Patent ID: 7990710
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: F24F,G05B,G05F,G06F,H05B,H05K

Abstract:
1. A portable data center comprising: a lower plenum; an upper plenum; a portable container having an interior portion with the lower plenum and the upper plenum positioned therein, the lower plenum spaced apart from and below the upper plenum, the interior portion including an intermediate portion between the lower plenum and the upper plenum, and an adjacent portion adjacent to the intermediate portion, the adjacent portion having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion of the adjacent portion being in communication with the lower plenum; a plurality of carriages arranged within the intermediate portion between the lower plenum and the upper plenum, each of the plurality of carriages having an open bottom portion in open communication with the lower plenum, an open top portion in open communication with the upper plenum, and an inside portion located between the open bottom portion and the open top portion, the inside portion having at least one computing equipment receiving portion; a cooling system having a plurality of heat exchangers to cool received air, each heat exchanger having an input adjacent to and in communication with the upper plenum to receive air from the upper plenum and an output in communication with the upper portion of the adjacent portion to provide cooled air to the upper portion of the adjacent portion, wherein the cooled air provided to the upper portion of the adjacent portion flows downward within the adjacent portion to the lower portion of the adjacent portion and enters the lower plenum; and a plurality of upwardly directed air moving devices mounted inside each of the plurality of carriages arranged to draw the cooled air up from the lower plenum through the open bottom portion of the carriages and to pass the cooled air upward through the computing equipment receiving portion of the carriages inside the interior portion and out the open top portion of the carriages into the upper plenum.