Method of communicating temperature data including a heating element coupled to temperature sensor at interface

A method, comprising:

• generating first temperature data at a first temperature sensor based on both a temperature of a first flowstream of a coolant fluid in a flow channel and heat transfer to the first temperature sensor from a heating element, the heating element being directly coupled to the first temperature sensor at an interface such that the heat transfer is through the interface, the first temperature data indicating a first temperature measured by the first temperature sensor;
• generating second temperature data at a second temperature sensor based on a temperature of a second flowstream of the coolant fluid in the flow channel and substantially independently of heat generated by the heating element, the first flowstream and the second flowstream running parallel to each other within the flow channel, the second temperature sensor being at least partially insulated from the heating element, the second temperature data indicating a second temperature measured by the second temperature sensor;
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• communicating the first temperature data and the second temperature data to a remotely-located computer processing device to determine a first flow rate of the coolant fluid through the flow channel.