Computers that can recycle energy are among the scenarios IBM Corp. predicts over the next five years as part of its annual “Next Five in Five” year-end innovations report based on technologies being developed in IBM labs and around the world. On-chip water-cooling systems could be used to utilize thermal energy from a cluster of computer processors to provide hot water for an … [Read more...]
New Snap-in Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
TDK-EPC, a group company of TDK Corporation, has developed snap-in aluminum electrolytic capacitors from EPCOS that enable optimal contact to heat sinks. This permits link circuit capacitors to be efficiently cooled, significantly increasing their ripple current capability and operating life. As a result, the new capacitors are especially suited for applications in frequency … [Read more...]
Heat Pipe-Assisted Heat Sinks for Power Electronics Cooling
Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) in Lancaster, Pa., is introducing the heat-pipe-assisted HiK Plate heat sinks for power electronics cooling applications involving insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs), thyristers, intelligent power modules (IPMs), symmetric gate commutated turn-off thyristors (SGCTs), and silicon controlled rectifiers (SCRs). Power electronic … [Read more...]
Resettable Thermal-Magnetic Circuit Breakers with Push-in Bridging
Phoenix Contact’s UT 6-TMC M thermal-magnetic circuit breakers protect electrical circuits from overload or short circuit damage, make wiring easier and eliminate time-consuming troubleshooting. One wire powers all the breakers, which means each circuit breaker does not have to be wired individually. With resettable circuit breakers, the push of a button gets the system up and … [Read more...]
Beer Fridge – A Case Study in Thermal Design. Part 2 – TEC Effect
Beer drinkers are notoriously quiet people and as such would not want to be disturbed by the continuous hissing and whirring of a classic compression/expansion refrigeration cycle type beer fridge. They would argue that’s why both kids and kitchens were invented. Kitchens to put the noisy fridge in, kids to go get the next beer. Electric coolers, fridges that utilise … [Read more...]
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