CN107771015B - a data center - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a data center, comprising: at least one chiller, at least one liquid-cooled box provided with a water-cooled wall, at least one liquid-cooled server, water supply pipelines and return water pipelines; wherein, each of the liquid-cooled boxes At least one of the liquid-cooled servers is installed in the inner cavity of each of the liquid-cooled boxes; the water-cooled wall of each of the liquid-cooled boxes is connected with the water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline; the water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline The water pipelines are all connected to the at least one water chiller; the liquid cooling box is used to hold refrigerated liquid through its inner cavity, so that the contained refrigerated liquid absorbs the heat generated by each of the liquid-cooled servers; the at least one water chiller , for outputting low-temperature cooling water to the water-cooled walls of each of the liquid-cooled boxes through the water supply pipeline, so that the low-temperature cooling water passes through each of the water-cooled walls to perform heat exchange with the freezing liquid to form high-temperature return water; through the The return water pipeline receives high-temperature return water formed in each of the water cooling walls. Through the technical scheme of the invention, the liquid cooling server can be operated more safely.

Description

a data center

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of computers, in particular to a data center.

Background technique

With the rapid development of mobile digital cloud computing technology, the scale of data center construction is getting larger and larger. More and more enterprises or organizations use liquid-cooled servers to build data centers.

At present, data centers built with liquid-cooled servers usually include several liquid-cooled boxes, and each liquid-cooled box is filled with cooling liquid. Liquid-cooled servers can be placed in the liquid-cooled box and completely submerged in the cooling liquid. The cooling liquid can absorb the heat generated by the liquid-cooled server when it is working, and release the absorbed heat into the air through heat exchange with the air, so as to realize the heat dissipation of the liquid-cooled server.

However, when the heat-absorbed cooling liquid exchanges heat with the air, if the ambient temperature is high, the heat-absorbing cooling liquid is not easy to release the absorbed heat into the air, so that the temperature of the cooling liquid rises rapidly and cannot continue to absorb As a result, liquid-cooled servers cannot operate safely because they cannot dissipate heat in time.

Contents of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides a data center, and the liquid-cooled server can run more safely.

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a data center, comprising:

At least one chiller, at least one liquid-cooled box provided with a water-cooled wall, at least one liquid-cooled server, water supply pipeline and return water pipeline; wherein,

At least one of the liquid-cooled servers is installed in the cavity of each of the liquid-cooled boxes;

The water wall of each of the liquid cooling boxes is connected with the water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline;

Both the water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline are connected to the at least one chiller;

The liquid-cooled box is used to contain the cooling liquid through its inner cavity, so that the contained cooling liquid absorbs the heat generated by each of the liquid-cooled servers;

The at least one water chiller is configured to output low-temperature cooling water to the water-cooled walls of each of the liquid-cooled boxes through the water supply pipeline, so that the low-temperature cooling water exchanges heat with the freezing liquid through each of the water-cooled walls to form a high temperature Return water: receiving high-temperature return water formed in each of the water cooling walls through the return water pipeline.

Preferably,

Further include: cold storage tank; wherein,

The water supply pipeline communicates with the cold storage tank;

The water wall of each of the liquid cooling boxes communicates with the cold storage tank.

Preferably,

Further includes: container; wherein,

An isolation board is arranged in the container, and the isolation board divides the interior space of the container into a first installation area and a second installation area;

The first installation area is used to install the at least one liquid cooling box;

The second installation area is used for installing the at least one chiller.

Preferably,

On the side wall of the container, at least one weathertight door is provided in an area corresponding to the first installation area.

Preferably,

The chiller includes an air-cooled chiller;

On the side wall of the container, at least one net door is arranged in an area corresponding to the second installation area.

