Data centre cooling system
AssigneeBripco Bvba
InventorsAdrian Edge, William Thornton
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Abstract
An air handling unit for a data center, a data center comprising such a unit, a method of operating such a unit and a method of cooling IT equipment in a data center using such a unit is disclosed. An indirect air handling unit (IDAHU) (101) for a data center comprises an external air flow path (102) arranged to be in fluid communication with air outside the data center; an internal air flow path (103) arranged to be in fluid communication with air inside the data center, wherein the external air flow path (102) is separated from the internal air flow path (103); and a plurality of heat tube panels (106).
Claims25
An indirect air handling unit (IDAHU) for a data centre, the indirect air handling unit comprising:
- i) an external air flow path arranged to be in fluid communication with air outside the data centre;
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- ii) an internal air flow path arranged to be in fluid communication with air inside the data centre;
- wherein the external air flow path is separated from the internal air flow path;
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- iii) a plurality of heat tube panels, each heat tube panel comprising at least one heat tube, wherein each heat tube comprises a first section extending into the external air flow path and a second section extending into the internal air flow path, the plurality of heat tube panels being arranged in at least one row across the internal air flow path and across the external air flow path;
- and wherein at least one of the heat tube panels is a removable heat tube panel that extends through an opening between the internal air flow path and the external air flow path.
A method of operating an indirect air handling unit (IDAHU) for a data centre, the indirect air handling unit comprising:
- an external air flow path;
- an internal airflow path separated from the external air flow path;
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- a heat exchanger comprising a plurality of heat tube panels, each heat tube panel comprising one or more heat tubes, wherein each heat tube comprises a first section extending into the external air flow path and a second section extending into the internal air flow path, and wherein the heat tube panels are arranged in at least one row across the external air flow path and across the internal air flow path;
- wherein the method comprises removing one of the plurality of heat tube panels from the indirect air handling unit without removing all of the other heat tube panels from the indirect air handling unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.