High-density modular data center

By designing a high-density modular data center and combining heat pipe cooling and mechanical refrigeration systems, the problems of high power consumption and insufficient heat dissipation in traditional air-cooling modes are solved, achieving energy saving and emergency cooling in the data center, and improving product safety and application scenarios.

CN224111498UActive Publication Date: 2026-04-10INSPUR TIANYUAN COMM INFORMATION SYST CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
INSPUR TIANYUAN COMM INFORMATION SYST CO LTD
Filing Date
2025-02-08
Publication Date
2026-04-10

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Technical Problem

Traditional air-cooling methods consume a lot of electricity in data centers and cannot meet the heat dissipation requirements of high-density servers. Existing cooling methods are difficult to achieve energy saving and consumption reduction, and lack effective emergency cooling measures.

Method used

It adopts a high-density modular data center design, combining heat pipe cooling technology, mechanical refrigeration and emergency ventilation, and achieves efficient heat dissipation and emergency cooling through hot and cold aisle isolation, main and auxiliary refrigeration systems and fire protection equipment.

Benefits of technology

It has achieved energy saving and consumption reduction in data centers, improved product security and competitiveness, expanded application scenarios, and ensured the cooling needs of servers in emergency situations.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a high-density modularized data center, which belongs to the technical field of data centers, and comprises a power distribution unit, a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply), a battery pack, server equipment, a refrigeration system and fire-fighting equipment, and cold and hot channel sealing is respectively performed on the front side and the rear side of a cabinet, namely, the cabinet is divided into a cold channel and a hot channel; the cold channel and the hot channel are formed by isolating an adjustable porous front plate, an adjustable porous rear plate, an adjustable porous top plate, an adjustable porous bottom plate and equipment in the cabinet; the fire-fighting equipment is positioned at the top of the cabinet and is provided with a fire-fighting nozzle extending into the cold channel and the hot channel; the refrigerating system comprises a main refrigerating system and an auxiliary refrigerating system; the main refrigerating system comprises a heat pipe heat exchange module and a condenser condensing module; the auxiliary refrigerating system comprises a compressor, a heat exchange device, an air supply device, a condenser device and an exhaust device. The utility model achieves the purposes of saving energy, reducing consumption, being safe and reliable, improving product competitiveness and expanding product application scenarios.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to data center technical field, concretely is a kind of high-density modular data center. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the development of information technology, server heat dissipation and computer room heat dissipation density grow continuously, rely on the precision air conditioning heat dissipation mode of power, part will gradually be replaced by new refrigeration mode.With the rapid development of mobile data, cloud computing and big data business, data center construction scale is larger and larger, single cabinet density increases, server equipment chip heat output is also increasing, traditional air cooling mode not only power consumption is large but also cannot meet the heat dissipation demand of IT equipment more and more, the appeal of data center energy saving also gradually highlights, computer room construction needs more efficient heat dissipation mode. SUMMARY

[0003] The technical task of the utility model is to solve the above problems, provide a kind of high-density modular data center, can achieve energy saving and consumption reduction in data center, safe and reliable, improve product competitiveness and expand product application scene purpose.

[0004] The technical scheme adopted by the utility model to solve its technical problems is:

[0005] A kind of high-density modular data center, based on standard cabinet arrangement each function module, including power distribution unit, UPS, battery pack, server equipment, refrigeration system and fire-fighting equipment,

[0006] Cold and hot channel sealing is carried out on the front and rear sides of cabinet respectively, i.e. into cold channel, hot channel;The cold channel, hot channel is formed by adjustable multi-hole front plate, adjustable multi-hole back plate, adjustable multi-hole top plate, adjustable multi-hole bottom plate and equipment isolation in cabinet;

[0007] Fire-fighting equipment is located at the top of cabinet, with fire nozzle that probes into cold channel and hot channel;

[0008] Refrigeration system includes main refrigeration system and auxiliary refrigeration system, and main refrigeration system includes heat pipe heat exchange module and condenser condensing module;Auxiliary refrigeration system includes compressor, heat exchange device and air supply device below adjustable multi-hole bottom plate, condenser device and exhaust device at the top of cabinet.

