A heat exchange apparatus is provided and includes an external structure to support an airflow cooled computing device, first and second doors, each of which includes a heat transfer surface, sequentially coupled to the external structure downstream from the computing device, a water supply system f
A heat exchange apparatus is provided and includes an external structure to support an airflow cooled computing device, first and second doors, each of which includes a heat transfer surface, sequentially coupled to the external structure downstream from the computing device, a water supply system fluidly coupled to a water supply and to the heat transfer surfaces of the first and second doors to thereby supply water to the heat transfer surfaces, first and second valves coupled to the water supply system for association with the first and second doors, respectively, and an exhaust system, disposed proximate to the external structure, configured to recycle the cooled airflow downstream from the first and second doors for repeated cooling of the computing device.
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1. A rackmount rear door heat exchange apparatus, comprising: an external structure, supportive of a computing device, through which an airflow for cooling the computing device is generated;first and second doors sequentially coupled to the external structure downstream from the computing device suc
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A rackmount rear door heat exchange apparatus, comprising: an external structure, supportive of a computing device, through which an airflow for cooling the computing device is generated;first and second doors sequentially coupled to the external structure downstream from the computing device such that the that first door is disposed in an intervening position between the computing device and the second door and fluidly interposed between the computing device and the second door such that the airflow flows over the computing device, the first door and, subsequently, the second door;a water supply system fluidly coupled to a water supply and to the first and second doors to thereby supply water to the first and second doors by which the airflow is cooled;first and second valves coupled to the water supply system for association with the first and second doors, respectively, each valve being configured to close and to thereby block a supply of water to the associated door during service of the associated door; andan exhaust system, disposed proximate to the external structure, configured to recycle the cooled airflow downstream from the second door and to transfer the cooled airflow upstream from the computing device for repeated cooling of the computing devicethe exhaust system being configured to transfer recycled airflow upstream from the computing device and comprising: an airflow receiving unit disposed downstream from the second door; andan airflow generating unit disposed upstream from the computing device such that:the second door is disposed in an intervening position between the first door and the airflow receiving unit,the computing device is disposed in an intervening position between the airflow generating unit and the first door, andWhere the airflow flows in a linear direction from the airflow generating unit, over the first door, over the second door, and then to the airflow receiving unit. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second door provides for redundant airflow cooling. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second door is plural in number and each of the plural second doors provides for redundant airflow cooling. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when one of the valves closes, the water supply is diverted to the door associated with the other valve. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first and second doors abut one another. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first and second doors are adjacent with and spaced from one another. 7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the water supply system increases or decreases a volume of the supplied water based on a number of doors being serviced. 8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first and second doors each comprise one or more panels which are each receptive of a portion of the water supply of the corresponding door. 9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the one or more panels of each door abut one another. 10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the one or more panels of each door are adjacent with and spaced from one another. 11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the one or more panels of each door are serially receptive of the respective water supplies. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the respective water supplies to a leading panel and any following panels are blocked during service of the leading panel. 13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the respective water supplies to the following panels are maintained when the leading panel is replaced by a dummy panel. 14. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein, during service of a leading panel, the respective water supplies to any following panels are maintained. 15. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the one or more panels of each door are receptive of the respective water supplies in parallel. 16. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the water supply system increases or decreases a volume of the supplied water based on a number of panels being serviced. 17. A rackmount rear door heat exchange apparatus, comprising: an external structure, supportive of a computing device, through which an airflow for cooling the computing device is generated;first and second doors coupled to the external structure such that the that first door is disposed in an intervening position between the computing device and the second door and fluidly interposed between the computing device and the second door such that the airflow flows over the computing device, the first door and, subsequently, the second door;a water supply system fluidly to supply water to the first and second doors for cooling the airflow;valves configured to block a supply of the water to the first and second doors during service; andan exhaust system configured to recycle cooled airflow from the second door to the computing device, the exhaust system being configured to transfer recycled airflow upstream from the computing device and comprising: an airflow receiving unit disposed downstream from the second door; andan airflow generating unit disposed upstream from the computing device such that:the second door is disposed in an intervening position between the first door and the airflow receiving unit,the computing device is disposed in an intervening position between the airflow generating unit and the first door, andWhere the airflow flows in a linear direction from the airflow generating unit, over the first door, over the second door, and then to the airflow receiving unit. 18. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the single structural direction is defined as being substantially perpendicular to a direction along which the water supply system supplies water to the first and second doors.
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