This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202311526490.4, titled “CIRCULATING WATER PUMP FOR DATA CENTER COMPUTER ROOM” and filed to the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Nov. 15, 2023, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to the field of circulating water pump technology, and more particularly, to a circulating water pump for a data center computer room.
As places where data processors and servers are stored, data center computer rooms are internally provided with a large number of racks for placing electronic devices, which may keep generating heat during operation. When temperature inside the data center computer rooms is higher, normal operation of the electronic devices may be adversely affected, and in severe cases, burnout of the electronic devices may be caused. Therefore, heat dissipation of the data center computer rooms is particularly important. In commonly used methods, cooling towers are provided to water cooling units to dissipate heat. In summer, the water cooling units are turned on for refrigeration. In winter and transitional seasons, the cooling towers are directly used to dissipate the heat into air.
As core components in the water cooling units, circulating water pumps can circulate water in systems over and over again and overcome resistance loss of loop. This is a reason why they are called circulating water pumps. During operation of the circulating water pumps, some impurities that need to be removed may be generated inside pipelines due to problems of water quality or the pipelines themselves. Therefore, to extend service life of the circulating water pumps, generally apparatuses for removing the impurities may be arranged in the circulating water pumps. Filtering apparatuses in the existing circulating water pumps are simply filter plates. After the filter plates are used for a long time, their filtering holes may be blocked, causing decrease in pressure inside pipelines of water cooling systems and slowdown in cold water circulation speed, which may seriously have a negative effect on normal operation of the unit. Moreover, excessive impurities are adsorbed on the filter plates over time, causing serious blockage of the filter plates, which may increase load pressure of the circulating water pumps. However, the existing filter plates are generally installed at inlets of the circulating water pumps. When the filter plates are cleaned, it is required to shut down the circulating water pumps and then disassemble and clean the filter plates in the circulating water pumps, which is cumbersome in operation. Therefore, a circulating water pump for a data center computer room is proposed to solve the above problems.
In response to shortcomings of existing technologies, the present disclosure provides a circulating water pump for a data center computer room, which solves the problems raised in the background technology mentioned above.
To achieve the above objectives, the present disclosure is implemented through the following technical solutions. A circulating water pump for a data center computer room includes a circulating water pump main body. A water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe are respectively arranged on a left side and a right side below the circulating water pump main body, where an end of the water inlet pipe is fixedly connected to a connecting pipe, on which there is provided with a cleaning pipe component I and a cleaning pipe component II having a same structure. An electric butterfly valve is fixedly installed at an end of the cleaning pipe component I and of the cleaning pipe component II away from the water inlet pipe. A cleaning component is arranged inside an end of the cleaning pipe component I and of the cleaning pipe component II close to the water inlet pipe. A blow off pipe positioned between the electric butterfly valve and the cleaning component is fixedly installed at a bottom of the cleaning pipe component I and of the cleaning pipe component II, and a bottom end of the blow off pipe is fixedly connected to a blowdown solenoid valve. The cleaning component includes a front-end filter plate, a rear-end filter plate, a transmission shaft, a transmission turbine, a rotary scrubbing mechanism, and a vibration cleaning mechanism. The transmission turbine is fixedly mounted on an outside of the transmission shaft. Number of the rotary scrubbing mechanisms and number of the vibration cleaning mechanisms are two, and the two rotary scrubbing mechanisms and the two vibration cleaning mechanisms correspond in position to the front-end filter plate and the rear-end filter plate, respectively: A flow meter is fixedly installed at an end of the connecting pipe close to the water inlet pipe, and a PLC controller is fixedly installed on the circulating water pump main body:
Preferably, a surface of the front-end filter plate and a surface of the back-end filter plate are both provided with a compact filter hole, where the filter hole on the front-end filter plate has a diameter of 0.5 to 1 mm, and the filter hole on the surface of the back-end filter plate has a diameter of 0.1 to 0.5 mm.
Preferably, a plate lug is provided on a periphery of the front-end filter plate and a periphery of the rear-end filter plate, inside the cleaning pipe component I and the cleaning pipe component II there is respectively provided with a locating slot fitting to the plate lug, a bolt is threaded through an inside of the plate lug, and the bolt is in threaded connection with the cleaning pipe component I and the cleaning pipe component II.
Preferably; the cleaning component also includes a mounting rack, which is clamped at an end of the cleaning pipe component I and of the cleaning pipe component II. The transmission shaft is movably sleeved in a middle of the mounting rack, and the transmission shaft is sleeved in a middle of the front-end filter plate and of the rear-end filter plate.
Preferably; the rotary scrubbing mechanism includes a central sleeve, a cleaning arm, a cleaning bristle, a locating ring, a compression spring, and a limit block. The central sleeve is movably sleeved on an outside of the transmission shaft, a plurality of cleaning arms are arranged on a periphery of the central sleeve, and one side of each of the plurality of cleaning arms is provided with the dense cleaning bristle.
Preferably; the locating ring is fixedly sleeved on the outside of the transmission shaft, the compression spring is movably sleeved on the outside of the transmission shaft, and the compression spring is positioned between the locating ring and the central sleeve. An inside of the central sleeve and the outside of the transmission shaft are provided with the limit block and a limit slot mutually matched.
Preferably, the vibration cleaning mechanism includes a locating cantilever, a guide rod, a top pressure rod, a drive slider, and a reset spring. The locating cantilever is fixedly connected to the plate lug of the front-end filter plate or rear-end filter plate by means of a bolt. An end of the locating cantilever is movably provided with the guide rod, which is fixedly connected to the top pressure rod. The reset spring is movably sleeved on an outside of the guide rod, the drive slider is fixedly installed on the outside of the transmission shaft, and the drive slider is provided with an oblique plane fitting to the top pressure rod.
