Data Center Containment Cold Aisle Containment

Data Center Containment, Data Center Cooling System Application

Data center cabinets are facing a lot of challenges: higher heat density, greater electric energy consumption, lack of space, and cabinet layout not keeping up with the needs of business growth.

There has always been increasingly requirements for cooling, though air conditioners are frequently replaced and added.

However, there still exists the partial heat island problem, that is, direct mix of cold and hot air resulting in huge waste of cooling capacity.

The equipment on top of the cabinet cannot acquire enough cooling capacity as needed, so the overall PUE value still remains high.

The cold/hot aisle containment system separates the cold inlet air and the hot exhaust air. The cold air is pushed under the raised floor and through the closed cold aisle. As the cold air concentrates in front of the cabinet and cools the equipment, it is heated and eventually dissipated into the hot aisle. The hot exhaust air is then routed back to the outlet of air conditioner.

Product Features

Thanks to the hot aisle and cold aisle, the cabinets are no longer placed in the same direction.

The fronts of the racks face each other, which fits for the front-to-back heat dissipation of most IT equipment. In doing this, an unnecessary mix of cold and hot air is thus avoided for improved cooling efficiency.

Application Standards

GB/T 18233 (ISO/IEC 11801); GB 50311; GB50174; TIA/EIA568-C.2

Aisle Components

Functional Skylight

• Installed in front and rear of the cold aisle, space reserved for hygrometer and thermometer, smoke alarm, surveillance cameras and other equipment

Fire Fighting Linkage Retractable Skylight

• Installed in the middle of the cold aisle, in dual flip structure for a decrease in space utilization on top

Fully Transparent Fixed Skylight

• Installed in the middle of the aisle, with a huge scale of tempered glass, for better light penetrability inside the aisle

Electric Sliding Door

• Installed in front and rear of the aisle, with door access, anti-pinch, exit button, alarm and the screen

Double Flush Door

• Install in front and rear of the aisle, with door access, exit button, alarm and automatically closed door

Double Manual Sliding Door

• Installed in front and rear of the aisle, with door access, alarm and automatically closed door

Technical Details

ANSI Data Center Containment

IEC 11801 Data Center Containment

ANSI cold aisle containment

Data Center Containment Cold Aisle Containment Images