Preferably,

Further include: shut-off valve, water pump, filter and flow switch; wherein,

The stop valve, the water pump, the filter and the flow switch are all arranged on the water supply pipeline and located in the second installation area.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a data center, which is composed of at least one chiller, at least one liquid-cooled box with a water-cooled wall, at least one liquid-cooled server, water supply pipelines and return water pipelines; each liquid-cooled At least one liquid-cooled server is installed in the inner cavity of the box, and the liquid-cooled box can also contain refrigerated liquid through its inner cavity, so that the contained refrigerated liquid can absorb the heat generated by each liquid-cooled server; the water-cooled wall of each liquid-cooled box Both are connected with the water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline, and the water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline are connected with at least one chiller, and at least one chiller can output low-temperature cooling water to the water wall of each liquid cooling box through the water supply pipeline, so that The low-temperature cooling water can exchange heat with the cooling liquid through each water-cooled wall to form high-temperature return water, and the formed high-temperature return water can be transmitted to at least one chiller through the return water pipeline, and the low-temperature cooling water is heated through each water-cooled wall and the cooling liquid. When exchanging, it absorbs the heat carried in the cooling liquid, so that the temperature of the cooling liquid will not be too high, and the cooling liquid with a relatively low temperature can continue to absorb the heat generated by the liquid-cooled server, so that the liquid-cooled server can run more safely.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are For some embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a data center provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another data center provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments It is a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work belong to the protection of the present invention. scope.

As shown in Figure 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a data center, including:

At least one chiller 101, at least one liquid-cooled box 102 provided with a water-cooled wall 1021, at least one liquid-cooled server 103, a water supply pipeline 104 and a return water pipeline 105; wherein,

At least one liquid-cooled server 103 is installed in the cavity of each liquid-cooled box 102;

The water wall 1021 of each of the liquid cooling boxes 102 is in communication with the water supply pipeline 104 and the return water pipeline 105;

Both the water supply pipeline 104 and the return water pipeline 105 are connected to the at least one chiller 101;

The liquid-cooled box 102 is used to contain a cooling liquid through its inner cavity, so that the contained cooling liquid absorbs the heat generated by each of the liquid-cooled servers 103;

The at least one chiller unit 101 is configured to output low-temperature cooling water to the water-cooled walls 1021 of each of the liquid-cooled boxes 102 through the water supply pipeline 104, so that the low-temperature cooling water passes through each of the water-cooled walls 1021 and the freezing liquid performing heat exchange to form high-temperature return water; the high-temperature return water formed in each of the water cooling walls 1021 is received through the return water pipeline 105 .

In the embodiment shown in Figure 1, the data center is composed of at least one water chiller, at least one liquid-cooled box provided with a water-cooled wall, at least one liquid-cooled server, water supply pipelines and return water pipelines; each liquid-cooled box At least one liquid-cooled server is installed in each inner cavity, and the liquid-cooled box can also contain refrigerated liquid through its inner cavity, so that the contained refrigerated liquid can absorb the heat generated by each liquid-cooled server; the water-cooled wall of each liquid-cooled box is connected with the The water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline are connected, and both the water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline are connected to at least one chiller, and at least one chiller can output low-temperature cooling water to the water walls of each liquid cooling box through the water supply pipeline, so that low-temperature cooling The water can exchange heat with the cooling liquid through each water cooling wall to form high-temperature return water, and the formed high-temperature return water can be transmitted to at least one chiller through the return water pipeline, and the low-temperature cooling water can exchange heat with the cooling liquid through each water cooling wall , Absorb the heat carried in the cooling liquid, so that the temperature of the cooling liquid will not be too high, and the cooling liquid with a relatively low temperature can continue to absorb the heat generated by the liquid-cooled server, so that the liquid-cooled server can run more safely.

It is not difficult to understand that each liquid-cooled server should be completely submerged or fully submerged in the cooling liquid.

Based on the embodiment shown in Figure 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, the data center further includes: a cold storage tank 201; wherein the water supply pipeline 104 is connected to the cold storage tank 201 The water-cooled wall 1021 of each of the liquid-cooled boxes 102 is in communication with the cold storage tank 201 . The cold storage tank is connected to the water supply pipeline so that a part of the low-temperature cooling water output by each chiller through the water supply pipeline can be stored in the cold storage tank. When each chiller fails to be used, the frozen water stored in the cold storage tank can continue to be output to each The water-cooled walls of the liquid-cooled box realize the continuous cooling of the freezing liquid in each water-cooled wall through the low-temperature cooling water stored in the cold storage tank, and the reliability is strong.

