Raytheon Company

Southern Methodist Univ.

Joseph McDaniel

Richard Martin Weber

Gary J Schwartz

Donald C Price

Jose' L Lage

A cold plate for use in a thermal management system and a method of thermal management which comprises an inlet channel having coolant fluid disposed therein at a substantially uniform pressure throughout the inlet channel and an outlet channel having coolant fluid disposed therein at a substantially uniform pressure lower than the pressure in the inlet channel throughout the outlet channel. The cold plate includes a highly thermally-conductive metallic porous matrix filling the fluid passage, preferably of aluminum. The porous matrix is preferably from about two percent to about 15 percent percent solid.

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Dallas, TX, United States of America

Joseph McDaniel