[0009] Further, the main refrigeration system, front and back cabinet door are respectively arranged with cooling coil, and the bottom of cabinet door is provided with liquid refrigerant inlet, and the top of cabinet door is provided with liquid refrigerant outlet, to form heat pipe heat exchange module;

[0010] The cooling coil is connected with condenser condensing module.

[0011] Further, the main refrigeration system, the condenser condensing module comprises an evaporative condenser, a refrigerant pipeline and a fluorine pump, the evaporative condenser comprises a condensing coil, a spraying device and a fan.

[0012] Under the action of the fluorine pump, the liquid refrigerant enters the cooling coil in the front and rear cabinet doors at the bottom of the cabinet door respectively, and the refrigerant after heat absorption and vaporization is discharged from the top of the cabinet door, enters the evaporative condenser through the refrigerant pipeline, and is condensed and liquefied.

[0013] Further, the main refrigeration system, the front cabinet door and the rear cabinet door are both mesh doors, and an air induction fan is arranged on the rear cabinet door, and the air induction fan provides power for the air flow from the front door-cooling channel-server-heat channel-rear door when the air induction fan works.

[0014] For the main circulation system, the outdoor air inlet is 27 DEG C, is reduced to 22 DEG C after passing through the cooling coil of the front cabinet door, is changed to 33 DEG C after passing through the server and other supporting equipment, and is reduced to 27 DEG C after passing through the adjustable multi-hole rear plate, and is discharged under the action of the air induction fan, so that the comfort requirement of the space outside the cabinet is also met, and the adjustable multi-hole top plate is in the closed state when the air induction fan works, and the exhaust system is not communicated with the lower cabinet.

[0015] Further, the auxiliary refrigeration system comprises an adjustable air inlet arranged at the top space of the fire-fighting equipment, a condenser, an exhaust fan, and a compressor, an M-shaped heat exchanger, a humidifier, a heater, an air supply fan and the like arranged below the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate; the compressor is arranged in the first lower space of the M-shaped heat exchanger, the humidifier is arranged in the second lower space of the M-shaped heat exchanger, an electric heater device is arranged in the central region space of the M-shaped heat exchanger, and the air supply fan is arranged at the front end of the M-shaped heat exchanger.

[0016] Further, the auxiliary refrigeration system is started when the main refrigeration system cannot be used, the adjustable multi-hole front plate, the adjustable multi-hole rear plate, the adjustable multi-hole top plate and the rear cabinet door air induction fan are all closed when the auxiliary refrigeration system is started, the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate is opened, and the compressor, the condenser, the M-shaped heat exchanger, the expansion valve, the air supply fan, the exhaust fan and the connecting pipeline form a refrigeration cycle, and the refrigeration cycle loop is as follows: the air supply fan sends cold air into the cold channel through the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate, the cold channel cold air enters the server and other equipment to cool and heat the electronic equipment, and then enters the hot channel, the hot channel hot air enters the lower part through the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate, is cooled and humidified / heated through the M-shaped heat exchanger to meet the air supply requirement, and is sent out through the air supply fan.

[0017] Further, the condenser of the auxiliary refrigeration system is fixed at the top end of the cabinet, and is provided with an adjustable air inlet and an exhaust fan; the adjustable air inlet realizes the opening or closing of the air inlet, the adjustable high-position top plate is closed when the adjustable air inlet is opened, and the outdoor air is cooled for the condenser under the action of the exhaust fan.

[0018] Further, when the main refrigeration system and the auxiliary refrigeration system are both invalid, the adjustable air outlet at the top, the adjustable multi-hole rear plate are controlled to be closed, and the adjustable high-position top plate, the adjustable multi-hole top plate of the hot channel, the adjustable multi-hole front plate are controlled to be opened, at this time, the top exhaust side is communicated with the hot channel, forming a new air cooling channel, under the action of the exhaust fan, outdoor fresh air enters the front cabinet door-cold channel-server-hot channel-exhaust channel and then is discharged out of the cabinet, in this process, the fresh air provides an emergency cooling source for the server and other electronic equipment to prolong the emergency time of the server.

[0019] Further, the fire-fighting device has a rack type precise fire-fighting host.

[0020] Further, the fire-fighting host is arranged at a position of 1U at the top of the cabinet, and adjustable flip sealing plates are arranged on the front and rear sides.

