Pre-wired Power Skid Framework for Datacenter UPS Integration
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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 efficient in providing critical power distribution.
Innovation Solution
A monolithic, 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 efficient and scalable critical power distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If shipping containers are used for modular datacenter design, then portability and quick deployment are improved, but weather resistance and structural integrity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple previously separate components (power distribution units, cable routing systems, support structures) into a single integrated platform that is pre-assembled and pre-wired in a factory setting. This merging allows the system to maintain the quick deployment advantage of modular design while achieving the structural integrity of a unified, engineered structure that can properly withstand weather conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform is pre-assembled, pre-wired, and pre-engineered in a factory before being shipped to the site. This preliminary action ensures that all structural and electrical components are properly integrated and tested before deployment, eliminating the need for on-site assembly while maintaining the rapid deployment benefit of modular containers.
2Power
If traditional power distribution systems are used, then power delivery capability is improved, but system footprint and installation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple power distribution functions (input breakers, output panels, UPS systems, cable routing) into a single consolidated platform. This merging of previously separate equipment into one unified structure delivers the required power capability while significantly reducing the total footprint compared to traditional distributed power systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated platform performs multiple power distribution functions simultaneously - receiving power input, providing UPS protection, distributing power to multiple circuits, and routing cables - all within a single structure. This multi-functionality allows the system to deliver comprehensive power capabilities in a compact form factor.
3Adaptability or versatility
If modular components are assembled on-site, then adaptability to site conditions is improved, but construction time and labor costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The platform is completely pre-assembled, pre-wired, and pre-engineered in a factory setting before being shipped to the installation site. This preliminary action eliminates on-site construction activities, reducing both construction time and labor costs while maintaining adaptability through the modular container design that can be deployed to various site conditions.
Data Source
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.