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Originally posted by DoTheDog
I hear ya on the differential speed going through the channels but would that make a big difference if it was all moving?
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if a channel or 2 are moving fast enough, it could keep water from going to the other channels.
ideally you want each channel to move at the same speed that the inlet is moving, its just that the inlet is split up into 8 channels.
now lets say that 2 of the channels are moving 2x as fast, they would be taking the flow from 2 other channels. now this reduction should be reduced over all of the channels, but still. You dont have an even flow, and possible dead/slow heat spots.
you would have to "tune" the block, or find some way to calculate it. i have a feeling your calculations will have to deal with water flow rate too.
here is another idea, get rid of the outlet. and make the entire design somewhat 3D. You would want something perfectly symetrical. perhaps the chanels go out like you have them, then go up into a "second story" chamber for the outlet (using 2 blocks and 1 plate would probably be needed). you would only have to deal with the inlet blocking a bit of flow, and somehow design around that.