Airflow management system for power module

A method of assembling an air containment system, the method comprising:

• providing a service access partition assembly including a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening, the first opening being configured to provide access to an access space, the second opening being configured to provide access to cooling equipment and to receive a blanking panel, and the third opening being configured to pass hot air from heat-generating equipment;
• positioning the first opening adjacent an access space;
• positioning the second opening adjacent cooling equipment;
• optionally securing a blanking panel to the service access partition assembly to block a portion of the second opening;
• positioning the third opening to enable hot air to pass from a row of inline heat generating equipment;
• positioning the fourth opening assembly adjacent another access space,
• positioning the fifth opening adjacent cooling equipment,
• optionally securing a blanking panel to the service access partition assembly to block a portion of the fifth opening, and
• positioning the sixth opening to enable hot air to pass from the row of inline heat generating equipment,
• wherein the service access partition assembly further including a frame assembly having
• a first frame subassembly including a plurality of horizontal frame members and a plurality of vertical frame members provided at one end of the heat-generating equipment and configured to define the first opening on a first side of the first frame subassembly, the second opening provided on a second side of the first frame subassembly, the second side being perpendicular to the first side, and the third opening provided on a top side of the first frame subassembly,
• a second frame subassembly including a plurality of horizontal frame members and a plurality of vertical frame members provided at an opposite end of the heat-generating equipment and configured to define the fourth opening on a first side of the second frame subassembly that is parallel to the first side of the first frame subassembly, the fifth opening provided on a second side of the second frame subassembly that is parallel to the second side of the first frame subassembly, the second side being perpendicular to the first side, and the sixth opening provided on a top side of the second frame subassembly, and
• a third frame subassembly configured to connect the first frame subassembly to the second frame subassembly, the third frame subassembly being sized to accommodate a desired number of heat-generating equipment and to receive the hot air from the heat-generating equipment, wherein the second opening of the first frame subassembly and the fifth opening of the second frame subassembly are configured to receive cooling equipment.

A hot air containment system configured to partially enclose heat-generating equipment, the hot air containment system comprising:

• a first frame subassembly including a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening, the first opening being configured to provide access to an access space, the second opening being configured to provide access to cooling equipment and to receive a blanking panel, and the third opening being configured to pass hot air from heat-generating equipment, the first frame subassembly further including a plurality of horizontal frame members and a plurality of vertical frame members provided at one end of the heat-generating equipment and configured to define the first opening on a first side of the first frame subassembly, the second opening provided on a second side of the first frame subassembly, the second side being perpendicular to the first side, and the third opening provided on a top side of the first frame subassembly;
• a second frame subassembly including a fourth opening, a fifth opening, and a sixth opening, the fourth opening being configured to provide access to another access space, the fifth opening being configured to provide access to cooling equipment and to receive a blanking panel, and the sixth opening being configured to pass hot air from the heat-generating equipment, the second frame subassembly further including a plurality of horizontal frame members and a plurality of vertical frame members provided at an opposite end of the heat-generating equipment and configured to define the fourth opening on a first side of the second frame subassembly that is parallel to the first side of the first frame subassembly, the fifth opening provided on a second side of the second frame subassembly that is parallel to the second side of the first frame subassembly, the second side being perpendicular to the first side, and the sixth opening provided on a top side of the second frame subassembly;
• and
• a third frame subassembly configured to connect the first frame subassembly and the second frame subassembly, the third frame subassembly being sized to accommodate a desired number of heat-generating equipment and to receive the hot air from the heat-generating equipment, wherein the second opening of the first frame subassembly and the fifth opening of the second frame subassembly are configured to receive cooling equipment.