Electrical cabinet with improved heat dissipation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10111360-B2
Application number	US-201214351380-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2012
Priority date	Dec 5, 2011
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

An electrical cabinet for receiving functional electrical units, each including a plurality of electrical devices arranged on a bracket; and a mechanism for attaching the functional electrical units, the attaching mechanism configured to receive the functional electric units along a separation plane defining a first space located toward a front portion, and a second space located toward a back portion; a partition dividing the second space into a first subspace located toward the front portion and a second subspace located toward the rear portion, the partition configured in the electrical cabinet to form at least two passages enabling an airflow to circulate between the first subspace and the second subspace; and a cooling source arranged to be in contact with the airflow.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical cabinet comprising:
a front part and a rear part;
a plurality of functional electrical units, each of the plurality of functional electrical units includes a support and a plurality of electrical devices arranged on the support;
means for fastening the plurality of functional electrical units, the fastening means configured to secure two or more of the functional electrical units on a separation plane in the electrical cabinet, the two or more supports of the respective two or more functional electrical units are provided immediately adjacent each other so that the two or more supports form a separation wall in a height direction of the electrical cabinet, the separation wall delimiting a first space situated toward the front part and a second space situated toward the rear part, wherein at least one of the electrical devices is located in the first space and at least one of the electrical devices is located in the second space;
a partition dividing the second space into a first subspace situated toward the front part and a second subspace situated toward the rear part, the partition configured in the electrical cabinet to form at least two passages enabling an airflow to circulate between the first subspace and the second subspace such that airflow in the first subspace flows along and is in contact with the at least one of the electrical devices located in the second space extending into the first subspace; and
a cooling source configured to be arranged in contact with the airflow.

2. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a functional ventilation unit fastened on the fastening means and including a ventilation system situated in the first subspace.

3. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a functional ventilation unit fastened on the fastening means and including a ventilation system situated in the first space.

4. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cooling source comprises heat exchange fins situated in the second subspace.

5. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the partition comprises heat exchange fins situated in the second subspace.

6. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , comprising at least two functional electrical units mounted along the separation wall separated from each other in the height direction of the electrical cabinet,
wherein one or more openings are formed in the separation wall respectively between the at least two functional electrical units that are separated from each other in the height direction.

7. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the functional electrical units includes an electrical device passing through the separation plane to have a first part situated in the first space and a second part situated in the first subspace.

8. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the second part of the electrical device comprises a ventilation system.

9. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second part of the electrical device comprises a bearing surface positioned against the partition.

10. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a functional cooling unit fastened on the fastening means.

11. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the functional cooling unit comprises a heat exchange module passing through the separation plane and the partition.

12. The electrical cabinet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a volume of the first space is greater than a volume of the second space.

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Ind Sas

Inventors

• Perrin Alain
• Waterlot Frederic
• Linares Louis
• Lepretre Pascal
• Lopez Josep

Classifications

• H05K7/206

  Air circulating in closed loop within cabinets wherein heat is removed through air-to-air heat-exchanger · CPC title

• H05K7/20009 Primary

  using a gaseous coolant in electronic enclosures (in cabinets of standardized dimensions H05K7/20536; in server cabinets H05K7/20709; in vehicle electronic casings H05K7/20845; in power control electronics H05K7/2089; in displays H05K7/20954) · CPC title

• H02B1/565

  for cabinets · CPC title

• H05K7/20545

  Natural convection of gaseous coolant; Heat transfer by conduction from electronic boards · CPC title

• H05K7/2089 Primary

  for power electronics, e.g. for inverters for controlling motor · CPC title