner 100 refers to the above embodiment. Since the data center 200 of the inter-column air conditioner and the composition thereof adopts all the technical solutions of all the above embodiments, all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments are also obtained. This will not be repeated one by one. Referring to FIG. 2, the communication cabinet 201 and the inter-column air conditioner 100 are arranged in a row, and the inter-column air conditioner 100 is located between the two communication cabinets 201. The upper end of the communication cabinet 201 is provided with a hot air outlet 201a communicating with the return air outlet 1a. The hot air passage is formed in communication with the air return port 1a; the lower end of the communication cabinet 201 is provided with a cold air inlet 201b communicating with the cold air outlet 1b for communicating with the cold air outlet 1b to form a cold air passage. The inter-column air conditioner and the data center 200 which are thus configured can save installation space, and the column arrangement can also improve the cooling efficiency. The number of air conditioners 100 between the columns can be set according to actual conditions as long as the cooling communication cabinet 201 can be satisfied.

In this embodiment, the upper end of the communication cabinet 201 and the inter-column air conditioner 100 are provided with a hot air passage, and the hot air passage is in communication with the return air outlet 1a and the hot air outlet 201a. As such, the arrangement of the hot air passage can prevent the hot air of the communication cabinet 201 from flowing downward from the hot air outlet 201a, preventing the upper hot air from interfering with the cold air below.

Optionally, the hot air passage is configured such that a partition (not shown) is disposed at an upper end of the communication cabinet 201 and the inter-column air conditioner 100, and the partition is configured to enclose the air return port 1a and the hot air outlet 201a as a hot air passage.

In the present embodiment, the inter-column air conditioner 100 includes three cold air outlets 1b, one of which is disposed on the bottom surface of the casing 1, and the other two cold air outlets 1b are oppositely disposed on both sides of the casing 1. The lower end surface of the communication cabinet 201 is provided with a cold air inlet 201b communicating with the cold air outlet 1b of the bottom surface of the casing 1, and the inter-column air conditioner and the data center 200 thereof are further included below the inter-column air conditioner 100 and the communication cabinet 201. The cold air passage is connected to the cold air outlet 201b and the cold air inlet 1b.

The setting mode is as follows: the inter-column air conditioner 100 and the communication cabinet 201 are arranged on the raised floor, and the elevated floor is provided with a cold air passage and a reserving port, and the position corresponding to the cold air outlet 1b and the cold air inlet 201b is arranged to enable the inter-column air conditioner 100 and the communication. The cabinet 201 is in communication with the cold air passage. In this way, the inter-column air conditioner 100 and the communication cabinet 201 form three cold air passages, that is, the front side cold air passage, the rear side cold air passage, and the lower side cold air passage, which greatly improves the cooling efficiency of the air conditioner 100 between the columns.

Optionally, a central portion of the communication cabinet 201 is further provided with a cold air inlet 201b. The cold air inlet 201b is located at the front side and/or the rear side, which can improve the cooling efficiency of the air conditioner 100 between the columns.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and thus does not limit the scope of the patent of the present invention, and the equivalent structural transformation made by the description of the utility model and the contents of the drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technologies. The fields are all included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

According to the technical solution of the present invention, the cold air outlet at the lower end of the air conditioner between the columns communicates with the cold air inlet at the lower end of the communication cabinet to form a cold air passage. The air return port at the upper end of the air conditioner between the columns communicates with the hot air outlet at the upper end of the communication cabinet to form a hot air passage. Cold air passages and hot air passages do not form dry In addition, the hot air will not lower the temperature of the cold air, and the communication cabinet can be cooled more efficiently without reducing the power of the air conditioners between the columns, thereby reducing energy consumption, energy saving and environmental protection.

Claims

An inter-column air conditioner is used in a communication equipment room for reducing the temperature of a communication cabinet in a communication equipment room, wherein the air conditioner in the inter-column includes a casing and a cold air outlet and a return air outlet provided on the casing;

The air returning port is disposed at an upper end of the casing, and is adjacent to or communicates with a hot air outlet of an upper end of the communication cabinet to form a hot air passage;

The cold air outlet is disposed at a lower end of the casing, and is adjacent to or communicates with a cold air inlet of a lower end of the communication cabinet to form a cold air passage, wherein the cold air passage is used to cool cold air generated in the air conditioner between the columns by the cold air The inlet is delivered into the communication cabinet.
The inter-column air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the inter-column air conditioner includes two of the cold air outlets, and the two cold air outlets are provided on opposite front and rear sides or left and right sides of the casing.
The inter-column air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the inter-column air conditioner comprises three of the cold air outlets, wherein one of the cold air outlets is provided on a bottom surface of the casing, and the other two of the cold air outlets are provided in Opposite front and rear sides or left and right sides of the housing.
The inter-column air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the return air opening is provided at an upper end surface of the casing.
The inter-column air conditioner according to claim 1, further comprising an evaporator, a fan, and a compressor disposed in the casing, the evaporator being located at an upper end of the casing and adjacent to the back The tuyere is disposed, the fan is located in a middle portion of the casing, and the compressor is located at a lower end of the casing.
An inter-column air conditioner and a data center thereof, which are used in a communication equipment room, comprising a plurality of communication cabinets and at least one inter-column air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, said communication cabinet and said column The air conditioner is arranged in a row, and the inter-column air conditioner is located between the two communication cabinets, and the upper end of the communication cabinet is provided with a hot air outlet communicating with the air return port; the lower end of the communication cabinet is provided with a cold air inlet connected to the cold air outlet.
The inter-column air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein the communication cabinet and the upper end of the inter-column air conditioner are provided with a hot air passage, the hot air passage and the return air outlet and the hot air outlet. The tuyere is connected.
The inter-column air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the communication cabinet and the upper end of the inter-column air conditioner are provided with a partition for the return air opening and the The hot air outlet is surrounded by the hot air passage, and the hot air of the communication cabinet is prevented from flowing downward from the hot air outlet.
The inter-column air conditioner and the data center thereof according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the inter-column air conditioner is the inter-column air conditioner according to claim 3, and the lower end surface of the communication cabinet is provided with a cold air inlet connected to a cold air outlet of a bottom surface of the casing, wherein the inter-column air conditioner and the data center thereof comprise a cold air passage disposed under the air conditioner of the column and below the communication cabinet, the cold air A passage is in communication with the cold air outlet and the cold air inlet.
The inter-column air conditioner and the data center thereof according to claim 9, wherein the vertical air conditioner and the communication cabinet are provided on a raised floor, the raised floor is provided with a cold air passage and at least two places And the delivery port is disposed corresponding to the cold air outlet and the cold air inlet, so that the inter-column air conditioner and the communication cabinet are in communication with the cold air passage.