WO2020228575A1

WO2020228575A1 - Cooling system and data center

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Publication number: WO2020228575A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/088892
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王�锋
Original assignee: 阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司
Priority date: 2019-05-16
Filing date: 2020-05-07
Publication date: 2020-11-19
Also published as: CN111954430B; CN111954430A

Abstract

The present description provides a cooling system and a data center. The cooling system is used for cooling devices. The cooling system comprises a plurality of cooling devices arranged in a row. Each cooling device comprises a first side close to the device, a second side opposite to the first side, and an air inlet that can be switched between the first side and the second side. The first sides of two adjacent cooling devices face opposite directions. The airflow distance is short, thus reducing the power and energy consumption of the cooling devices. The data center comprises a plurality of cabinets arranged in a first row and a plurality of cooling devices arranged in a second row. Each cabinet comprises a first air outlet. Each cooling device comprises a first air outlet close to the first side of the first air outlet, and comprises an air inlet communicated with the first air outlet. The air inlet of one of the cooling devices is disposed on the first side.

Description

Cooling system and data center

This application claims the priority of a Chinese patent application with an application number of 201910404835.6 and an invention title of "Cooling System and Data Center" filed on May 16, 2019, the entire content of which is incorporated into this application by reference.

Technical field

This manual relates to the field of computer technology, especially to a cooling system and data center.

Background technique

The rapid growth of data center construction has led to more and more equipment in the computer room. To ensure that the data center provides a constant temperature and humidity cooling environment, the energy consumption of the cooling system is also increasing, and the power consumption of the data center is increasing. , Is not conducive to the development of data centers, so energy consumption has become the most concerned content of data center construction.

Summary of the invention

This specification proposes a cooling system and data center with lower energy consumption.

The embodiment of this specification provides a data center, which includes a plurality of cabinets arranged in a first row and a plurality of cooling devices arranged in a second row. The cabinets include a first air outlet, and the cooling devices include On the first side of the first air outlet, the cooling device includes an air inlet communicating with the first air outlet, and one of the air inlets of the cooling device is arranged on the first side.

Further, the first sides of two adjacent cooling devices face in opposite directions.

Further, the air inlets of all the cooling devices are arranged on the first side.

Further, the data center includes a plurality of cabinets arranged in sequence in a third row, the first air outlets of two adjacent cabinets in the first row are connected to the air inlet of one of the cooling equipment, and the third The first air outlets of the two adjacent cabinets in the row are connected to the air inlet of another cooling device adjacent to the cooling device.

Further, the powers of the cabinets are all the same.

Further, the power of the cabinets is the same, and the sum of the power of two adjacent cabinets in the first row is equal to the sum of the power of two adjacent cabinets in the third row.

Further, the data center includes a plurality of cabinets arranged in sequence in the third row, the first air outlet of one of the cabinets in the first row is connected to the air inlet of one of the cooling devices in the second row, and the air inlet in the third row is The first air outlet of one cabinet is connected to the air inlet of another cooling device adjacent to the cooling device.

Further, the number of the cabinets is the same as the number of the cooling devices, the cooling device includes a second side opposite to the first side, and the air inlet of one of the two adjacent cooling devices is arranged on the first side thereof. On one side, the air inlet of another cooling device is arranged on the second side.

Further, the cooling device includes a bottom close to the ground and a top opposite to the bottom, one of the two adjacent cooling devices includes a second air outlet on the top or the second side, and the other The air inlet of the cooling device is located on the second side, and the other cooling device further includes a second air outlet provided on the top or the first side, and the hot air generated by the cabinet enters from the first air outlet. The air inlet, the cold air generated by the cooling device is discharged from the second air outlet.

Further, the cooling device includes a bottom close to the ground, a top opposite to the bottom, and a second air outlet at the top, and hot air generated by the cabinet enters the air inlet from the first air outlet, The cold air generated by the cooling device is discharged from the second air outlet.

Further, the cooling device includes a housing, a coil located in the housing, a fan wall, and a plurality of fans arranged on the fan wall, and the coil is close to the first side.

Further, the housing includes a first mounting part and a second mounting part located on opposite sides of the coil, and the fan wall is detachably assembled to the first mounting part or the second mounting part .

Further, the cooling device includes a pipeline located below the coil, and the pipeline allows water to flow through.

The embodiment of this specification also provides a cooling system for cooling equipment. The cooling system includes a plurality of cooling equipment arranged in a row. The cooling equipment includes a first side close to the equipment and the first side. A second side opposite to one side and an air inlet that can be exchanged between the first side and the second side, and the first sides of two adjacent cooling devices face in opposite directions.

