Server Cabinet Cooling Bracket with Heat Exchange and Air Ducting
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Solution Overview
Problem
In large-scale Internet data centers, server cabinets in the middle of telecommunication equipment rooms often fail to be effectively cooled due to air-conditioners being deployed on the sides, leading to inefficient use of cold air and resource wastage.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus comprising a bracket, a heat-exchange device, and an air-ducting device is positioned below the server cabinets, with the heat-exchange device cooling hot air and the air-ducting device blowing cold air directly to the servers, ensuring efficient cooling and resource conservation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If air-conditioners are deployed on the sides of the telecommunication equipment room, then the air-conditioners can be easily installed and accessed, but the server cabinets in the middle of the room cannot be sufficiently cooled
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the cooling system into multiple independent cooling units, each responsible for cooling a specific server cabinet. Each cooling unit includes a heat-exchange device and an air-ducting device positioned below individual server cabinets, enabling localized cooling rather than relying on centralized side-mounted air-conditioners.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from horizontal cooling (side-mounted air-conditioners blowing air across the room) to vertical cooling (cooling units positioned below server cabinets, blowing cold air upward through the server cabinet). This dimensional change allows direct cooling of servers in the middle of the room.
2Ease of operation
If a large space is maintained between the raised floor and the ground for passage, then air circulation is enabled, but cold air is not fully used resulting in resource waste
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the cooling function from the centralized air-conditioning system and places it directly at the server cabinet level through dedicated cooling units. This eliminates the need for large passage spaces under the raised floor, as cold air is generated and delivered directly where needed, rather than being transported through long passages.
Solution Approach 2:
The air-ducting device acts as an intermediary component that directly connects the heat-exchange device to the server cabinet, delivering cold air efficiently without requiring long passage routes through the raised floor space.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution effectively cools all server cabinets by directing cold air directly to them, improving cooling performance and saving resources by reducing waste and optimizing air supply.
Implementation Method 1
the heat-exchange device cools hot air produced by the server cabinet to obtain cold air
Implementation Method 2
the air-ducting device blows the cold air to the server cabinet to cool the server cabinet
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AI summary
Disclosed are an apparatus for cooling a server cabinet and a server cabinet apparatus. The apparatus for cooling a server cabinet includes: a bracket a heat-exchange device, and an air-ducting device; where the bracket is positioned below one or a plurality of server cabinets, the heat-exchange device is installed on a side surface of the bracket, the air-ducting device is installed in the bracket, the heat-exchange device and the air-ducting device are parallelly arranged, the heat-exchange device cools hot air produced by the server cabinet to obtain cold air, and the air-ducting device blows the cold air to the server cabinet to cool the server cabinet. The server cabinet apparatus includes: an apparatus for cooling a server cabinet and at least one server cabinet. With the apparatus for cooling a server cabinet, each of the servers in a data center are effectively cooled, and resources are saved.