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Liquid Cooling Systems | Water Cold Plates & Blocks
The Liquid Cold Plate (LCP) is responsible for efficiently transferring heat from surfaces with high heat loads to the fluid used within a liquid cooling system. The performance of the liquid cold plate is critical in defining the overall effectiveness of a liquid system.
The principle of Liquid Cold Plate is to form a flow channel in a metal plate, and the electronic components are installed on the surface of the water-cooled plate (with a heat-conducting medium in the middle). The internal coolant enters from the inlet and flows out from the outlet with the heat of the components. While water or water/glycol are the most common fluids used in liquid cooling, gasoline, oil, and refrigerant are other fluids that can be utilized.
There are lots of ways to construct a cold plate and the methods can be driven by the level of performance needed, the materials needed, or the environmental requirements.
One construction method is to use a series of cross drilled holes in a plate. The holes intersect in the plate to determine the flow pattern and unneeded patterns are plugged. This construction method can be cost effective, but the pattern is limited to straight lines.
Another method is to embed a tube in a plate by machining a groove in the plate. The tube can either be placed toward the top surface of the plate to provide better cooling to devices mounted on that surface, or it can be embedded further into the plate so that it cools devices mounted on both sides of the plate. This option provides greater flexibility, but the thermal performance is limited because of the surface area of the tube perimeter.
To get more performance, extended surface area in contact with the fluid is required, which leads to machined cold plates. The cold plate is constructed of a plate that has been machined to form some flow passages and then a cover is assembled to capture the flow. The extended surface area can be machined in place or installed by use of a piece of folded fin. The cover can be flat or be another machined plate. The method of assembly of the two parts can be done by gasket/screw, glue/screw, brazing, or welding and is dependent on the required performance and the requirements of the environment.
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