Patent Application
20130075058
(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cooling cabinet, and more particularly, to a cooling cabinet for efficiently removing heat in the cabinet while minimizing affect to the environment.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
The modern life requires a lot of electronic apparatuses such as servers and computers which can be connected with Internet and the servers have high calculation speed and huge storage space so that the computers and servers are used in different types of businesses. In order to manage the servers, the servers are arranged together and installed into a specific room which is equipped with conditioners to cool down the servers which generate heat during use. However, form some small businesses, providing a room for the limited number of servers is not an economy way to use the limited space, so that a cabinet is used to accommodate the servers and the cabinet is equipped with a cooling device.
The conventional cooling cabinet 9 is shown in
The fans suck the air outside of the cabinet 9 into the cabinet 9 and the cooler air absorbs the heat from the electronic devices 91, and the heat air is then brought out from the cabinet 9. However, this way will increase the temperature of the air outside of the cabinet 9 and affects the environment.
The present invention intends to provide a cooling cabinet that mitigate the shortcomings of the conventional cooling cabinets.
The present invention relates to a cooling cabinet and comprises a cabinet having a space for accommodating electronic devices therein and at least one heat exchange member is located in the space and has a circulation pipe unit. The circulation pipe unit has a first pipe group and a second pipe group, each of the first and second pipe groups includes multiple parallel circulation pipes. Two respective first ends of the first pipe group and the second pipe group are in communication with each other. Two respective second ends of the first pipe group and the second pipe group are respectively in communication with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet. The refrigerant enters the refrigerant inlet and flows through the first pipe group and the second pipe group, and exits from the refrigerant outlet. At least one air ventilation member is located beside the at least one heat exchange member and drives air in the space out from the cabinet via the at least one heat exchange member.
Preferably, the space of the cabinet has an opening which is covered by a door. The at least one heat exchange member and the at least one air ventilation member are connected to the door.
Preferably, the door has multiple heat exchange members and air ventilation members.
Preferably, the at least one heat exchange member and the at least one air ventilation member are fixed in a positioning case. The door has a recess which is located close to a side of the space. The positioning case is located in the recess.
Preferably, the positioning case includes an outer case and an inner case which is connected to the outer case. Each of the inner case and the outer case has slits for ventilation.
Preferably, the outer case has a recessed portion and the at least one heat exchange member is received in the recessed portion.
Preferably, the at least one air ventilation member is fixed to the inner case by a connection rod.
Preferably, the at least one air ventilation member is a fan.
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a cooling cabinet which has high efficiency of heat-exchange so as to ensure that the electronic devices in the cabinet are cooled down and maintained at their operational temperature.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a cooling cabinet which retrieve the heat in the cabinet and the heat is not directly brought to the outside of the cabinet so that the impact of the environment is minimized.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
Referring to
As shown in
The air ventilation member 3 sucks the hot air in the space 11 of the cabinet 11 and the hot air passes through the slits 421 and enters into the positioning case 4. The heat exchanges member 2 absorbs the heat in the hot air and reduces the temperature of the air which is then brought out from the cabinet 1 via the slits 411 so that the cabinet 1 is cooled down. The heat that is absorbed by the heat exchange member 2 is brought to a heat releasing device (not shown) located at remote position by the refrigerant flowing through the first and second pipe groups 211, 212. By this way, the impact to the environment is minimized.
While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
