Multiscale optimisation algorithm for the next generation of heat exchanger

这个项目的创新之处在于为冷板创造了一个可替代的设计框架。**冷板**是一种常见的设备，允许电池组和微电子设备等组件在公差范围内运行。由于NetZero法规，他们高度重视目前飞机工业向电气化和氢的转变。该项目将利用其他地方没有的多尺度方法。设计将提高性能，在热交换和所需的泵压力方面，优于传统的“蛇形”设计。该项目还从以前的合作中吸取了设计拓扑优化冷板的经验教训。它可以实现更快的迭代，飞机制造商可以利用他们的数字孪生框架来自动重新设计冷板，以响应系统中其他地方的变化。将小尺度响应直接耦合到有限元集成节点提供了一种新的、可能更快的模拟流体流动的方法。这个项目是合作性的：TOffeeAM是一家中小企业，也是伦敦帝国理工学院（ICL）的衍生企业，它将与ICL合作开发软件和新设计。

The innovation of this project is to create an **alternative design framework for cold plates**. **Cold plates** are common devices allowing components such as battery packs and micro-electrical devices to **operate within tolerance**. They take high importance with the current conversion being seen in the aircraft industry towards electrification and hydrogen due to NetZero Regulation.The project will leverage multi-scale methods that are not present elsewhere. Designs will **improve performance**, in terms of thermal exchange and required pump pressure, over traditional "serpentine" designs being used by the industry.The project is also responding to lessons learned from previous collaborations regarding the challenges of designing topology optimized cold plates. It enables faster iteration which can be leveraged by airframers within their digital-twin framework to automatically re-design cold plates in response to changes elsewhere in the system. Coupling the small-scale response directly to the finite element integration nodes offers a **new and potentially much faster way to simulate fluid flow**.The project is collaborative: TOffeeAM, a SME and spin-out of Imperial College London (ICL) will collaborate with ICL to build the software and the new design.