[0021] Compared with the prior art, the high-density modular data center has the following beneficial effects:

[0022] The high-density modular data center provided by the embodiment of the utility model has the advantages that the heat pipe cooling technology, mechanical refrigeration, emergency ventilation and emergency fire-fighting technology are integrated through the modular data center architecture design, energy consumption can be saved, safety and reliability can be achieved, and the purpose of improving product competitiveness and expanding product application scenarios can be achieved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 is the principle diagram of the whole architecture and the main refrigeration cycle of the high-density modular data center provided by the embodiment of the utility model;

[0024] Figure 2 is the principle diagram of the auxiliary refrigeration cycle provided by the embodiment of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 3 is the emergency ventilation cycle diagram provided by the embodiment of the utility model.

[0026] In the drawing, 1, front cabinet door, 2, cold channel, 3, adjustable multi-hole front plate, 4, rear cabinet door, 5, hot channel, 6, air induction fan, 7, adjustable multi-hole rear plate, 8, adjustable multi-hole top plate, 9, adjustable multi-hole bottom plate, 10, evaporative condenser, 11, air outlet, 12, condensing coil, 13, spraying device, 14, fan, 15, refrigerant pipeline, 16, fluorine pump, 17, adjustable flip sealing plate, 18, adjustable high-position top plate, 19, adjustable air outlet, 20, condenser, 21, exhaust fan, 22, air supply fan, 23, humidifier, 24, compressor, 25, heat exchanger, 26, electric heating device, 27, expansion valve, 28, fire-fighting device; a, refrigerant in I, b, refrigerant out I, c, refrigerant in II, d, refrigerant out II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The utility model will be further described below in combination with the drawings and specific embodiments.

[0028] A high-density modular data center arranges each functional module based on a standard cabinet, including power distribution units, UPSs, battery packs, server devices, and other functional modules, as well as a refrigeration system and fire-fighting equipment.

[0029] The cold aisle 2 and the hot aisle 5 are formed by the adjustable perforated front plate 3, the adjustable perforated rear plate 7, the adjustable perforated top plate 8, the adjustable perforated bottom plate 9, and the equipment isolation in the cabinet. Figure 1

[0030] The fire-fighting device 28 is located at the top of the cabinet and has fire-fighting nozzles that extend into the cold aisle 2 and the hot aisle 5. The fire-fighting equipment has a rack-mounted precision fire-fighting host. The fire-fighting host is arranged at a position of one U at the top of the cabinet, and adjustable flip sealing plates 17 are arranged on the front and rear sides. When a fire occurs inside, the fire-fighting host sprays into the cold and hot aisles to extinguish the fire, thereby improving the reliability of the data center.

[0031] The refrigeration system includes a main refrigeration system and an auxiliary refrigeration system.

[0032] The main refrigeration system includes a heat pipe heat exchange module and a condenser condensation module. Cooling coils are arranged in the front cabinet door 1 and the rear cabinet door 4. Liquid refrigerant inlets are arranged at the bottom of the front cabinet door 1 and the rear cabinet door 4, and liquid refrigerant outlets are arranged at the top of the cabinet doors, forming a heat pipe heat exchange module. The condenser condensation module includes an evaporative condenser 10, a refrigerant pipeline 15, and a fluorine pump 16. The evaporative condenser 10 includes a condensing coil 12, a spraying device 13, and a fan 14. An air inlet 11 is formed in the evaporative condenser 10, and the air inlet 11, the fan 14, the spraying device 13, and the condensing coil 12 together realize the cooling of the evaporative condenser 10.

[0033] The cooling coils in the cabinet doors are connected to the refrigerant pipeline 15 and the fluorine pump 16. Under the action of the fluorine pump 16, the liquid refrigerant enters the cooling coils in the front cabinet door 1 and the rear cabinet door 4 at the bottom of the cabinet doors, respectively. The refrigerant vaporized by heat absorption is discharged from the top of the cabinet doors and enters the evaporative condenser 10 through the refrigerant pipeline 15 to condense and liquefy.

[0034] In the main refrigeration system, the front cabinet door 1 and the rear cabinet door 4 are mesh doors, and an air induction fan 6 is arranged on the rear cabinet door 4. When the air induction fan 6 is working, the air flows from the front door to the cold aisle, the server, the hot aisle, and the rear door.

