Thermal

Assessing the Quality of a Tubed Cold Plate

Assessing the Quality of a Tubed Cold Plate

Although many local shops are able to manufacture a simple tubed cold plate, a properly designed and manufactured cold plate based on application will result in significantly better performance and reliability. However, assessing the quality of a cold plate can be...
Liquid Cold Plate Manufacturing Cost Drivers

Liquid Cold Plate Manufacturing Cost Drivers

The Impact of Using Different Technologies in Liquid Cold Plate Fabrication The two biggest cost drivers in cold plate manufacturing are thermal performance requirements and annual demand, which generally thermal engineers and manufacturing engineers have little or no...
Designing Custom Liquid Cold Plates

Designing Custom Liquid Cold Plates

Considerations for Making a Cold Plate Specifically for Your Application An extreme performance requirement occurs when the specified performance cannot be uniformly applied across the entire cold plate or the pressure drop and/or cost of a compliant cold plate would...
Selecting a Liquid Cold Plate Technology

Selecting a Liquid Cold Plate Technology

Calculating the Thermal Resistance of a Liquid Cold Plate To select the best cold plate for your application, you need to know the cooling fluid flow rate, fluid inlet temperature, heat load of the devices attached to the cold plate, and the maximum desired cold plate...
Reducing Contact Thermal Resistance

Reducing Contact Thermal Resistance

Improving Heat Transfer Between Surfaces and Overall Thermal Performance This thermal resistance can be expressed as Rja, where: Rja – Thermal resistance from the device junction to ambient air or water Rjc – Thermal resistance from the device junction to...