Server Rack Cooling Device Sliding Enclosure Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing server cooling systems require significant labor for attaching and detaching electronic components and pipes, making maintenance and component replacement difficult.
Innovation Solution
A device with a sliding enclosure system that includes a rack, a module, a main pipe, a branching tube, a cooling unit, and connection tubes, allowing the enclosure to slide while connected to module connection portions and enabling easy attachment and detachment of modules and cooling units.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If electronic components and pipes are attached and detached for maintenance, then cooling function is maintained, but labor and time required for maintenance increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the cooling apparatus into modular components: a detachable enclosure containing electronic components, and a separate cooling unit with connection tubes. This segmentation allows the enclosure to be removed and replaced without detaching the cooling unit or pipes from the rack, maintaining cooling function while reducing maintenance time.
Solution Approach 2:
The enclosure is designed to be dynamically detachable and reattachable to the rack, while the cooling unit remains fixed. The connection tubes enable the enclosure to move in and out of position without compromising the cooling system's integrity, allowing quick maintenance operations.
2Ease of repair
If modules are made detachable for maintenance, then ease of repair improves, but complexity of pipe connections and cooling unit attachment increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling unit is extracted from the enclosure and positioned separately on the rack. The connection tubes serve as flexible linkages between the two, allowing the enclosure to be detached and replaced without moving or reconnecting the cooling unit or main pipes, thus simplifying the overall connection process.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection tubes act as intermediaries between the enclosure and the cooling unit. These tubes absorb the complexity of connection and disconnection operations, allowing the enclosure to be easily attached and detached while the cooling unit remains stationary and connected to the fixed piping system.
3Use of energy by moving object
If cooling pipes are concentrated to heat-generating components, then cooling efficiency improves, but difficulty of maintenance and inspection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the electronic components into a detachable enclosure that can be removed as a complete unit. The cooling pipes remain fixed and concentrated at the heat-generating components, maintaining cooling efficiency while allowing the entire enclosure to be accessed, removed, and replaced without disturbing the piping system.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easy replacement and maintenance of modules within the enclosure by allowing the enclosure to slide with connected modules and cooling units, reducing labor and improving maintenance efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a cooling unit (7) that cools a heat-generating component (9) mounted on the module (4)
Data Source
AI summary
A serving rack cooling device. The device includes a rack; an enclosure provided inside the rack; a module provided inside the enclosure; a main pipe provided in the rack; a branching tube connected to the main pipe; a cooling unit that cools a heat-generating component mounted on the module; a first connection tube that connects the branching tube with the cooling unit; and a plurality of module connection portions that are provided inside the enclosure and to which the module is connected. The enclosure can slide in a state in which the module is connected to the module connection portion, and the cooling unit and the branching tube are connected by the first connection tube.