Thermal buffering module for equipment rack
AssigneeSchneider Electric It Corporation
InventorsJohn H. Bean, Jr., James William VanGilder, Roy L. Grantham
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Abstract
A thermal buffering module is used in a combined equipment and cooling unit including a housing defining an interior configured to receive electronic equipment, with the electronic equipment being supported by the housing. The combined equipment and cooling unit further includes a cooling unit supported by the housing. The thermal buffering module includes at least one heat exchanger. The thermal buffering module is configured to selectively receive chilled air from the cooling unit to cool the at least one heat exchanger and to selectively receive warm IT air from the electronic equipment to cool the warm IT air as it travels over the at least one heat exchanger.
Claims21
A thermal buffering module for use in a combined equipment and cooling unit including a housing defining an interior configured to receive electronic equipment, the electronic equipment being supported by the housing within an interior of the housing, and the cooling unit supported by the housing, the thermal buffering module comprising:
- at least one heat exchanger;
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- a first air inlet damper to selectively enable or inhibit warm IT air from entering the thermal buffering module,
- wherein the thermal buffering module is configured to selectively receive chilled air from the cooling unit to cool the at least one heat exchanger and to selectively receive warm IT air from the electronic equipment to cool the warm IT air as it travels over the at least one heat exchanger.
A thermal buffering module for use in a combined equipment and cooling unit including a housing defining an interior configured to receive electronic equipment, the electronic equipment being supported by the housing within an interior of the housing, and a cooling unit supported by the housing, the thermal buffering module comprising:
- at least one heat exchanger,
- wherein the thermal buffering module is configured to selectively receive chilled air from the cooling unit to cool the at least one heat exchanger and to selectively receive warm IT air from the electronic equipment to cool the warm IT air as it travels over the at least one heat exchanger, and
- wherein the at least one heat exchanger includes a multiwall panel assembly having a first panel, a second panel, and a plurality of cross members that extend between the first and second panels to create columns, wherein at least one column is filled with a thermal transfer fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.