Telecommunication cabinet with airflow ducting
A telecommunications cabinet in which active equipment can be mounted. The cabinet including an airflow ducting arrangement located in the interior region of the cabinet. The airflow ducting arrangement accommodating thermal cooling of active equipment having internal side-to-side air cooling arrangements.
1. A telecommunications cabinet arrangement for holding telecommunications equipment having an internal side-to-side air cooling arrangement, comprising:
a) a cabinet having a front, a rear, and opposing first and second sides that define a cabinet interior, the cabinet including a frame that defines an air inlet region and an air outlet region each in airflow communication with the cabinet interior, the air inlet region being located at the second side of the cabinet such that airflow enters the interior in a direction from the second side of the cabinet, the air outlet region being located at the first side of the cabinet such that airflow exits the interior in a direction toward the first side of the cabinet; wherein cooling airflow from the environment enters via the front of the cabinet and is received into the air inlet region located at the second side of the cabinet, and heated airflow from the air outlet region located at the first side of the cabinet is routable out of the cabinet via the rear of the cabinet to the environment; and
b) an airflow ducting arrangement located in the cabinet interior, the airflow ducting arrangement including an inner wall and an opposing outer wall that separate the air outlet region from the remainder of the cabinet interior, wherein the inner wall includes a first section and a second section, wherein the first section of the inner wall includes a plurality of plates, the plurality of plates selectively defining an inner wall airflow opening, and the plurality of plates selectively adjustable to adjust the size of the airflow opening to facilitate airflow from an outlet of the side-to-side air cooling arrangement to the air outlet region.
2. The cabinet arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the airflow ducting arrangement includes a front wall extending between the inner and outer walls, and wherein exhaust air from equipment mounted in the cabinet interior is directed to exit the cabinet at the rear.
3. The cabinet arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of plates includes a plurality of removable plates and wherein removal of one or more plates adjusts the size of the airflow opening.
4. A telecommunications cabinet arrangement, comprising:
a) a cabinet having a front, a rear, and opposing first and second sides that define a cabinet interior, the cabinet including a frame that defines an air inlet region and an air outlet region each in airflow communication with the cabinet interior, the air inlet region being located at the second side of the cabinet such that airflow enters the interior in a direction from the second side of the cabinet, the air outlet region being located at the first side of the cabinet such that airflow exits the interior in a direction toward the first side of the cabinet, the cabinet having a height, wherein cooling airflow from the environment enters via the front of the cabinet and is received into the air inlet region located at the second side of the cabinet, and heated airflow from the air outlet region located at the first side of the cabinet is routable out of the cabinet via the rear of the cabinet to the environment; and
b) an airflow ducting arrangement located in the cabinet interior, the airflow ducting arrangement including an inner wall and an opposing outer wall that separate the air outlet region from the remainder of the cabinet interior, wherein the inner wall includes a first section and a second section, wherein the first section of the inner wall includes a plurality of plates, the inner wall defining an airflow opening to the air outlet region, wherein the plurality of plates selectively adjust the size of the airflow opening, and wherein the walls of the airflow ducting arrangement define an expansion region having a height that extends along a substantial majority of the height of the cabinet.
5. The cabinet arrangement of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of plates includes a plurality of removable plates and wherein removal of one or more plates adjusts the size of the airflow opening.
6. The cabinet arrangement of claim 4 , wherein the airflow ducting arrangement includes a front wall extending between the inner and outer walls, and wherein exhaust air from equipment mounted in the cabinet interior is directed to exit the cabinet at the rear.
7. An airflow ducting arrangement that mounts within an electronic equipment cabinet, the arrangement comprising:
a) a ducting structure having an inner wall, an opposite outer wall, a top wall, and a front wall that define an air exhaust region separate from an interior equipment region of an electronic equipment cabinet when mounted within the electronic equipment cabinet, the air exhaust region being located at a first side of the cabinet opposite an intake region located at a second side of the cabinet, the ducting structure defining a sideward airflow opening and a rearward airflow exhaust, the sideward airflow opening providing airflow communication between the interior equipment region in which equipment is mounted and the air exhaust region of the airflow ducting arrangement; and
b) wherein the inner wall includes a first section and a second section, wherein the first section of the inner wall includes a plurality of plates, the plates being arranged to define the sideward airflow opening, wherein one or more plates are changeable to selectively adjust the size of the sideward airflow opening, and to selectively locate the airflow opening along a vertical height of the inner wall.
8. The ducting arrangement of claim 7 , wherein the inner, outer, and front walls of the airflow ducting arrangement define an expansion region having a height that extends along a substantial majority of the height of the electronic equipment cabinet when mounted within the electronic equipment cabinet.
9. The ducting arrangement of claim 7 , further including a deflection shield that directs exhaust air away from the interior equipment region of an electronic equipment cabinet when mounted within the electronic equipment cabinet.
10. The ducting arrangement of claim 9 , wherein only the deflection shield extends beyond the footprint of the electronic equipment cabinet.
11. The ducting arrangement of claim 7 , wherein the second section includes a construction to fixedly attach the ducting arrangement to the electronic equipment cabinet.
12. The ducting arrangement of claim 7 , wherein each of the plates includes a mounting flange that defines a slot used to secure the plate to the ducting structure.
13. The ducting arrangement of claim 7 , wherein each of the plates has a height and a length, the lengths of the plates being substantially the same, the heights of the plates varying so as to provide one or more taller plates and one or more shorter plates.
14. The ducting arrangement of claim 7 , further including a sealing element located adjacent to the sideward airflow opening that aids in preventing exhaust air from re-circulating into the interior equipment region of the electronic equipment cabinet.
15. The ducting arrangement of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the plates includes a ledge oriented adjacent to the sideward airflow opening, the sealing element being located on the ledge of the at least one plate.
16. The cabinet arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the second section includes a construction to fixedly attach the ducting arrangement to the electronic equipment cabinet.
17. The cabinet arrangement of claim 4 , wherein the second section includes a construction to fixedly attach the ducting arrangement to the electronic equipment cabinet.