POWER BUSWAY INTERPOSER

摘要

A power busway interposer enables a power busway assembly of energized busway segments to be extended, via coupling additional busway segments to the assembly, while maintaining energization of the assembly. As a result, a power busway assembly providing power support to electrical loads can be extended while maintaining power support to the electrical loads. The interposer includes separate sets of connectors that couple with separate busway segments and a switching device which selectively electrically couples the connectors, so that a power busway connector can be de-energized while another separate power busway connector is coupled to an energized busway segment and then subsequently energized. Extending the power busway assembly can include coupling separate sets of connectors to separate busway segments, where the separate sets of connectors are electrically isolated, and adjusting the switching device to electrically couple the separate sets of connectors, so that power is distributed between coupled busway segments.

主权项

1. A data center, comprising:
an aisle space comprising a row of rack computer systems which extend through at least one portion of the aisle space; an energized power busway assembly, extending through the at least one portion of the aisle space and comprising a plurality of energized power busway segments coupled in series, wherein:
the energized power busway assembly is configured to distribute electrical power, received from a power source at a proximate end of the power busway assembly, to the row of rack computer systems, andthe plurality of energized power busway segments includes a distal energized power busway segment at a distal end of the power busway assembly; and a power busway interposer configured to:
couple an additional power busway segment to the energized distal power busway segment at the distal end of the power busway assembly, such that the additional power busway segment is electrically isolated from the energized distal power busway segment, andsubsequent to the coupling, selectively electrically couple the additional power busway segment to the energized distal power busway segment to energize the additional power busway segment.