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Originally posted by Balinju
simulate the heat formed by other computers with a heating element, like the one used in a kettle.
Is this explanation better??
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Explanation is still unlear.
Anyway you say you are going to use a heating element? Do you plan on just 1 2000watt element? I don't know if that would be a good idea. It would probably be better to have multiple heat sources spread out to mimic a real situation. In a server room you are not going to have 2000watts all in one spot, unless it is on fire
. I am sure the liquid would react considerably different at a 2000watt load as oposed to multiple 100watt loads spread out. But this will not be an option in your situataion. Would it be possible to make 4 500watt loads?
And next how do you plan on installing the (these) heat load(s). Are you going to put them in a big copper block and let the copper radiate the heat? If this is possible then you can also make the cooling liquid run through that very block. That would be less work. The element has to be enclosed somehow in order to contain the heat. Then what are you going to use to monitor the wattage output? Numbers are going to be useless unless you know exactly how much wattage is being distributed. Might just be able to get away with a thermal probe instead and just use temperature as the variable instead of wattage.