Modularized thermal management

A thermal management system for an exothermic apparatus having a hot coolant port through which heated coolant is delivered to the thermal management system and a cold coolant port through which heat reduced coolant is delivered from the thermal management system, thermal management system comprising:

• coolers constructed to transfer heat from the heated coolant delivered through the hot coolant port of the exothermic apparatus and to provide the resulting heat reduced coolant to the cold coolant port of the exothermic apparatus;
• a pair of mounting rails constructed to directly support the coolers mechanically attached thereto, the mounting rails each having one or more interior chambers constructed to contain the heated coolant in one of the mounting rails and the heat reduced coolant in the other one of the mounting rails;
• and
• conduits constructed to interconnect the respective mounting rails to the corresponding hot coolant port and the cold coolant port,
• wherein each of the coolers includes:
• a support structure to support the cooler on the mounting rails,
• a top plate mechanically attached to the support structure and constructed to facilitate operation of a circulation fan, and
• a pair of radiators mechanically attached to the support structure on opposing sides thereof relative to the top plate, each of the radiators having a hot coolant radiator port connected to the coolant port of one of the mounting rails, and a cold coolant radiator port connected to the coolant port of the other one of the mounting rails.

A thermal management system comprising:

• a plurality of coolers to cool a power manager, each of the coolers including:
• a hot coolant port, and
• a cold coolant port downstream of the hot coolant port;
• a pair of mounting rails separating the power manager from the plurality of coolers, each of the mounting rails having one or more interior chambers in fluid communication with a coolant port of the corresponding mounting rail of the plurality of mounting rails;
• a plurality of conduits constructed to interconnect the coolant port of one of the mounting rails to the hot coolant port of each of the coolers and the coolant port of the other one of the mounting rails to the cold coolant port of each of the coolers;
• and
• a plurality of radiators,
• wherein the interior chambers of the mounting rails are hollow over the respective lengths of the corresponding mounting rails and form at least respective portions of the conduits, and
• wherein the coolers are attached to the mounting rails with the respective radiators in alignment with one another along the length of the corresponding mounting rails.