How to use the MicroCool tool On-line cold plate simulation tool

How to use the MicroCool tool

Go to www.microcooling.com and click on the MicroCool Tool button

The first page is an informational section that gives the user an overview of the tool 1.) Is physical geometry of the fin area the user wants to evaluate. 2.) Is the Boundary Conditions section where the user inputs the BCs 3.) Is the Material selection section of the tool, where fluid type and fin material is defined. 4.) Is a where a quick internal check is done before the simulation is submitted for solving. 5.) Is where Simulation results are posted.

Click to Start

Width of fin area to evaluate = Xc

Base Thickness behind fin = Zc

Select Fin type

Select Fin density

Select Fin Height

Limitations of the tool and/or Manufacturing

Click to move to Boundary Conditions

TIM thickness can be entered here, entering 0 will omitting TIM material from the analysis.

Standard Inputs: Zc = 3 mm Standard In line pin fin type = 12 FPI XP In line pin fin type = 25 FPI Standard fin Height = 4 mm

Fluid Flow Rate

Fluid Inlet temperature

Heat Source Output

Click to move to Material Selection

Select Cold plate Material

TIM material can be entered here

TIM Material Specs

Fluid Type

% Concentration of Fluids

Click to move to Simulation Check

If the Simulation has incomplete inputs or inputs outside the tool’s abilities a Red X will appear in the section where there is an issue.

If the Simulation has complete inputs then all sections show a Green Check and the user can move foreword to simulate.

While the simulation is running a status bar will be shown. If there is no HPC instance available a warning will show and the page will update once an instance is available for use.

Click to save results as a PDF

Max Temperature of Cold plate skin in fin area

Havg is an excellent input for use in a customer’s own CFD analysis. This is the average heat transfer coefficient in the fin area