Data processing equipment structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9655259-B2
Application number	US-201213707521-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2012
Priority date	Dec 9, 2011
Publication date	May 16, 2017
Grant date	May 16, 2017

Abstract

A data processing equipment structure includes a plurality of sidewalls and a ceiling panel, which, together, define an enclosed space. The structure further includes at least one equipment enclosure and at least one cooling unit arranged in side-to-side relationship in a row within the enclosed space. At least one separation panel divides the enclosed space into a front plenum at a front side of the row and a rear plenum at a rear side of the row. Cool air in the front plenum is isolated from heated exhaust air in the rear plenum.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data processing equipment structure comprising:
a plurality of sidewalls, a floor surface, and a ceiling panel, which, together, define an enclosed space;
at least one equipment enclosure disposed entirely within the enclosed space,
wherein each equipment enclosure comprises a top panel;
at least one cooling unit disposed entirely within the enclosed space and arranged in side-to-side relationship, in a row, with the at least one equipment enclosure,
wherein each cooling unit comprises a top panel; and
at least one separation panel arranged across, and in generally perpendicular relationship with, respective top panels of the at least one equipment enclosure and the at least one cooling unit, the at least one separation panel extending upwardly from the top panels into abutment with the ceiling panel;
wherein the at least one separation panel, in combination with the at least one equipment enclosure and the at least one cooling unit, thermally isolates a front plenum, extending from the floor surface to the ceiling panel along a front of the at least one equipment enclosure, from a rear plenum, extending from the floor surface to the ceiling panel along a rear of the at least one equipment enclosure; and
wherein each of the front plenum and the rear plenum is external to the at least one equipment enclosure and the at least one cooling unit, but fully contained within the enclosed space.

2. The data processing equipment structure of claim 1 , wherein the volume of the front plenum is less than half of the volume of the enclosed space.

3. The data processing equipment structure of claim 2 , wherein the front plenum is pressurized.

4. The data processing equipment structure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one equipment enclosure is a plurality of equipment enclosures.

5. The data processing equipment structure of claim 4 , wherein the at least one cooling unit is located at an end of the row.

6. The data processing equipment structure of claim 4 , wherein one of the plurality of equipment enclosures is positioned at either side of the at least one cooling unit.

7. The data processing equipment structure of claim 4 , wherein the at least one cooling unit is a plurality of cooling units.

8. The data processing equipment structure of claim 7 , wherein the cooling units are located, within the row, proximate to equipment enclosures that house electronic equipment that requires cooling.

9. The data processing equipment structure of claim 1 , further comprising a movable internal sidewall for scaling the size of the enclosed space.

10. The data processing equipment structure of claim 1 , wherein the front plenum is a cooled air plenum and the rear plenum is a heated exhaust air plenum.

11. A data processing equipment structure comprising:
a plurality of sidewalls and a ceiling panel, which, together, define an enclosed space;
at least one equipment enclosure disposed entirely within the enclosed space,
wherein each equipment enclosure comprises a top panel;
at least one cooling unit disposed entirely within the enclosed space and arranged in side-to-side relationship, in a row, with the at least one equipment enclosure,
wherein each cooling unit comprises a to panel; and
at least one separation panel arranged across respective top panels of the at least one equipment enclosure and the at least one cooling unit, the at least one separation panel extending upwardly from the top panels into abutment with the ceiling panel;
wherein the at least one separation panel, in combination with the at least one equipment enclosure and the at least one cooling unit, thermally isolates a front plenum from a rear plenum, each of the front plenum and the rear plenum being external to the at least one equipment enclosure and the at least one cooling unit, but fully contained within the enclosed space;
wherein the front plenum receives cooled air from the at least one cooling unit and facilitates passage of the cooled air into a front of the at least one equipment enclosure to cool electronic equipment housed therein; and
wherein the rear plenum receives heated exhaust air from a rear of the at least one equipment enclosure and facilitates passage of the heated exhaust air to an intake of the at least one cooling unit.

12. The data processing equipment structure of claim 11 , wherein the volume of the front plenum is less than half of the volume of the enclosed space.

13. The data processing equipment structure of claim 12 , wherein the front plenum is pressurized.

14. The data processing equipment structure of claim 11 , wherein the at least one equipment enclosure is a plurality of equipment enclosures.

15. The data processing equipment structure of claim 14 , wherein the at least one cooling unit is located at an end of the row.

16. The data processing equipment structure of claim 14 , wherein one of the plurality of equipment enclosures is positioned at either side of the at least one cooling unit.

17. The data processing equipment structure of claim 14 , wherein the at least one cooling unit is a plurality of cooling units.

18. The data processing equipment structure of claim 17 , wherein the cooling units are located, within the row, proximate to equipment enclosures that house electronic equipment that requires cooling.

19. The data processing equipment structure of claim 11 , further comprising a movable internal sidewall for scaling the size of the enclosed space.

20. A data processing equipment structure comprising:
a plurality of sidewalls, a floor surface, and a ceiling panel, which, together, define an enclosed space;
at least one equipment enclosure disposed entirely within the enclosed space,
wherein each equipment enclosure comprises a top panel;
at least one cooling unit disposed entirely within the enclosed space and arranged in side-to-side relationship, in a row, with the at least one equipment enclosure,
wherein each cooling unit comprises a to panel;
at least one separation panel arranged across respective top panels of the at least one equipment enclosure and the at least one cooling unit, the at least one separation panel extending upwardly from the top panels into abutment with the ceiling panel; and
a movable internal sidewall, external to the at least one equipment enclosure and the at least one separation panel, for scaling the size of the enclosed space;
wherein the at least one separation panel, in combination with the at least one equipment enclosure and the at least one cooling unit, thermally isolates a front plenum, extending from the floor surface to the ceiling panel along a front of the at least one equipment enclosure, from a rear plenum, extending from the floor surface to the ceiling panel along a rear of the at least one equipment enclosure, each of the front plenum and the rear plenum being external to the at least one equipment enclosure and the at least one cooling unit, but fully contained within the enclosed space;
wherein the front plenum receives cooled air from the at least one cooling unit and facilitates passage of the cooled air into a front of the at least one equipment enclosure to cool electronic equipment housed therein; and
wherein the rear plenum receives heated exhaust air from a rear of the at least one equipment enclosure and facilitates passage of the heated exhaust air to an intake of the at least one cooling unit.

Assignees

• Chatsworth Prod Inc

Inventors

• North Travis
• Bornfield Steven
• Rodriguez Samuel

Classifications

• H05K7/20745 Primary

  within rooms for removing heat from cabinets, e.g. by air conditioning device · CPC title

• H05K5/0213 Primary

  Venting apertures; Constructional details thereof · CPC title

• H05K7/20145

  Means for directing air flow, e.g. ducts, deflectors, plenum or guides · CPC title