[0035] ​For the main refrigeration cycle system, the outdoor air inlet is 27℃, which is reduced to 22℃ after passing through the cooling coil of the front cabinet door 1, and is changed to 33℃ after passing through the servers and other supporting equipment, and is reduced to 27℃ after passing through the adjustable multi-hole rear plate 7 and entering the cooling coil of the rear cabinet door 4, and is discharged under the action of the air inlet fan 6, so as to ensure that the space outside the cabinet also meets the comfort requirement. The adjustable multi-hole top plate 8 is in a closed state when the air inlet fan 6 is working, and the exhaust system of the upper auxiliary refrigeration system is not communicated with the lower cabinet.

[0036] The auxiliary refrigeration system includes an adjustable air inlet 19 arranged in the top space of the fire-fighting equipment, a condenser 20, an exhaust fan 21, and a compressor 24, an M-type heat exchanger 25, a humidifier 23, an electric heater device 26, a supply fan 22, an expansion valve 27, etc. arranged below the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate 9. The compressor 24 is arranged in the first lower space of the M-type heat exchanger 25, the humidifier 26 is arranged in the second lower space of the M-type heat exchanger 25, the electric heater device 26 is arranged in the central area space of the M-type heat exchanger 25, and the supply fan 22 is arranged at the front end of the M-type heat exchanger 25.

[0037] The auxiliary refrigeration system is started when the main refrigeration system cannot be used. When the auxiliary refrigeration system is started, the adjustable multi-hole front plate 3, the adjustable multi-hole rear plate 6, the adjustable multi-hole top plate 8, and the rear cabinet door air inlet fan 6 are closed, the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate 9 is opened, and the compressor 24, the condenser 20, the M-type heat exchanger 25, the expansion valve 27, the supply fan 22, the exhaust fan 21, and the connecting pipeline form a refrigeration cycle.

[0038] As shown in Figure 2 , the refrigeration cycle circuit is as follows: the supply fan 22 sends cold air into the cold channel 2 through the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate 9, the cold air in the cold channel 2 enters the server and other equipment to cool and heat the electronic equipment, and then enters the hot channel 5, the hot air in the hot channel 5 enters the lower part through the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate 9, is cooled and humidified / heated by the M-type heat exchanger 25 and the humidifier 23 / electric heater device 26 to meet the supply requirement of 22℃, and is then sent out by the supply fan 22.

[0039] The condenser 20 of the auxiliary refrigeration system is fixed at the top end of the cabinet, and is provided with an adjustable air inlet 19 and an exhaust fan 21. The adjustable air inlet 19 realizes the opening or closing of the air inlet, and the adjustable high-position top plate 18 is closed when the adjustable air inlet is opened. The outdoor air is cooled and dehumidified by the exhaust fan 21.

[0040] As shown in Figure 3As shown, when the main refrigeration system and the auxiliary refrigeration system are both failed, the adjustable air outlet 19 at the top is controlled to be closed, the adjustable high-position top plate 18, the adjustable perforated top plate 8 of the heat channel 5 and the adjustable perforated front plate 3 are controlled to be opened, at this time, the top exhaust side is communicated with the heat channel 5, a fresh air cooling channel is formed, under the action of the exhaust fan 21, outdoor fresh air enters the front cabinet door - the cold channel - the server - the heat channel - the exhaust channel and is discharged out of the cabinet, in this process, the fresh air provides an emergency cooling source for the electronic equipment such as the server to prolong the emergency time of the server.

[0041] Through the above specific embodiments, the person skilled in the art can easily realize the present application. However, it should be understood that the present application is not limited to the above specific embodiments. On the basis of the disclosed embodiments, the person skilled in the art can arbitrarily combine different technical features to realize different technical solutions.

[0042] In addition to the technical features described in the specification, all are known technologies of the professional technical personnel.

