Modular Power Supply and Distribution Skid Frames for Data Centers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Data centers face challenges in efficiently and quickly scaling power distribution to meet increasing demands from growing numbers of customers and customer devices, as existing systems often require simultaneous upgrades to both power supply and distribution infrastructure, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves mechanically and electrically separate power supply and distribution skid frames, with spacer bars allowing incremental deployment of redundant power distribution skid frames without additional power supply frames, enabling flexible and efficient scaling of power distribution capacity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If power supply and distribution infrastructure are upgraded simultaneously, then power capacity is increased, but deployment complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The power infrastructure is segmented into separate power supply skid frames and power distribution skid frames. This allows independent deployment of distribution frames without requiring simultaneous upgrades to power supply infrastructure, thereby reducing deployment complexity while maintaining power capacity expansion capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables dynamic, incremental deployment where power distribution skid frames can be added independently based on actual demand. This dynamic approach allows the system to adapt to growing power needs without requiring predetermined simultaneous upgrades of entire power infrastructure
2Power
If power distribution capacity is increased, then customer demand is met, but additional power supply infrastructure is required
Solution Approach 1:
Power distribution skid frames are designed as universal, standalone units that can be deployed independently. Each distribution skid frame can serve multiple customers and can be incrementally added to the existing power supply infrastructure without requiring proportional increases in power supply capacity immediately
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows partial deployment of power distribution capacity before full power supply capacity is available. Distribution skid frames can be installed and prepared in advance, enabling rapid deployment when power supply capacity becomes available, thus meeting customer demand more quickly
3Productivity
If redundant power distribution skid frames are deployed incrementally, then deployment speed increases, but mechanical coupling requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Spacer bars serve as intermediary mechanical coupling elements between power supply skid frames and power distribution skid frames. These standardized spacers simplify the mechanical coupling process, enabling rapid deployment of redundant distribution frames without increasing overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The mechanical coupling system uses adjustable and modular spacer bars that can be configured for different deployment scenarios. This modularity allows the system to accommodate incremental deployment of multiple distribution skid frames while maintaining consistent coupling procedures and reducing complexity
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AI summary
A system apparatus and method for providing electrical power to multiple customer devices within a data center that includes a power supply skid frame having a top portion and a bottom portion, a power supply portion physically separate from the power supply skid frame and capable of being positioned on the top portion of the power supply skid frame to supply the electrical power, a power distribution skid frame, mechanically and electrically separate from the power supply skid frame, having a top portion and a bottom portion, and a power distribution portion physically separate from the power distribution skid frame and capable of being positioned on the top portion of the power distribution skid frame to distribute the electrical power. The system may include one or more skid frame spacer bars, physically separate from the power supply skid frame and the power distribution skid frame and capable of mechanically coupling the power supply skid frame and the power distribution skid frame.