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Cooling Outflows
A cooling outflow is a device component which delivers coolant to a downstream cooling intake, and generally represents an outlet on a coolant distribution unit (CDU) or manifold. A cooling outflow may optionally be associated with an upstream cooling intake on the same device for path tracing.
A cooling outflow is a supply point on the cold, coolant-distribution side of a loop: it passes coolant onward to downstream equipment. It does not represent the return of warmed coolant back to the cooling source. The return path is not modeled per-component; instead, a single cooling feed represents the entire loop, covering both the supply (cold) and return (warm) paths.
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Like most device components, cooling outflows are instantiated automatically from [cooling outflow templates](./coolingoutflowtemplate.md) assigned to the selected device type when a device is created.
Fields
Device
The device to which this cooling outflow belongs.
Module
The installed module within the assigned device to which this cooling outflow belongs (optional).
Name
The name of the cooling outflow. Must be unique to the parent device.
Label
An alternative physical label identifying the cooling outflow.
Connector Type
The physical coolant connector type (e.g. UQD, UQDB, QDC, camlock, or threaded NPT/BSP).
Diameter
The connector diameter, expressed as a numeric value with a selectable unit (millimeters, centimeters, or inches). Must be a positive, non-zero value in the selected unit, or left blank.
Cooling Intake
The upstream cooling intake on the same device which feeds this outlet (optional).