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

by Yukun Lv, Quanzhi Ge^*, Zhuang Wei, Shuang Yang

North China Electric Power University, Baoding, 071003, China

* Corresponding Author: Quanzhi Ge. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: EFD and Heat Transfer III)

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2021, 17(4), 833-844. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2021.015082

Received 20 November 2020; Accepted 08 March 2021; Issue published 17 May 2021

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%.

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