Cold Plate Thermal and Hydraulics Characterization System
The Advanced Thermal Solutions iFLOW-200 system measures the thermal and hydraulic characteristics of a cold plate. The iFLOW-200 works by allowing users to set up the starting flow, ending flow, number of test points, dwell time, power applied to the cold plate and other parameters via the coolingVIEW software application. Power: 110V or 240V AC
The iFLOW-200 measures a cold plate’s inlet/outlet fluid temperature, surface temperature, coolant volumetric flow rate and pressure drop by providing different flow rates to the cold plate. It measures coolant temperature from 0-70ºC with accuracy of +/-1ºC, using K-type thermocouples. Distilled water is used as the reference coolant. The system measures cold plate differential pressure up to 103,000 Pa (15 psi) with pressure measurement of +/-1% of full scale.
The iFLOW-200 features a separate control box and hydraulics units with USB connections. The user-friendly coolingVIEW application software is included and automates the testing of a cold plate. coolingVIEW calculates thermal resistance and pressure drop of the cold plate as a function of flow rate for selected liquids other than distilled water.