Patent ID: 9392733
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: F24F,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A data center system for housing and cooling rack-mounted electronic heat-producing equipment, the system comprising: a cabinet configured to house the rack-mounted electronic heat-producing equipment, the cabinet including a divider wall defining a first chamber and a second, separate, chamber within the cabinet, the first chamber being configured to house the electronic equipment in an equipment rack, the first and second chambers being in fluid communication with each other and displaced horizontally with respect to each other; and cooling and circulating means, including a plurality of swappable vertically displaced adjustable variable-speed fans housed in the second chamber, and an only single removable heat exchanger cartridge vertically extending along at least a portion of a height defined by the plurality of swappable vertically displaced adjustable variable-speed fans, the only single removable heat exchanger cartridge of the cooling and circulating means being separated from the plurality of swappable vertically displaced adjustable variable-speed fans by a middle plenum vertically extending from a ceiling of the cabinet along at least the height defined by the plurality of swappable vertically displaced adjustable variable-speed fans such that the only single removable heat exchanger cartridge and each of the plurality of swappable vertically displaced adjustable variable-speed fans can be independently replaced, the each of the plurality of swappable vertically displaced adjustable variable-speed fans configured to be controlled to operate at a respective speed based, at least in part, on operation of others of the plurality of swappable vertically displaced adjustable variable speed fans to pull or push air flow through the only single removable heat exchanger cartridge of the cooling and circulating means to cause a substantially uniform top-to-bottom flow of a horizontally moving curtain of air through the cabinet; wherein the only single removable heat exchanger cartridge of the cooling and circulating means is configured to be removed from the cabinet without removing any of the plurality of swappable vertically displaced adjustable variable-speed fans from the cabinet and with all of the plurality of vertically displaced adjustable variable-speed fans housed in the second chamber, separate from the first chamber housing the electronic equipment, running; and wherein the cooling and circulating means is configured for drawing in heated gas from the first chamber to the second chamber using the plurality of vertically displaced adjustable variable-speed fans, cooling using the only single removable heat exchanger cartridge of the cooling and circulating means the drawn-in gas to produce cooled gas, and impelling the cooled gas through a first passage in the divider wall from the second chamber horizontally into the first chamber to cause circulation of the substantially uniform top-to-bottom flow of the horizontally moving curtain of air.