Quick Disconnect Couplers for Cold Plate Liquid Cooling

How Do Liquid Cooled Cold Plates Work?

Cold plates are responsible for transferring heat from surfaces with high heat loads to the fluid used within the liquid cooling system. These cold plates dissipate the heat generated by electronic components — or any other surfaces with high heat loads — to the coolant that flows through a remote heat exchanger. Heat is then transferred into either an ambient or another liquid in a secondary cooling system.

What Makes Up a Cold Plate System?

A cold plate liquid cooling system consists of a pump, heat exchanger, connective tubing, quick disconnect couplings (QDs) and cold plates — replacing heat sinks and fans. The cold plate, usually made of metal, is made up of internal tubing where a liquid coolant absorbs heat transferred to the plate by transistors and other mounted components. The variables involved in determining the heat transfer capability of a cold plate depend on:

available surface area in the flow paths
coolant selection
flow rate of the liquid
material used to make the cold plate

Cold Plate Liquid Cooling Use Cases

Dense server racks
Supercomputing server blades
High power laser systems
Medical equipment
Electric vehicles
Fuel cells
Battery systems

Collaborate with CPC’s Liquid Cooling Experts

Like all liquid cooling systems, there are many factors to consider when determining how to optimize the thermal management in electronic systems or on servers and server racks. Cold plate liquid cooling requires knowledge and expertise in thermal management and fluid handling. Collaborating with thermal engineers around the world, CPC understands the challenges and requirements of cold plate liquid cooling.

We are familiar with the materials and chemistry that thermal management professionals design for, including applicable coolants and how they interact — or don't — with the other components or subcomponents within a system.

Quick Disconnects Designed for Cold Plate Liquid Cooling

CPC’s Everis^® quick disconnect couplings and connectors are designed with cold plate liquid cooling systems in mind. They’re efficient, dry break non-spill couplings that offer easy one-handed connection and disconnection.

With quick disconnects needed at each manifold — as well as at every server blade — you can imagine the volume and criticality of quick connections as a system component. When coolant needs to flow in order to cool the system, you can trust CPC Everis QD couplings to perform as designed.

Everis Quick Disconnects Engineered for Cold Plate Liquid Cooling

Trusted Reliability

The Everis quick disconnect’ range of seal options and materials are engineered to meet the temperature, chemical and pressure compatibility requirements of cold plate liquid cooling. You can count on Everis connectors to withstand side load and tensile pressures during installation and long periods of connection with leak-free reliability.

Dependable Durability

CPC provides a wide range of high-performance quick disconnect couplings that deliver years of leak-free performance. Engineered for the rigors of today’s electric and computing environments, Everis® non-spill connectors deliver optimized flow rates with excellent flow to size ratio for superior performance. CPC Everis quick connects feature a valve design that is precision engineered for extended connection time. Multiple seal options enable engineers to specify subcomponents that are chemically compatible with a wide variety of coolants, including dielectric fluids.

Maximum Control

Make the choice that’s right for you from a wide array of liquid cooling QD styles. CPC Everis QDs come in an expanding variety of sizes, termination options and materials including plated brass, aluminum, stainless steel and high-performance polymers like PPSU. Configurations include blind mate, latched, straight and elbow connectors with seal options including EPDM and FKM.

Expert Flexibility

The key to effective design for liquid cooling is determining the system’s cooling load and fluid handling requirements early in the design process. With application engineers who are able to help you drill into your specific challenges, CPC is able to offer insights as thermal engineers test and validate quick disconnect performance and fit for your liquid cooled cold plate application. All Everis liquid cooling solution designs are rigorously tested ─ including materials testing, product testing and torture testing to failure ─ to meet product specifications. As a matter of fact, CPC offers reliable, reproducible performance and provides validation reports that support the QD’s performance attributes.

Straightforward Serviceability

When your systems are due for scheduled maintenance, CPC's latched Everis connectors are designed for serviceability, including drip-free non-spill disconnections for simple quicker upkeep or repair. The ergonomic thumb latch provides both ease and speed of installation and system maintenance. Cold plate liquid cooling systems may also use Everis blind mate or swivel joint quick disconnect configurations for manifold and chassis system designs or unique arrangements that feature tight spaces.

Connection Assurance

With a sleek body and signature thumb latch, Everis liquid cooling connectors deliver single-handed operation along with connection assurance via an audible CPC click and sensory feedback that assures technicians to know they’re connected. Everis Series’ low force to connect instills confidence as it makes it simple to ensure a complete connection.