Patent ID: 7534167
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: F24F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A data center system including: a heat exchanger; a substantially sealed, substantially airtight cabinet sized for housing a vertical array of heat-producing units, the cabinet having an exterior shell and the system including an interior divider wall disposed inside the cabinet, the shell and divider wall providing a heat exchanger chamber in which the heat exchanger is disposed, the shell and divider wall providing an equipment chamber separate from the heat exchanger chamber and adapted to support the array of heat-producing units, the divider wall being configured to pass a flow of cooling gas between the heat exchanger chamber and the equipment chamber in a substantially horizontal direction; wherein the cabinet comprises a door mechanism, including a first door and a controller coupled to the first door, the controller configured to effect a locked state of the first door to inhibit access to the equipment chamber in response to a difference between an internal environment inside the cabinet and an external environment outside the cabinet capable of resulting in dew formation inside the cabinet if the first door is opened.