A process for the thermal optimization of cooling plates has been described, and illustrated with the optimization of a plate with 18 geometric design variables. The optimized designs show the potential to improve performance criteria by up to 50%, although trade-offs exist between competing objectives. The study is currently limited to a predefined cooling channel topology, and the optimization operates within this constraint. However, the process can be utilized for any parametrically described geometry, and future work will investigate different designs and boundary conditions.
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