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Granted Patent B2
US 12,575,060 · App. 18/748,429 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Cooling system, cabinet, and data center

Inventors: Jinliang Song (Xi'an, CN); Wei Chen (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H05K7/20263H05K7/20272H05K7/20781
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Patent No.
US 12,575,060
App. No.
18/748,429
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooling system, a cabinet, and a data center. The cooling system is applied to the cabinet and includes a water-cooled heat exchanger, a film cooler, a circulating pump, and a water refill apparatus. The water-cooled heat exchanger is located at an air inlet of the cabinet and is configured to perform heat exchange and cooling on air at the air inlet. The film cooler is located at an air outlet of the cabinet and is configured to perform heat exchange and cooling on air at the air outlet. The water-cooled heat exchanger is provided with a first water inlet and a first water outlet, the film cooler is provided with a second water inlet and a second water outlet, the first water inlet communicates with the second water outlet, the first water outlet communicates with the second water inlet.

Claims (29)

1 . A cabinet comprising:

a cabinet body, wherein the cabinet body is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; and

a cooling system, wherein the cooling system is disposed in the cabinet body and comprises:

a water-cooled heat exchanger, wherein the water-cooled heat exchanger is disposed at the air inlet and includes a first water cavity provided with a first water inlet and a first water outlet;

a film cooler, wherein the film cooler is disposed at the air outlet and includes a second water cavity provided with a second water inlet and a second water outlet, the second water inlet communicates with the first water outlet, and the second water outlet communicates with the first water inlet;

a circulating pump, wherein

the circulating pump is configured to perform water circulation between the first water cavity and the second water cavity and a water refill apparatus is configured to refill water for the film cooler or the water-cooled heat exchanger.

2 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the film cooler is polyvinyl fluoride.

3 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the film cooler comprises a plurality of film pipes and the plurality of film pipes sequentially communicate with each other.

4 . The cabinet according to claim 3 , wherein a material of an inner wall of each film pipe of the plurality of film pipes is a super hydrophobic material.

5 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the water refill apparatus comprises a water refill tank, the water refill tank is provided with a third water inlet, a third water outlet, and an overfall gap, and the third water outlet communicates with the film cooler or the water-cooled heat exchanger.

6 . The cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the water-cooled heat exchanger is a coil pipe heat exchanger.

7 . The cabinet according to claim 6 , wherein the cabinet body further comprises:

two opposite first side panels, wherein the two first side panels are arranged in a first direction, one of the first side panels is provided with an air inlet, the other first side panel is provided with an air outlet, the water-cooled heat exchanger of the cooling system is located at the air inlet, and the film cooler of the cooling system is located at the air outlet.

8 . The cabinet according to claim 7 , wherein the cabinet body further comprises:

two opposite second side panels, the two second side panels are arranged in a second direction, and the second side panels are connected between the two first side panels; and

a size of the water-cooled heat exchanger in the second direction is equal to a size of the first side panel in the second direction, and/or a size of the film cooler in the second direction is equal to a size of the first side panel in the second direction.

9 . A data center, comprising a plurality of cabinets, wherein an air exhaust channel is disposed in the data center and provided with an air exhaust vent, an air outlet of the cabinet is configured to communicate with the air exhaust channel, the data center is further provided with a fresh air inlet that is configured to supplement fresh air inside the data center; and each cabinet comprises:

a cabinet body, wherein the cabinet body is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; and

a cooling system, wherein the cooling system is disposed in the cabinet body and comprises:

a water-cooled heat exchanger, wherein the water-cooled heat exchanger is disposed at the air inlet and includes a first water cavity provided with a first water inlet and a first water outlet;

a film cooler, wherein the film cooler is disposed at the air outlet and includes a second water cavity provided with a second water inlet and a second water outlet, the second water inlet communicates with the first water outlet, and the second water outlet communicates with the first water inlet;

a circulating pump, wherein the circulating pump is configured to perform water circulation between the first water cavity and the second water cavity and a water refill apparatus is configured to refill water for the film cooler or the water-cooled heat exchanger.

10 . The data center according to claim 9 , further comprising:

an air exhaust fan disposed at the air exhaust vent.

11 . The data center according to claim 9 , wherein the fresh air inlet is provided with a filter and infiltration window and the filter and infiltration window is disposed on a wall of the data center.

12 . The cabinet according to claim 6 , wherein a size of the coil pipe heat exchanger is between 300 mm and 600 mm.

13 . The cabinet according to claim 7 , wherein a size of the film cooler in the first direction is between 300 mm and 600 mm.

14 . The cabinet according to claim 7 , wherein a distance between the two first side panels is approximately 1500 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: SONG, JINLIANG; CHEN, WEI
To: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068194/0868 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111574595.8 · Dec 21, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022126768 · Oct 21, 2022
Related Publication 20240349447A1 · Oct 17, 2024
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