Please refer to Figure 2. The water supply pipeline and return water pipeline form a water circulation loop with at least one water wall of a liquid-cooled server and each chiller. Each water supply branch pipe is connected to the water cooling wall of each liquid cooling box one by one, and the liquid cooling box is connected to the water cooling wall of each liquid cooling box through a plurality of connecting pipes; at the same time, each water cooling wall is connected through two loops The water branch pipe is connected to the return water pipe; in this way, the water wall of each liquid cooling box corresponds to a water system with two supplies and two circuits, which improves the reliability of the water system.

As shown in Fig. 2, in one embodiment of the present invention, the data center further includes: a container 202; wherein, an isolation board 2021 is arranged inside the container 202, and the isolation board 2021 separates the interior space of the container 201 It is divided into a first installation area and a second installation area; the first installation area is used to install the at least one liquid cooling box 102; the second installation area is used to install the at least one chiller 101. The container is divided into the first installation area and the second installation area by the isolation board, and each liquid cooling box is installed in the first installation area, and each chiller is installed in the second installation area. On the one hand, the module of the data center is realized. It can facilitate the management of the data center; on the other hand, it can realize the moisture and heat isolation of the data center and improve the safety of the data center.

Please refer to FIG. 2 . In a possible implementation manner, the data center may include two liquid cooling boxes and two water chillers, where the two chillers can be used one for use and the other for standby.

Correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 2 , in order to facilitate users to maintain the data center, in one embodiment of the present invention, on the side wall of the container 202, the area corresponding to the first installation area is provided with at least one wind and rain Secret Door 2022.

As shown in the embodiment shown in Figure 2, in one embodiment of the present invention, the chiller 101 includes an air-cooled chiller; on the side wall of the container 202, the area corresponding to the second installation area is provided with at least A Netgate 2023. The chiller can be an air-cooled chiller, so as to make full use of the natural cooling source to cool the received high-temperature return water to form low-temperature cooling water and reduce the energy consumption of the data center; correspondingly, the side wall of the container is connected to the second installation area. The corresponding area is provided with at least one mesh door, so that the air outside the container can communicate with the air in the second installation area, thereby improving the heat dissipation efficiency.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the data center further includes: a shut-off valve (not shown in the drawings), a water pump (not shown in the drawings), a filter (not shown in the drawings) and a flow switch ( not shown in the drawings); wherein, the shut-off valve, the water pump, the filter and the flow switch are all arranged on the water supply pipeline and located in the second installation area.

In summary, each embodiment of the present invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

1. In an embodiment of the present invention, the data center is composed of at least one chiller, at least one liquid-cooled box equipped with a water-cooled wall, at least one liquid-cooled server, water supply pipeline and return water pipeline; each liquid-cooled box At least one liquid-cooled server is installed in each inner cavity, and the liquid-cooled box can also contain refrigerated liquid through its inner cavity, so that the contained refrigerated liquid can absorb the heat generated by each liquid-cooled server; the water-cooled wall of each liquid-cooled box is connected with the The water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline are connected, and both the water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline are connected to at least one chiller, and at least one chiller can output low-temperature cooling water to the water walls of each liquid cooling box through the water supply pipeline, so that low-temperature cooling The water can exchange heat with the cooling liquid through each water cooling wall to form high-temperature return water, and the formed high-temperature return water can be transmitted to at least one chiller through the return water pipeline, and the low-temperature cooling water can exchange heat with the cooling liquid through each water cooling wall , Absorb the heat carried in the cooling liquid, so that the temperature of the cooling liquid will not be too high, and the cooling liquid with a relatively low temperature can continue to absorb the heat generated by the liquid-cooled server, so that the liquid-cooled server can run more safely.

