Modular Power Skid with Skeletal Framework for Datacenter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current modular datacenter designs, such as shipping containers, lack the ability to create a truly interconnected facility and do not withstand weather well, and existing power distribution systems are not scalable or modular enough to efficiently support critical power needs in datacenters.
Innovation Solution
A pre-wired, pre-assembled, and pre-engineered integrated platform with a skeletal framework that supports multiple cabinet enclosures and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), featuring a transistor-based UPS system without transformers, and a maintenance bypass switch for instantaneous power switchover, allowing for scalable and modular critical power distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If shipping containers are used as modular datacenter units, then ease of transport and modular deployment are improved, but interconnectivity and weather resilience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the datacenter into multiple modular skid-mounted units, each containing complete power distribution systems with cabinet enclosures, UPS units, and skeletal frameworks. These segmented modules can be independently manufactured, transported, and deployed, while maintaining individual structural integrity and weather resistance through enclosed cabinet designs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional power distribution systems are used, then existing infrastructure compatibility is maintained, but system footprint and construction time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple previously separate components into unified modular skids: cabinet enclosures housing power distribution equipment, uninterruptible power supply units, skeletal frameworks for structural support, and wiring assemblies are combined into single integrated modules. This merging reduces the overall footprint while maintaining all necessary power distribution functions and infrastructure compatibility.
3Productivity
If pre-assembled integrated platforms are used, then construction time and costs are reduced, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The modular skids are pre-assembled, pre-wired, and pre-engineered in controlled manufacturing environments before deployment to the datacenter. Cabinet enclosures, UPS units, skeletal frameworks, and wiring are assembled in advance according to engineered configurations, allowing for quality control and testing prior to installation. This preliminary action accelerates on-site construction while managing manufacturing complexity through standardized procedures.
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AI summary
An integrated platform assembled with different electrical cabinets and components mounted on a framework in order to provide a complete datacenter critical power distribution package. The integrated platform supports the weight of cabinet enclosures and UPSs mounted onto a skeletal framework, which acts as an equipment support structure and a cable routing support system. Main and redundant power supply wiring is routed along the skeletal framework to and between the cabinet enclosures and the UPSs mounted thereon. Electrical connections between the cabinets are internally connected via bus bars as switchgear cabinets. The skeletal framework has top and bottom rails run substantially parallel to each other with cross bars connecting the top and bottom rails and a top horizontal surface to which one or more of the cabinet enclosures are mounted. The skeletal framework and cabinet enclosures are fabricated prior to installation and installed as a monolithic pre-wired pre-assembled integrated platform.