Cooling device and cold plate
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of piping increases when multiple objects need to be cooled using liquid cooling modules, leading to inefficient cooling device configurations.
Innovation Solution
A cooling device design featuring multiple cold plates and pipes with strategically positioned openings and flow paths, allowing for simplified piping by aligning pipes in different directions and incorporating T-shaped pipes to reduce complexity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple liquid cooling modules are used to cool multiple objects, then cooling capacity is improved, but piping complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple cold plates are integrated into a single unified structure with shared piping. The first and second cold plates are connected through common pipes, allowing multiple objects to be cooled simultaneously while reducing the total number of independent piping systems. This merging approach maintains cooling capacity for multiple objects while significantly reducing piping complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The piping system is designed to serve multiple functions: the first pipe connects to both the first cold plate and the second cold plate, and the same applies to the second pipe. This multi-functional piping design allows a single pipe to cool multiple objects, reducing the overall complexity of the cooling system while maintaining the ability to cool multiple objects effectively.
2Reliability
If multiple independent cooling modules are used, then each object receives dedicated cooling, but the total pipe length increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system merges multiple cold plates into a coordinated system where pipes are shared between the first and second cold plates. This reduces the total pipe length required compared to having completely independent cooling modules, while maintaining reliable cooling through the interconnected design that ensures each object receives adequate cooling flow.
3Quantity of substance
If piping is extended to reach multiple objects, then cooling coverage is improved, but temperature differences across flow paths increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system employs local quality optimization by providing dedicated flow paths (first flow path and second flow path) for each cold plate, allowing each region to be optimized for its specific cooling requirements. The pipes are strategically positioned and oriented in different directions to ensure balanced temperature distribution across different cooling zones, minimizing temperature differences while maintaining extensive cooling coverage.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design simplifies piping, reduces the total length of pipes, and enhances cooling efficiency by minimizing temperature differences across flow paths, thereby effectively cooling multiple objects.
Implementation Method 1
The main body includes a cooler that is brought into thermal contact with an object to be cooled
Data Source
AI summary
A cooling device includes a first and second cold plate, and first, second, third, and fourth pipes. The first cold plate includes first and second openings, and a first flow path continuous with each of the first and second openings. The first pipe is connected to the first opening. The second pipe is connected to the second opening. The second cold plate includes third and fourth openings, and a second flow path continuous with each of the third and fourth openings. The third pipe is connected to the third opening. The fourth pipe is connected to the fourth opening. The first and second openings are spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The fourth pipe extends between the first and second openings and in a second direction intersecting the first direction.