High capacity power distribution panel for a modular data center

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9844164-B2
Application number	US-201715411646-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2017
Priority date	Nov 8, 2013
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

A power distribution network includes a first busway, a second busway situated between the first busway and a load, a first bus plug, and a second bus plug. The first and second bus plugs are configured to span across the first busway and the second busway. The first bus plug is further configured to provide power from the first busway to the load via an exit from the first bus plug that is adjacent to the load. The second bus plug is further configured to provide power from the second busway to the load via an exit from the second bus plug that is adjacent to the first load.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power distribution network, comprising:
a first busway;
a second busway situated between the first busway and a first load;
a first bus plug configured to span across the first busway and the second busway, the first bus plug including:
a first enclosure; and
a first fused switch block configured to couple the busway to the first load, and to provide fault resiliency of greater than 100 kilo-amps inrush current to the first load; and

a second bus plug configured to span across the first busway and the second busway, the second bus plug including:
a second enclosure; and
a second fused switch block configured to couple the busway to a second load, and to provide fault resiliency of greater than 100 kilo-amps inrush current to the second load.

2. The power distribution network of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the first bus plug is marked to identify a first location of the first fused switch module and to identify a second location of the second fused switch module.

3. The power distribution network of claim 1 , wherein the first bus plug is further configured to span across a third busway, the third busway being situated between the second busway and the first load.

4. The power distribution network of claim 1 , wherein the first busway provides three-phase alternating current.

5. The power distribution network of claim 1 , wherein the first fused switch block is coupled to the first load via a first conductor whip configured to span across the second busway.

6. The power distribution network of claim 5 , wherein the first fused switch block is further configured to couple the first busway to the second load, and to provide fault resiliency of greater than one hundred kilo-amps inrush current to the second load.

7. The power distribution network of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the first bus plug is marked to identify the first bus plug as receiving power from the first busway.

8. The power distribution network of claim 7 , wherein a surface of the second bus plug is marked to identify the second bus plug as receiving power from the second busway.

9. A power distribution network, comprising:
a first busway;
a second busway situated between the first busway and both of a first load and a second load;
a first bus plug that spans across the first busway and the second busway, the first bus plug including:
a first enclosure; and
a first fused switch block that couples the first busway to a the first load via a first power distribution unit of the first load, and that couples the first busway to the second load via a second power distribution unit of the second load; and

a second bus plug that spans across the first busway and the second busway, the second bus plug including:
a second enclosure; and
a second fused switch block that couples the second busway to a third power distribution unit of the first load, and that couples the second busway to a fourth power distribution unit of the second load.

10. The power distribution network of claim 9 , wherein the first fused switch block provides fault resiliency of greater than one hundred kilo-amps inrush current to the first and second power distribution units.

11. The power distribution network of claim 10 , wherein the second fused switch block provides fault resiliency of greater than one hundred kilo-amps inrush current to the third and fourth power distribution units.

12. The power distribution network of claim 9 , wherein a surface of the first bus plug is marked to identify a location of the first fused switch module and a surface of the second bus plug is marked to identify a location of the second fused switch module.

13. A method of providing a power distribution network, the method comprising:
coupling a first busway of the power distribution network to a first fused switch block of a first bus plug of the power distribution network;
spanning the first bus plug across the first busway and a second busway of the power distribution network, the second busway being situated between the first busway and a first load;
coupling the first fused switch block to the first load;
providing, by the first fused switch block, fault resiliency of greater than one hundred kilo-amps inrush current to the first load;
coupling a second busway of the power distribution network to a second fused switch block of a second bus plug of the power distribution network;
spanning the second bus plug across the first busway and the second busway;
coupling the second fused switch block to a second load; and
providing, by the second fused switch block, fault resiliency of greater than one hundred kilo-amps inrush current to the second load.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
marking a surface of the first bus plug to identify a first location of the first fused switch module and to identify a second location of the second fused switch module.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
spanning the first bus plug across a third busway, the third busway being situated between the second busway and the first load.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first busway provides three-phase alternating current.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
coupling the first fused switch block to the first load via a first conductor whip configured to span across the second busway.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
coupling the first fused switch block to the second load; and
providing, by the first fused switch block, fault resiliency of greater than one hundred kilo-amps inrush current to the second load.

19. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
marking a surface of the first bus plug to identify the first bus plug as receiving power from the first busway.

20. The method of claims 19 , further comprising:
marking a surface of the second bus plug to identify the second bus plug as receiving power from the second busway.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Bailey Mark M
• Schmitt Ty R

Classifications

• H05K7/1498

  Resource management, Optimisation arrangements, e.g. configuration, identification, tracking, physical location (thermal management H05K7/20836) · CPC title

• H05K7/1492 Primary

  having electrical distribution arrangements, e.g. power supply or data communications · CPC title

• H02B1/04

  Mounting thereon of switches or of other devices in general, the switch or device having, or being without, casing · CPC title

• H02G5/00

  Installations of bus-bars · CPC title

• H02B1/20

  Bus-bar or other wiring layouts, e.g. in cubicles, in switchyards (installations of bus-bars H02G5/00) · CPC title