Further, the cooling device includes a first mounting part and a second mounting part on the first side, and a fan wall detachably mounted to the one mounting part or the second mounting part, the fan wall When installed to the first installation part, the air inlet is located on the first side, and when the fan wall is installed to the second installation part, the air inlet is located on the second side.

Further, the cooling device includes a housing and a coil located in the housing, the fan wall is located in the housing, and the cooling device further includes a plurality of fans arranged on the fan wall, the The coil is close to the first side, and the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are located on opposite sides of the coil.

Further, the cooling device includes a bottom close to the ground and a top opposite to the bottom, and one of the two adjacent cooling devices includes a second air outlet located on the top or the second side and The air inlet on the first side, another cooling device includes a second air outlet provided on the top or the first side and an air inlet provided on the second side, the cold air generated by the cooling device is The second air outlet is exhausted.

It can be seen from the above technical solutions that the air inlet of the cooling system in this specification is close to the equipment, and the airflow distance is short, which reduces the power of the cooling equipment and further reduces the energy consumption of the cooling system.

Description of the drawings

Fig. 1 shows a top schematic diagram of a data center of the first exemplary embodiment of this specification;

FIG. 2 shows a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the cooling equipment of the data center shown in FIG. 1;

Fig. 3 shows a top schematic diagram of the data center of the second exemplary embodiment of the present specification;

Fig. 4 shows a top schematic diagram of the data center of the third exemplary embodiment of the present specification.

Detailed ways

Here, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail, and examples thereof are shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, the same numbers in different drawings indicate the same or similar elements. The implementation manners described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementation manners consistent with this specification. Rather, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of this specification as detailed in the appended claims.

The terms used in this specification are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the specification. The singular forms "a", "said" and "the" used in this specification and appended claims are also intended to include plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates other meanings. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in this specification to describe various information, the information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of this specification, the first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein can be interpreted as "when" or "when" or "in response to determination".

Referring to Figures 1 to 2, the data center of the first exemplary embodiment of this specification includes a plurality of cabinets arranged in the first row, a cooling system arranged in the second row, and a cooling system arranged in the third row. Multiple cabinets 1. The number of cabinets 1 in the first row is the same as the number of cabinets 1 in the third row. The cabinet 1 includes a first air outlet 10. The arrow direction in the figure indicates the direction of airflow. In the illustrated embodiment, the cooling system is applied in a data center. This application is not limited to this. The cooling system of this application can be applied to different environments according to actual needs to cool down related equipment.

The cooling system includes a plurality of cooling devices 2 arranged in a row. The number of cabinets 1 in the first row is equal to the number of cooling devices 2 in the second row, and they are arranged one by one. The cooling device 2 includes a first side 21 and a second side 22 opposite to the first side 21. The first sides 21 of the two adjacent cooling devices 2 face opposite directions. The cooling device includes an air inlet 23 on the first side 21. The second side 22 is sealed to prevent hot air from entering the cooling device from the second side 22. Therefore, the first air outlets 10 of the two adjacent cabinets 1 in the first row are connected to the air inlet 23 of one of the cooling devices 2, and the first air outlets of the two adjacent cabinets 1 in the third row are connected. An air outlet 10 is connected to the air inlet 23 of another cooling device 2 adjacent to the cooling device 2, that is, most of the hot air generated by the two adjacent cabinets 1 in the first row enters one of the For the cooling device 2, most of the hot air generated by the two adjacent cabinets 1 in the third row enters another cooling device 2 adjacent to the aforementioned cooling device 2. In the illustrated embodiment, the power of the cabinet 1 is 20 kW, and the application is not limited to this. In another embodiment, the power of the cabinets 1 can be partly the same. One part of the power is 10KW, and the other part is 30KW. The sum of the power of two adjacent cabinets 1 in the first row is equal to the third row. The sum of the power of the two adjacent cabinets 1, namely 40KW.

The cooling device 2 also includes a bottom 24 close to the ground, a top 25 opposite to the bottom 24, and a second air outlet 26 located at the top 25. The hot air generated by the cabinet 1 flows from the first air outlet 10. Entering the air inlet 23, the cold air generated by the cooling device 2 is discharged from the second air outlet 26.

