Patent ID: 9719865
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01J,G01K,G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: obtaining calibration data for a first sub-component and a second sub-component in a heat transfer assembly, wherein said calibration data comprises at least one indication of coolant flow rate through each of said first and second sub-components for a given surface temperature delta of a respective sub-component and a given heat load into said respective sub-component; determining a measured heat load into each of said first and second sub-components; determining a measured surface temperature delta for each of said first and second sub-components; determining a coolant flow distribution among a first flow path in said heat transfer assembly and a second flow path in said heat transfer assembly, from said calibration data according to said measured heat load and said measured surface temperature delta of said first and second sub-components, said first flow path comprising said first sub-component and said second flow path comprising said second sub-component, wherein said first flow path and said second flow path are parallel flow paths in said heat transfer assembly; determining a heat load distribution in said heat transfer assembly between said first flow path and said second flow path using said calibration data said coolant flow distribution; and adjusting a coolant flow to at least one of said first flow path and said second flow path based on said heat load distribution.