Editor’s note: This question was asked in response to Electronics Cooling’s recent webinar by Roger Stout. To view the webinar, click here. Question: I thought power density (W/sq.mm) went up at the rate of Moore's Law? Are you saying it doesn't? Answer: Yes and no. The problem is, feature size on silicon chips keeps decreasing – that's what Moore's Law is all about. As … [Read more...]

Editor’s note: This question was asked in response to Electronics Cooling’s recent webinar by Roger Stout. To view the webinar, click here. Question: You said your 5 kW solar panels have produced more power than you've used in your electric car, but not more than your dome house. How much of your house energy consumption did they produce? Answer: Good question! The 5 kW solar … [Read more...]

Editor’s note: This question was asked in response to Electronics Cooling’s recent webinar by Roger Stout. To view the webinar, click here. Question: Was your dome house more expensive to build than conventional construction? Answer: Actually, not really. It was built 8 years ago, at a finished cost of about $100/sq.ft. (excluding property). At the time, that was low-end … [Read more...]

Editor’s note: This question was asked in response to Electronics Cooling’s recent webinar by Roger Stout. To view the webinar, click here. Question: Did you say thermionic coolers are perpetual motion machines? Answer: No. I tried not to say that. In thermodynamics, we learn about perpetual motion machines of "type 1" that violate the 1st Law of Thermodynamics. That would be … [Read more...]

Editor’s note: This question was asked in response to Electronics Cooling’s recent webinar by Roger Stout. To view the webinar, click here. Question: You mentioned using only the top 100 m of ocean depth when considering how much the temperature could go up in a century? Isn't that an oversimplification? Besides, average ocean depth is something like several km, isn't … [Read more...]