CONTAINER DATA CENTER
A container data center includes a container, a cooling system, and a number of heat dissipation units. The cooling system is positioned on a top of the container. The heat dissipation units are arranged on opposite sidewalls of the container respectively. Each heat dissipation unit includes an air duct attached to the sidewall and a guiding piece. The guiding piece is slantingly spaced from the sidewall. The hot air from the container flows into the air duct. The airflow around the container is guided to the air duct, to cool the air duct. The hot air in the air duct is cooled and then flows to the cooling system.
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a container data center.
2. Description of Related Art
Many container data centers may be used on a movable carrier, such as a train or a truck, to supply mobile service. When the container data center is moving, air will flow around the container, which can dissipate heat for the container data center. However the traditional container cannot utilize the airflow effectively to dissipate heat.
Many aspects of the present embodiments can be better understood with reference to the drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
The disclosure, including the accompanying drawings, is illustrated by way of examples and not by way of limitation. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
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The container 100 includes a top wall 101, two sidewalls 102 respectively extending down from two opposite sides of the top wall 101, and two end walls 103 respectively extending down from front and rear ends of the top wall 101. The cooling system 20 is positioned on an outer surface of the top wall 101 of the container 100. The A direction is parallel to the sidewalls 102 and perpendicular to the end walls 103.
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In use, hot air from the inside of the container 100 flows into the air ducts 30 from the first connection ends 311. The airflow around the container 100 is guided to the air ducts 30, to cool the air ducts 30. The hot air in the air ducts 30 is cooled and then flows to the cooling system 20 along the connecting ducts 315. The cooling system 20 cools the hot air further, to dissipate heat for the electronic elements in the container 100.
In the embodiment, the container 100 utilizes two heat dissipation units 30 attached to the opposite sidewalls 102, to assist heat dissipation for the container 100 through the airflow around the container 100, which can utilize natural wind effectively.
Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in the matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the present disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Claims
1. A container data center, comprising:
- a container comprising a top wall, and two sidewalls respectively extending down from two opposite sides of the top wall;
- a cooling system positioned on the top wall of the container; and
- two heat dissipation units respectively arranged on outer surfaces of the sidewalls of the container, wherein each heat dissipation unit comprises an air duct attached to the sidewall and a guiding piece, the guiding piece is spaced from the sidewall, the air duct is connected between an inside of the container and the cooling system;
- wherein hot air from the container flows into the air duct, airflow around the container is guided to the air duct by the guiding piece, to cool the air duct, the hot air in the air duct is cooled and then flows to the cooling system to be further cooled.
2. The container data center of claim 1, wherein the air duct comprises a plurality of U-shaped main bodies juxtapositionally attached to the outer surface of the corresponding sidewall, a plurality of first connection ends perpendicularly extending from first ends of the main bodies adjacent to the rear end of the container, a plurality of second connection ends extending perpendicularly from second ends of the main bodies adjacent to the front end of the container, and a connecting duct connecting the second ends to the cooling system, each first end is connected to the inside of the container.
3. The container data center of claim 1, wherein a thickness of each guiding piece gradually increases from a rear end of the container toward a front end of the container.
4. The container data center of claim 1, wherein each guiding piece is mounted to the sidewall through a pair of first poles connected between a front end of the guiding piece and the sidewall, and a pair of second poles shorter than the first poles and connected between a rear end of the guiding piece and the sidewall.
Type: Application
Filed: Jun 7, 2012
Publication Date: Nov 14, 2013
Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tu-Cheng)
Inventor: FENG-CHI YANG (Tu-Cheng)
Application Number: 13/491,572
International Classification: F28D 1/02 (20060101);