Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions has licensed Northrop Grumman Corporation’s recently patented air-flow-through (AFT) cooling technology for use in CWCDS’s rugged, deployed embedded systems. Northrop Grumman’s AFT technology improves the air cooling of advanced electronic modules…read more
Company Patents Improved Design for Cooling Electronic Modules
October 25th, 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a patent for a new design to improve the cooling efficiency of a removable electronic module through enhancements to its physical design, and has begun to license it to other…read more
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BMW Liquid Cooled Commuter Scooter
July 11th, 2011
BMW Motorrad’s new scooter has more than a 60-mile range and a recharge time of around three hours. The bike’s specs are possible thanks to an innovative design that uses the aluminum battery casing in…read more
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Multidirectional Mini Blower for Air-Flow Applications
November 23rd, 2010
Providing a solution for customized air-flow applications, JARO’s new JRB2235 series rotates at 8500 RPMs and produces a powerful 1.2 CFM of super-cooled air (with a static pressure of .122″ of H2O). Operating voltage is…read more
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Small LED Cooler for Spot Lights Packs
June 7th, 2010
Nuventix, Inc. has announced a SynJet Spot Light Cooler for 10 – 30 Watt track and directional downlight applications as small as 75mm in diameter. The air-cooled, fanless design enables 2000 lumens in small profile,…read more
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Thermostatically Controlled Fan Cord
May 10th, 2010
Gardtec Incorporated’s Green Fan Cord, a thermostatically controlled fan cord, allows AC fans to turn on/off as system ambient temperature calls for additional cooling. The fan cord will turn on cooling fans as ambient temperatures…read more
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Department of Energy announces $100 million for innovative research projects
March 30th, 2010
At the inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $100 million in Recovery Act funding will be made available to accelerate innovation in green technology, increase America’s competitiveness and create new…read more
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Back to the Future with a Liquid Cooled Supercomputer
August 1st, 2009
Introduction: Evolution of Air and Water Cooling for Electronic Systems Since the development of the first electronic digital computers in the 1940s, efficient removal of heat has played a key role in insuring the reliable…read more
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Lowering a Notebook CPU Temperature Using a Dual-Tunnel Blower
August 1st, 2009
Figure 1. Side by side comparison of blower technologies. Introduction Notebook computers on the market today may be classified in three categories. In the first category are the super slim and powerful notebooks such as…read more
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Synthetic jets for forced air cooling of electronics
May 1st, 2007
Introduction As increasing functionality is packaged into ever-shrinking electronics, cooling requirements rise exponentially. While there have been continued advances in high heat flux technologies [1], commercial, consumer-oriented systems continue to focus on aircooling for reasons…read more
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Exploring the Limits of Air Cooling
August 1st, 2006
Introduction Heat from electronic devices is an integral part of information processing, not a nuisance that can someday be eliminated. This is a physical principle that is independent of the device of information processing. However,…read more
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High Powered Chip Cooling — Air and Beyond
August 1st, 2005
Introduction Over the past few years many people in the electronics industry have become concerned with the increases in heat density at both the chip and module level of packaging. This trend is not new…read more
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Latest Developments In Thermoelectrically Enhanced Heat Sinks
August 1st, 2005
Nomenclature Q Heat load (W) COP Coefficient of Performance I Electrical current (Amps) T Temperature (°C) R Electrical resistance (Ohms) Z TE Figure of Merit (1/K) where Z = α2 / (ρ λ) …read more
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Estimating Temperatures in an Air-cooled Closed Box Electronics Enclosure
February 1st, 2005
Introduction In the majority of air-cooling applications, openings or vents are provided in the enclosure or box in which the electronic components are housed. The required cooling air is drawn in from outside the box…read more
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