Preferably; the reset spring is positioned on one side of the locating cantilever near the front-end filter plate or rear-end filter plate, and a cross-section of the guide rod is a polygon.
Preferably, the flow meter, the electric butterfly valve, and the blowdown solenoid valve are all electrically connected to a PLC controller. The PLC controller may control on/off of the electric butterfly valve and of the blowdown solenoid valve, and the PLC controller may also receive detection data of the blowdown solenoid valve.
The circulating water pump for the data center computer room provided by the present disclosure has the following beneficial effects.
Reference numerals in the accompanying drawings: circulating water pump main body 1: water inlet pipe 2: water outlet pipe 3: connecting pipe 4: cleaning pipe component I 5: cleaning pipe component II 6; flow meter 7; electric butterfly valve 8; cleaning component 9: front-end filter plate 91: rear-end filter plate 92; transmission shaft 93; transmission turbine 94; rotary scrubbing mechanism 95; central sleeve 951; cleaning arm 952: cleaning bristle 953: locating ring 954: compression spring 955: limit block 956; vibration cleaning mechanism 96: locating cantilever 961: guide rod 962: top pressure rod 963: drive slider 964: reset spring 965: mounting rack 97: blow off pipe 10: blowdown solenoid valve 11; and PLC controller 12.
Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely below; in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are some but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
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In summary, when the circulating water pump for the data center computer room is in use, the electric butterfly valve 8 and the blowdown solenoid valve 11 on the cleaning pipe component I 5 or cleaning pipe component II 6 and the flow meter 7 are electrically connected to the PLC controller 12. The cleaning pipe component I 5 and the cleaning pipe component II 6 operate alternately: When the cleaning pipe component I 5 is operating, the electric butterfly valve 8 on the cleaning pipe component I 5 is turned on, and the blowdown solenoid valve 11 is turned off. In this case, both the electric butterfly valve 8 and the blowdown solenoid valve 11 on the cleaning pipe component II 6 are turned off. The cold water enters the cleaning pipe component I 5 along an inlet end of the connecting pipe 4 and finally enters the circulating water pump main body 1. The impurities in the cold water are filtered by means of the front-end filter plate 91 and the rear-end filter plate 92 in the cleaning pipe component I 5. The flow rate of the cold water is detected by means of the flow meter 7, and the detection data are transmitted to the PLC controller 12. When the flow rate of the cold water decreases to a set value, this indicates that the front-end filter plate 91 and/or the rear-end filter plate 92 in the cleaning pipe component I 5 are blocked. In this case, the PLC controller 12 controls the electric butterfly valve 8 on the cleaning pipe component II 6 to be turned on, and controls the electric butterfly valve 8 on the cleaning pipe component I 5 to be turned off. In this case, the cleaning pipe component II 6 intervenes in the operation. Meanwhile, the PLC controller 12 controls the blowdown solenoid valve 11 on the cleaning pipe component I 5 to be on for 5 to 20 s. The cold water enters the cleaning pipe component I 5 along a tail end of the cleaning pipe component I 5, backwashes the front-end filter plate 91 and the rear-end filter plate 92 in the cleaning pipe component I 5, and discharges the cold water containing the impurities along the blow off pipe 10. When the cold water backwashes in the cleaning pipe component I 5, the transmission turbine 94 is driven to rotate, thereby driving the transmission shaft 93 and two rotary scrubbing mechanisms 95 to rotate, to clean the impurities on the surface of the front-end filter plate 91 and the rear-end filter plate 92. The compression spring 955 applies the elastic force to the central sleeve 951 and the cleaning arm 952, such that the cleaning bristle 953 sticks close to the filter plate, which can improve the cleaning effects. Meanwhile, when the transmission shaft 93 rotates, the drive slider 964 is driven to rotate, thereby squeezing the top pressure rod 963 and the guide rod 962 to move. The top pressure rod 963 is released when it moves to a tail end of the drive slider 964. At this moment, the reset spring 965 applies an elastic force to the guide rod 962, causing the guide rod 962 to collide with the filter plate, such that the impurities on the filter plate are shaken off. In this way, efficient cleaning of the impurities on the surface of the front-end filter plate 91 and/or the rear-end filter plate 92 in the cleaning pipe component I 5 is completed. When the front-end filter plate 91 and/or the rear-end filter plate 92 in the cleaning pipe component II 6 are blocked, the impurities are removed in this way.
In the description of the present disclosure, it is to be noted that the orientation or position relations represented by the terms “center”, “above”, “beneath”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “inside”, “outside” and the like are orientation or position relations shown based on the accompanying figures, they are merely for ease of a description of the present disclosure and a simplified description instead of being intended to indicate or imply the apparatus or element to have a special orientation or to be configured and operated in a special orientation. Thus, they cannot be understood as limiting of the present disclosure. Terms such as “first”, “second” and “third” are used only for purposes of description and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance. In addition, it is to be noted that unless explicitly specified or limited otherwise, terms “installation”, “connecting” or “connection” should be understood in a broad sense, which may be, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection or integrated connection, a mechanical connection or an electrical connection, a direct connection or indirect connection by means of an intermediary, or an internal communication between two components. For those of ordinary skill in the art, specific meanings of the above terms in the present disclosure may be understood based on specific circumstances. Furthermore, terms such as “comprise”, “include” or other variants thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive “include” such that a process, a method, a merchandise or a device comprising a series of elements not only includes these elements, but also includes other elements not listed explicitly, or also includes inherent elements of the process, the method, the merchandise or the device.
Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been illustrated and described, those of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principle or spirit of the present disclosure, and the scope of the present disclosure is limited by the claims and equivalents thereof.
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202311526490.4 | Nov 2023 | CN | national |