Patent Publication Number: US-2012045982-A1

Title: Container data center

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     1. Technical Field 
     The present disclosure relates to a container data center. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     If container data centers are exposed to sunlight for a long time, the temperature inside of the container data centers may become too high. Under such circumstances, more power is needed to dissipate the heat. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Many aspects of the present embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following 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, all the views are schematic, and like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. 
       The FIGURE is a schematic, sectional view of an exemplary embodiment of a container data center. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The present disclosure, including the accompanying drawing, 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. 
     Referring to the FIGURE, an exemplary embodiment of a container data center includes a container  1 . The container  1  includes a top wall  10 , a bottom wall  12  substantially parallel and opposite to the top wall  10 , and a sidewall  14  perpendicularly connected between the top wall  10  and the bottom wall  12 , thereby forming a first closed receiving space. The top wall  10  defines a number of receiving spaces  100 . Each receiving space  100  can receive a non-powered turbine  30 . The sidewall  14  defines a number of vents  140 . 
     A partition member  20  is received in the container  1 . The partition member  20  is a substantially U-shape The partition member  20  includes a first partition plate  22  adjacent and substantially parallel to the top wall  10 , and a second partition plate  24  perpendicularly extending down along the sides of the top wall  10 , adjacent and substantially parallel to the sidewall  14 . The distal ends of the second partition plate  24  are connected to the bottom wall  12 . The first and second partition plates  22  and  24 , and the bottom wall  12  form a second closed receiving space. An air channel  300  is defined between the container  1  and the partition member  20 . The container  1  and the partition member  20  are made of the same material. The electronic elements of the container data center, such as a number of servers, are received in the second closed receiving space of the partition member  20 . 
     The non-powered turbines  30  can take advantage of differences between indoor temperatures and outdoor temperatures for changing the air. For example, when the indoor temperature of the air channel  300  is higher than the outdoor temperature, the indoor hot air flows outdoors through the non-powered turbines  30 . 
     When the container data center is exposed for a long time to the sunlight, the temperature inside the container  1  rises, which causes the temperature of the air channel  300  to be higher than the temperature outside the container  1 . Thus, the hot air of the air channel  300  flows in the air channel  300 , along the arrows shown in the figure, and flows out of the container  1  through the non-powered turbines  30 , and the cool air outside the container  1  flows into the air channel  300  through the vents  140 . This can keep the hot air of the air channel  300  from flowing into the inside of the partition member  20  and reduce energy consumption. 
     It is to be understood, however, that 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 present disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the embodiments to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.