Claims

1. A high-density modular data center, characterized by, Each functional module is arranged based on the cabinet, including a power distribution unit, a UPS, a battery pack, a server device, a refrigeration system and a fire-fighting device, The front and rear sides of the cabinet are sealed to form a cold channel and a hot channel, respectively; the cold channel and the hot channel are formed by an adjustable multi-hole front plate, an adjustable multi-hole rear plate, an adjustable multi-hole top plate, an adjustable multi-hole bottom plate and equipment isolation in the cabinet; The fire-fighting device is located at the top of the cabinet and has fire-fighting nozzles that extend into the cold channel and the hot channel; The refrigeration system includes a main refrigeration system and an auxiliary refrigeration system; the main refrigeration system includes a heat pipe heat exchange module and a condenser condensing module; the auxiliary refrigeration system includes a compressor, a heat exchange device and an air supply device located below the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate, a condenser device and an air exhaust device located at the top of the cabinet.

2. The high density modular data center of claim 1, wherein, The main refrigeration system is provided with cooling coils in the front and rear cabinet doors, a liquid refrigerant inlet at the bottom of the cabinet door and a liquid refrigerant outlet at the top of the cabinet door, forming a heat pipe heat exchange module. The cooling coils are connected to the condenser condensing module.

3. The high-density modular data center of claim 1 or 2, wherein, The condenser condensing module of the main refrigeration system includes an evaporative condenser, a refrigerant pipeline and a fluorine pump; the evaporative condenser includes a condensing coil, a spraying device and a fan.

4. The high density modular data center of claim 2, wherein, The front and rear cabinet doors of the main refrigeration system are mesh doors, and an air induction fan is arranged on the rear cabinet door; the air induction fan provides power for the air flow from the front door, the cold channel, the server, the hot channel and the rear door when the air induction fan is working. The adjustable multi-hole top plate is in a closed state when the air induction fan is working.

5. The high density modular data center of claim 1 or 2 or 4, wherein, The auxiliary refrigeration system includes an adjustable air port arranged in the top space of the fire-fighting device, a condenser, an air exhaust fan, a compressor, an M-shaped heat exchanger, a humidifier, a heater and an air supply fan arranged below the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate; the compressor is arranged in a first lower space of the M-shaped heat exchanger, and the humidifier is arranged in a second lower space of the M-shaped heat exchanger; an electric heater device is arranged in a central area space of the M-shaped heat exchanger, and an air supply fan is arranged at the front end of the M-shaped heat exchanger.

6. The high density modular data center of claim 5, wherein, The auxiliary refrigeration system is started when the main refrigeration system cannot be used; when the auxiliary refrigeration system is started, the adjustable multi-hole front plate, the adjustable multi-hole rear plate, the adjustable multi-hole top plate and the rear cabinet door air induction fan are closed, the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate is opened, and the compressor, the condenser, the M-shaped heat exchanger, the expansion valve, the air supply fan, the air exhaust fan and the connecting pipeline form a refrigeration cycle; the refrigeration cycle loop is as follows: the air supply fan sends cold air into the cold channel through the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate, the cold channel cold air enters the server device to cool and heat the device, and then enters the hot channel; the hot channel hot air enters below through the adjustable multi-hole bottom plate, is cooled and humidified / heated by the M-shaped heat exchanger to meet the air supply requirements, and is then sent out by the air supply fan.

7. The high density modular data center of claim 6, wherein, The condenser of the auxiliary refrigeration system is fixed at the top end of the cabinet and is provided with an adjustable air port and an air exhaust fan; the adjustable air port can be opened or closed; when the adjustable air port is opened, the adjustable high-position top plate is closed.

8. The high density modular data center of claim 7, wherein, When the main refrigeration system and the auxiliary refrigeration system are both disabled, the adjustable air outlet, the adjustable multi-hole rear plate, the adjustable high-position top plate, the adjustable multi-hole top plate of the hot channel and the adjustable multi-hole front plate are closed and opened, at this time the top exhaust side is in communication with the hot channel, forming a new air cooling channel, under the action of the exhaust fan, outdoor fresh air enters the rear cabinet door, the cold channel, the server, the hot channel and the exhaust channel, and then is discharged out of the cabinet.

9. The high density modular data center of claim 1, wherein, The fire-fighting equipment has a rack type precise fire-fighting host.

10. The high density modular data center of claim 9, wherein, The fire-fighting host is arranged at a position of 1U at the top of the cabinet, and adjustable flip sealing plates are arranged on the front and rear sides.