Thermally determining flow and/or heat load distribution in parallel paths
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTimothy J. Chainer, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Pritish R. Parida
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Abstract
A method including obtaining calibration data for at least one sub-component in a heat transfer assembly, wherein the calibration data comprises at least one indication of coolant flow rate through the sub-component for a given surface temperature delta of the sub-component and a given heat load into said sub-component, determining a measured heat load into the sub-component, determining a measured surface temperature delta of the sub-component, and determining a coolant flow distribution in a first flow path comprising the sub-component from the calibration data according to the measured heat load and the measured surface temperature delta of the sub-component.
Claims6
A method comprising:
- obtaining calibration data for a plurality of sub-components in a heat transfer assembly, wherein said calibration data comprises at least one indication of coolant flow rate through each of said plurality of sub-components for a given surface temperature delta of each of said plurality of sub-components and a given heat load into each of said plurality of sub-components;
- receiving coolant flow distribution data in said heat transfer assembly for respective flow paths, each path including at least one of said plurality of sub-components;
- determining a measured surface temperature delta of each of said plurality of sub-components;
- determining a system level coolant flow rate for the heat transfer assembly;
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- determining a heat load distribution in said heat transfer assembly between each of said respective flow paths according to said calibration data, said coolant flow distribution, and said measured surface temperature delta of each of said plurality of sub-components.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform the method of:
- obtaining calibration data for a plurality of sub-components in said heat transfer assembly, wherein said calibration data comprises at least one indication of coolant flow rate through each of said plurality of sub-components for a given surface temperature delta of each of said plurality of sub-components and a given heat load into each of said plurality of sub-components;
- receiving coolant flow distribution data in said heat transfer assembly for respective flow paths, each path including at least one of said plurality of sub-components;
- determining a measured surface temperature delta of each of said plurality of sub-components;
- determining a system level coolant flow rate for the heat transfer assembly;
- and
- determining a heat load distribution in said heat transfer assembly between each of said respective flow paths according to said calibration data, said coolant flow distribution, and said measured surface temperature delta of each of said plurality of sub-components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.