Cooling Cabinet Pump Module for Hot-Swappable Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional liquid-cool type cooling cabinets are difficult to maintain due to the presence of a pump and numerous pipelines, which complicates maintenance and operation.
Innovation Solution
A cooling cabinet design featuring a rack module, cooling module, and pump module with a pivot device and handle mechanism that allows for easy connection and disconnection of the pump module to the cooling module, enabling hot-swappable operation and simplified maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If a pump and numerous pipelines are used for liquid cooling, then cooling effectiveness is improved, but maintenance difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is divided into modular components: a cooling module containing pipelines and a separate pump module. This segmentation allows the pump to be easily detached from the cooling module for maintenance or replacement without affecting the entire system, thus improving ease of repair while maintaining cooling effectiveness through the modular design.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a pump is disposed among numerous pipelines, then system integration is improved, but maintenance accessibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The pump is separated from the pipeline system into an independent pump module that can be selectively connected or disconnected from the cooling module. This allows the pump to be accessed, removed, or serviced without disassembling the entire pipeline system, thereby improving maintenance accessibility while preserving system integration through the modular connection interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The pump is extracted from the complex arrangement among pipelines and positioned in a separate pump module. This extraction enables easy removal and maintenance of the pump component without working within the confined space among numerous pipelines, significantly improving maintenance accessibility while the modular design maintains system integration capability.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a fixed pump installation is used, then structural stability is improved, but operational flexibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connection between the pump module and cooling module is designed to be dynamic rather than fixed. The pump module can be selectively connected or disconnected from the cooling module, allowing the system to adapt between different operational states (connected for full functionality, disconnected for maintenance or reconfiguration). This dynamic design maintains structural stability during operation while providing operational flexibility for maintenance and reconfiguration.
Data Source
AI summary
A cooling cabinet includes a rack module, a cooling module and a pump module. The rack module includes a bottom plate and an engaging portion, wherein the engaging component is fixed to the bottom plate. The cooling module is disposed on the rack module. The pump module is disposed on the rack module and is selectively connected to or disconnected from the cooling module, and includes a sliding plate, a containing housing, a pump, an inverter and a handle. The sliding plate is slidably connected to the bottom plate. The pump is disposed on the sliding plate. The inverter is electrically connected to the pump and is disposed on the containing housing. The handle is pivotally connected to the containing housing and includes a limiting end. When the pump module is connected to the cooling module, the limiting end of the handle interferes with the engaging component.