Modular Data Center Electrical Panel Structures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modular data centers face complexity and high restructuring costs when removing rooms due to centralized power and data cable configurations, requiring multiple electricians and significant reconfiguration.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of standardized electrical panel structures with conduits and couplers for routing high and low voltage power and data lines between rooms, allowing for quick connections and disconnections, and enabling external backup power connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If centralized power and data cable configurations are used in modular data centers, then power and data distribution is simplified, but room removal becomes complex requiring multiple electricians and significant reconfiguration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the centralized cable configuration into distributed electrical panel structures located in each modular room. Each panel structure contains local cable access points and routing pathways, segmenting the power and data distribution system from a centralized hub into decentralized local units. This allows individual rooms to be removed or reconfigured without affecting the entire cable network, as each room maintains its own electrical infrastructure connections.
2Productivity
If standardized electrical panel structures with conduits and couplers are implemented, then quick connections and disconnections are enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical panel structures are pre-configured with integrated conduits, cable routing pathways, and connection points during manufacturing. The panel assemblies arrive at the installation site ready-to-install with all necessary electrical infrastructure pre-arranged, eliminating the need for on-site cable routing and panel configuration. This preliminary preparation enables rapid deployment of modular rooms while containing complexity within the factory-manufactured panel units rather than the installation process.
Data Source
AI summary
Electrical panel structures for a modular building system, such as a modular data center. The electrical panel structures provide a standardized structure for attachment of high voltage power, low voltage power, and/or data lines between rooms or components of the modular building system. The panel structures can include multiple conduits that extend between rooms or other components of a modular building structure. The panel structures can include, for example, conduits having couplers for the attachment of high voltage cables and/or pass-throughs for the passage of low voltage lines and/or data lines.