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US 9,790,701 B2Granted
Container based data center solutions
AssigneeSchneider Electric It Corporation
InventorWilliam Ziegler
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Abstract
A cooling container comprises a container housing with a chilled water storage tank including a first interface for receiving chilled water. The chilled water tank has a plurality of straight pipes joined by elbows connections to provide a folded path, the full path length being greater than the length of the container housing, and a second interface for outputting the chilled water. A number of interfaces within the container housing are configured to receive a chiller module or a free cool unit.
Claims17
A data center enclosure comprising:
- a shipping container, having a length, a width, and a height, the length greater than the width and the length greater than the height, and at least a first sidewall and a second sidewall, for housing electronic equipment enclosures in an interior of the shipping container, the first sidewall and the second sidewall positioned along the length of the shipping container and the first sidewall disposed opposite the second sidewall;
- a first region in the interior of the shipping container, including the electronic equipment enclosures forming a row along the length of the shipping container, the first region configured to receive cool gas and to expel heated gas;
- a second region in the interior of the shipping container and configured to receive heated gas from the first region;
- a barrier, having a length, a width, and a height, the length greater than the width and the length greater than the height, the barrier positioned lengthwise in the interior of the shipping container between the first region and the second region and configured to separate the first region and the second region;
- an exhaust opening in the second region, disposed in the second sidewall and along the length of the shipping container, and configured to allow heated gas to vent to outside of the shipping container;
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- a cooling module disposed in a lengthwise side opening of the first sidewall along the length of the shipping container, configured to draw gas from the outside of the shipping container, cool the gas, and supply the cool gas to the first region through the lengthwise side opening.
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