Apparatus for transferring heat between rack-mounted equipment rails and channels of cooling rack enclosures, and associated components, systems, and methods

摘要

Rack mountable equipment and a complementary cooling rack enclosure are arranged to work together to transmit heat from heat generating components of the rack mountable equipment to the cooling rack enclosure. Heat from the components is transferred to the cooling rack enclosure via a coolable surface disposed in a channel of the cooling rack enclosure. The rack mountable equipment includes a rail adapted to be received by the channel in the cooling rack enclosure. A thermally conductive surface on the rail contacts the coolable surface within the channel and transfers heat from the rack mountable equipment to the cooling rack enclosure.