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ArticleHardwareX2026

Active cooling device: A flexible, lab-scale experimental unit to develop spatio-temporal temperature control strategies.

Victor Oliveira Ferreira, Wiebke Mainville, Vincent Raymond, Jean-Michel Lamarre, Antoine Hamel, Mikael Vaillant, Moncef Chioua, Bruno Blais

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Article in HardwareX, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Victor Oliveira FerreiraChemical engineering High-performance Analysis, Optimization and Simulation (CHAOS), Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, PO Box 6079, Stn Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C 3A7.
Wiebke MainvilleChemical engineering High-performance Analysis, Optimization and Simulation (CHAOS), Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, PO Box 6079, Stn Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C 3A7.
Vincent RaymondNational Research Council Canada, Boucherville, Québec, Canada.
Jean-Michel LamarreNational Research Council Canada, Boucherville, Québec, Canada.
Antoine HamelNational Research Council Canada, Boucherville, Québec, Canada.
Mikael VaillantChemical engineering High-performance Analysis, Optimization and Simulation (CHAOS), Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, PO Box 6079, Stn Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C 3A7.
Moncef ChiouaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, PO Box 6079, Stn Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C 3A7.
Bruno BlaisChemical engineering High-performance Analysis, Optimization and Simulation (CHAOS), Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, PO Box 6079, Stn Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C 3A7.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work proposes an experimental unit that realizes a multi-input, multi-output manifold thermal management technology. The proposed setup is designed for experiments aimed at controlling spatiotemporal temperature distribution. Temperature control is achieved by impinging coolant fluid jets, leveraging a manifold of channels targeted to the surface. The direction of the fluid is controlled by shifting the role of channels between inputs, outputs, or closed states. Files associated with this work include Computer-Aided Design (CAD) STEP files, Gerber files to manufacture a custom Printed Circuit Board (PCB), and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) written in Python. A step-by-step guide to assembling the experimental setup is provided, alongside instructions to interact with the setup through the GUI for real-time tracking. Validation experiments characterize the dynamic performance of the system, demonstrating a temperature reduction of 6 °C in response to a 54 L min

Indexed as

Active coolingImpinging jetsProcess controlRaspberry PiThermal management

Identifiers

PMID41810212
PMCPMC12969723

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