Wright Line, LLC

Eaton Intelligent Power Limited

Martin Olsen

Mark Germagian

John Prunier

Michael Tresh

Edward Bednarcik

Brian Jackson

David Lucia

An assembly for extracting heat from a housing for electronic equipment, the housing having an essentially solid top portion and an essentially solid back portion. The assembly includes a first opening in the top portion of the housing, the first opening located at the back of the top portion, proximate the back portion of the housing, a second opening in the back portion of the housing, the second opening located at the top of the back portion, proximate the top portion of the housing, wherein the first opening is contiguous with the second opening, and a chimney external to the housing and coupled to the housing. The chimney encompasses and is in fluid communication with the first and second openings.

Assembly for extracting heat from a housing for electronic equipment

The invention combines systems and methods for heat containment and cold air isolation for managing airflow and temperature in data centers. The data center contains at least two rows of cabinets containing heat-generating equipment and arranged to form a cold aisle and a hot aisle. The data center system includes panels or doors at both ends of the cold aisle and an optional cover over the cold aisle to inhibit cooled air supplied by an air conditioning system from exiting the cold aisle and inhibit air warmed by the heat-generating components from entering the cold aisle. A chimney coupled to the top, rear, or top and rear of the cabinets is configured to exhaust the warmed air into a region above the rows of cabinets. The chimneys may be ducted to a plenum or suspended ceiling or to the intake of the air conditioning system. Baffles and/or fans may be included in the chimneys, ducts, and/or plenums to control the air pressure. The invention may also include one or more data center air conditioning units, and each air conditioning unit may be configured to service one or more rows of cabinets. Alternatively, or in addition, cool air may be supplied by the building's air conditioning system.

Systems and methods for closed loop heat containment with cold aisle isolation for data center cooling

An assembly for extracting heat from a housing for electronic equipment, the housing having a front, a back, two sides and a top. The assembly is defined by a back for the housing that defines an open area proximate the top, and an air passageway in fluid communication with the open area in the back, to conduct heated air exiting the housing through the open area away from the housing.

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East Greenwich, RI, United States of America

Martin Olsen