Container Data Center Partitioning and Humidity Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional container data centers experience instability in temperature and humidity due to frequent interaction between internal and external environments, leading to decreased server performance and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A container data center design with distinct regions (outdoor unit arrangement, power distribution, IT equipment, and main entry buffer) separated by partitions, featuring an air handling device with a double wet-film air humidifier and movable auxiliary humidification devices to regulate temperature and humidity, along with a monitoring platform for real-time environmental monitoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If operators frequently access the container data center for maintenance and operation, then ease of operation is improved, but temperature and humidity stability deteriorates due to frequent interaction between internal and external environments
Solution Approach 1:
The container data center is divided into multiple functional regions (outdoor unit arrangement region, power distribution region, IT equipment region) separated by shared partitions. This segmentation allows operators to access specific regions without exposing the entire internal environment to external fluctuations, thereby maintaining temperature and humidity stability while enabling necessary operations.
Solution Approach 2:
A main entry buffer region is introduced as an intermediary zone between the external environment and the IT equipment region. This buffer region acts as a transition zone that reduces the direct impact of external environmental fluctuations on sensitive IT equipment, allowing operator access while protecting the internal environment stability.
2Device complexity
If traditional space allocation is used without regional division, then device complexity is reduced, but temperature and humidity control precision deteriorates due to unnecessary environmental interaction
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into functionally independent regions (outdoor unit arrangement region, power distribution region, IT equipment region) with shared partitions between them. This segmentation enables precise environmental control in each region while maintaining overall structural simplicity and avoiding excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions are designed with specific local characteristics suitable for their functions. The outdoor unit arrangement region handles environmental equipment, the power distribution region manages electrical infrastructure, and the IT equipment region maintains controlled temperature and humidity. This local quality optimization improves environmental control precision without requiring uniform complexity throughout the entire structure.
3Manufacturing precision
If air handling devices with advanced humidification systems are installed, then temperature and humidity control precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The air handling system is divided into modular components (air heater, air cooler, air humidifier, air filter) that can be independently controlled and maintained. The humidifier itself is segmented into a double wet-film structure with upper and lower layers, allowing precise humidity control while keeping each module relatively simple and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The air handling device integrates multiple functions (heating, cooling, humidifying, filtering) into a single unified system. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate devices, thereby controlling overall system complexity while achieving precise temperature and humidity control through coordinated operation of integrated components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design maintains a stable temperature and humidity environment within the container data center, reducing adverse interactions and enhancing server performance and efficiency by controlling the internal environment through advanced air handling and monitoring systems.
Implementation Method 1
The upper evaporative wet film and the lower evaporative wet film are arranged at an air inlet of the shell
Implementation Method 2
The air humidifier adopting a double wet-film structure with an upper layer and a lower layer
Implementation Method 3
The upper evaporative water distributor is communicated with a hot-end outlet of a plate heat exchanger, a hot-end inlet of the plate heat exchanger is communicated with a circulating water pump and the evaporative water storage tank in sequence, a cold-end inlet of the plate heat exchanger is communicated with an external hot water source
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a container data center, which includes an outdoor unit arrangement region, a power distribution region, and an IT equipment region. Each of the regions sequentially divides adjacent regions from each other by means of shared partitions, and a main entry buffer region and a monitoring platform are arranged between a unique entrance/exit inside a container body and the IT equipment region to control temperature and humidity of each of the regions inside the container body.