In the illustrated embodiment, the cooling device 2 includes a housing 27, a coil 28 located in the housing 27, a fan wall 29, a plurality of fans 291 arranged on the fan wall 29, and The pipe 240 below the coil 28. The pipeline 240 can allow water to flow through. The coil 28 is close to the first side 21. The cooling device 2 has a large ventilation area, a low airflow velocity, and a low power consumption of the fan 291. The housing 27 includes a first mounting portion 271 and a second mounting portion 272 located on opposite sides of the coil 28. In the illustrated embodiment, the fan wall 29 is detachably assembled to the second mounting portion 272. The fan wall 29 can be disassembled from the second mounting portion 272 and then assembled to the first mounting portion 271. By changing the position of the fan wall 29, the direction of the airflow entering the cooling device 2 can be changed, thereby achieving In this way, the flexible scheduling and full utilization of cooling resources improves the cooling efficiency of the cooling device 2. In the illustrated embodiment, the cooling device uses circulating water for cooling. This specification is not limited to this. For example, it can also be cooled by Freon.

In the illustrated embodiment, the cooling device 2 includes a fan wall 29, but the application is not limited to this. The cooling device 2 may not be provided with a fan wall, and the airflow of the fan of the cabinet 1 is used to make hot air enter the cooling device 2.

As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3, in the second exemplary embodiment, the number of cabinets 1 in the first row plus the number of cabinets 1 in the third row is equal to the number of cooling devices 2 in the second row. The cabinets 1 and the second row of cabinets 1 are arranged alternately, and the power of all cabinets 1 is 40KW. The arrow direction in the figure indicates the direction of airflow. One of the cabinets 1 in the first row is aligned with one of the cooling devices 2, and one of the cabinets 1 in the third row is aligned with the other cooling device 2 adjacent to the above-mentioned cooling device 2, which greatly shortens the airflow distance and reduces the cooling device The power of 2 further reduces the energy consumption of the cooling system, and can cool the high-power cabinet 1.

If you need to move the position of the cabinet 1, for example, move all the cabinets 1 in the first row to the right, and move all the cabinets 1 in the third row to the left, you only need to move the first air outlet 10 from the first side 21 Just switch to the second side 22, that is, the first side 21 is sealed, and the second side 22 is opened to form the first air inlet 10, so that the first air outlet 10 is as close as possible to align with it The air outlet of the cabinet 1 can greatly shorten the airflow distance, reduce the power of the cooling device 2, further reduce the energy consumption of the cooling system, and can cool the high-power cabinet 1. In this embodiment, since the cabinet 1 is not provided at the position facing the second side 22 of the cooling device 2, the second air outlet 26 of the cooling device 2 may be provided on the second side 22, or optionally The setting is at its top 25.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, in the third exemplary embodiment, the third row of cabinets is eliminated, and only the first row of cabinets 1 is provided. The arrow direction in the figure indicates the direction of airflow. The number of the cabinets 1 is equal to the number of the cooling equipment 2 and is aligned one by one. The first air outlet 10 of part of the cabinet 1 is arranged on the first side 21, and the air inlet 23 of the other part of the cooling device 2 is arranged on the first side. Two sides 22. The power of all cabinets 1 is 40KW. In this embodiment, part of the air inlet 23 of the cooling device 2 can be replaced to the second side 22, which can be flexibly adjusted without changing the direction of the cooling device 2, and is easy to operate. In this embodiment, since the cabinet 1 is not provided at the position facing the second side 22 of the cooling device 2, the second air outlet 26 of the cooling device 2 may be provided on the second side 22, or optionally The setting is at its top 25.

The air inlet 23 of the cooling device 2 of the cooling system in this specification is close to the device, and the airflow distance is short, which reduces the power of the cooling device 2, further reduces the energy consumption of the cooling system, and can cool high-power devices. For example, cabinet 1; secondly, by flexibly swapping the first air outlet 10 between the first side 21 and the second side 22, it can be flexibly scheduled according to the actual location of the cabinet 1, thereby realizing cooling resources Flexible scheduling and full utilization improve the cooling efficiency of the cooling system; furthermore, by changing the position of the fan wall 29, the direction of the airflow entering the cooling device 2 can be changed, and the operation is simple; further, the cooling The equipment 2 and the cabinet 1 are deployed independently, and the pipeline for transmitting the medium can be installed under the coil 28 of the cooling equipment 2, and the pipeline 240 is completely independent from the cabinet 1, reducing the problem of equipment failure inside the cabinet 1 caused by water leakage .

Those skilled in the art will easily think of other embodiments of this specification after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This specification is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptive changes of this specification. These variations, uses, or adaptive changes follow the general principles of this specification and include common knowledge or conventional technical means in the technical field that are not disclosed in this specification. . The description and the embodiments are only regarded as exemplary, and the true scope and spirit of the description are pointed out by the following claims.