2. In an embodiment of the present invention, the cold storage tank is connected to the water supply pipeline, so that a part of the low-temperature cooling water output by each chiller through the water supply pipeline can be stored in the cold storage tank. When each chiller fails to be used, the cold storage tank The stored chilled water can continue to be output to the water-cooled walls of each liquid-cooled tank, so that the cooling water in each water-cooled wall can be continuously cooled by the low-temperature cooling water stored in the cold storage tank, and the reliability is strong.

3. In an embodiment of the present invention, the water supply pipeline and the return water pipeline form a waterway system with at least one water wall of the liquid-cooled server and each chiller. The other water supply branch pipes are connected to the water walls of each liquid cooling box one by one, and the liquid cooling box is connected to the water cooling walls of each liquid cooling box through multiple connecting pipes; at the same time, each water cooling wall is It is connected to the return water pipeline through two return water branch pipes; in this way, the water cooling wall of each liquid cooling box corresponds to a water system with two supplies and two circuits, which improves the reliability of the water system.

4. In an embodiment of the present invention, the container is divided into a first installation area and a second installation area by a partition plate, and each liquid-cooled box is installed in the first installation area, and each chiller is installed in the second installation area, On the one hand, the modularization of the data center can facilitate the management of the data center; on the other hand, the data center can be isolated from heat and humidity to improve the safety of the data center.

5. In an embodiment of the present invention, the chiller can be an air-cooled chiller, so as to make full use of the natural cold source to cool the high-temperature return water received to form low-temperature cooling water and reduce the energy consumption of the data center; correspondingly, the container The area corresponding to the second installation area on the side wall of the container is provided with at least one mesh door, so that the air outside the container can communicate with the air in the second installation area, and the heat dissipation efficiency is improved.

It should be noted that in this article, relational terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply that there is a relationship between these entities or operations. There is no such actual relationship or sequence. Furthermore, the term "comprises", "comprises" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or apparatus comprising a set of elements includes not only those elements, but also includes elements not expressly listed. other elements of or also include elements inherent in such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of additional same elements in the process, method, article or apparatus comprising said element.

Finally, it should be noted that the above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and are not used to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (1)

1. A data center, comprising:

the system comprises at least one water chilling unit, at least one liquid cooling tank with a water cooling wall, at least one liquid cooling server, a water supply pipeline and a water return pipeline; wherein,

at least one liquid cooling server is arranged in the inner cavity of each liquid cooling box;

the water cooling wall of each liquid cooling box is communicated with the water supply pipeline and the water return pipeline;

the water supply pipeline and the water return pipeline are both connected with the at least one water chilling unit;

the liquid cooling box is used for containing refrigerating fluid through an inner cavity of the liquid cooling box, so that the contained refrigerating fluid absorbs heat generated by each liquid cooling server;

the at least one water chilling unit is used for outputting low-temperature cooling water to the water cooling walls of the liquid cooling tanks through the water supply pipe, so that the low-temperature cooling water exchanges heat with the refrigerating fluid through the water cooling walls to form high-temperature return water; receiving high-temperature return water formed in each water-cooled wall through the return water pipeline;

further comprising: a cold storage tank; wherein,

the water supply pipeline is communicated with the cold accumulation tank;

the water cooling wall of each liquid cooling box is communicated with the cold accumulation tank;

further comprising: a container; wherein,

a partition board is arranged in the container and divides the inner space of the container into a first mounting area and a second mounting area;

the first mounting area is used for mounting the at least one liquid cooling box;

the second mounting area is used for mounting the at least one water chilling unit;

at least one weather-tight door is arranged on the side wall of the container in the area corresponding to the first installation area;

the water chilling unit comprises an air-cooled water chilling unit;

and at least one net door is arranged on the side wall of the container in the area corresponding to the second mounting area.

Further comprising: the device comprises a stop valve, a water pump, a filter and a flow switch; wherein,

the stop valve, the water pump, the filter and the flow switch are all arranged on the water supply pipeline and are located in the second installation area.