A Research on the Flow Characteristics of a Splitter-Based Water Cooling System for Computer Boards

Abstract

The splitter is an important component of water-based cooling systems used to extract heat from computer boards. In the present study, the flow characteristics of a 16-splitter structure were numerically simulated and compared with experimental results to verify the reliability of the numerical simulation method. Accordingly, the concept of splitter structural coefficients was proposed. Based on the results of this study, we recommend a selection range of 5 ≤ k ≤ 6 for the structure factor k of the splitter; after optimization, the maximum deviation of the splitter outlet flow was reduced from the original value of 100% to 8.3%.

Optimization of the Cooling System of Electric Vehicle Batteries

“…This process has been a major component of these devices for almost half a century and has not changed. According to many researchers, this process has many inefficiencies, but the most important negative and dark point of this old procedure is that only 5% of the cooling fan energy in these systems is spent on cooling [6]. Many solutions have been proposed for this weakness, for example, they have increased the fan speed, but this solution is not suitable at all in terms of increasing the noise [7].…”