It should also be noted that the terms "include", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, product or equipment including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes Other elements that are not explicitly listed, or include elements inherent to this process, method, commodity, or equipment. If there are no more restrictions, the element defined by the sentence "including a..." does not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, commodity, or equipment that includes the element.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of this specification, and are not intended to limit this specification. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of this specification shall be included in this specification Within the scope of protection.

Claims

A data center is characterized in that it comprises a plurality of cabinets arranged in a first row and a plurality of cooling equipments arranged in a second row, the cabinets include a first air outlet, and the cooling equipment includes On the first side of the first air outlet, the cooling device includes an air inlet communicating with the first air outlet, and one of the air inlets of the cooling device is arranged on the first side.
The data center according to claim 1, wherein the first sides of two adjacent cooling devices face opposite directions.
The data center according to claim 1, wherein all air inlets of the cooling equipment are arranged on the first side.
The data center according to claim 3, wherein the data center includes a plurality of cabinets arranged in a third row, and the first air outlets of two adjacent cabinets in the first row are connected to the One of the air inlets of the cooling device, and the first air outlets of two adjacent cabinets in the third row are connected to the air inlet of another cooling device adjacent to the cooling device.
The data center according to claim 4, wherein the powers of the cabinets are all the same.
The data center according to claim 4, wherein the power of the cabinets is the same, and the sum of the powers of the two adjacent cabinets in the first row is equal to the power of the two adjacent cabinets in the third row. with.
The data center according to claim 3, wherein the data center comprises a plurality of cabinets arranged in sequence in the third row, and the first air outlet of one of the cabinets in the first row is connected to one of the second rows For the air inlet of the cooling device, the first air outlet of one of the cabinets in the third row is connected to the air inlet of another cooling device adjacent to the cooling device.
The data center according to claim 1, wherein the number of the cabinets is the same as the number of the cooling equipment, and the cooling equipment includes a second side opposite to the first side, and two adjacent The air inlet of one cooling device is arranged on the first side, and the air inlet of the other cooling device is arranged on the second side.
The data center according to claim 8, wherein the cooling device includes a bottom close to the ground and a top opposite to the bottom, and one of the two adjacent cooling devices includes one located on the top or the The second air outlet on the second side, the air inlet of another cooling device is located on the second side, the other cooling device further includes a second air outlet provided on the top or the first side, the cabinet generates The hot air enters the air inlet from the first air outlet, and the cold air generated by the cooling device is discharged from the second air outlet.
The data center according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the cooling equipment includes a bottom close to the ground, a top opposite to the bottom, and a second air outlet at the top, the The hot air generated by the cabinet enters the air inlet from the first air outlet, and the cold air generated by the cooling device is discharged from the second air outlet.
The data center according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the cooling equipment includes a housing, a coil located in the housing, a fan wall, and a plurality of For the fan, the coil is close to the first side.
The data center according to claim 11, wherein the housing includes a first mounting part and a second mounting part located on opposite sides of the coil, and the fan wall is detachably assembled to the The first mounting part or the second mounting part.
The data center according to claim 12, wherein the cooling device includes a pipeline located below the coil, and the pipeline allows water to flow through.
A cooling system for cooling equipment, characterized in that the cooling system includes a plurality of cooling equipment arranged in a row, the cooling equipment includes a first side close to the equipment, and the first side An opposite second side and an air inlet that can be exchanged between the first side and the second side, and the first sides of two adjacent cooling devices face in opposite directions.
The cooling system according to claim 14, wherein the cooling device includes a first mounting part and a second mounting part on the first side, and detachably mounted to the first mounting part or the first mounting part. The fan wall of the second mounting part, when the fan wall is mounted to the first mounting part, the air inlet is located on the first side, and when the fan wall is mounted to the second mounting part, the air inlet Located on the second side.
The cooling system according to claim 15, wherein the cooling device comprises a casing and a coil located in the casing, the fan wall is located in the casing, and the cooling device further comprises For a plurality of fans on the fan wall, the coil is close to the first side, and the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are located on opposite sides of the coil.
The cooling system according to claim 16, wherein the cooling device comprises a pipeline located below the coil, and the pipeline allows water to flow through.
The cooling system according to any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein the cooling device includes a bottom close to the ground and a top opposite to the bottom, and one of the two adjacent cooling devices includes The second air outlet on the top or the second side and the air inlet on the first side. Another cooling device includes a second air outlet on the top or the first side and a second air outlet on the first side. For the air inlet on the second side, the cold air generated by the cooling device is discharged from the second air outlet.