A helicopter corporation is sponsoring a contest, asking entrepreneurs and companies that are willing to establish a spinoff at a new innovation center in Stamford to propose technology concepts that could be used on helicopters. Chris Van Buiten, vice president of Sikorsky Innovations, gave an example of a better electronics cooling technology, which could reduce the number … [Read more...]
Solar Thermal Technology Heats Water or Thermal Oil for Heat Exchangers
Southwest Solar Technologies Inc. announced its development program for a solar thermal technology that will serve industrial needs for process heat and steam. The solar thermal application leverages the company’s solar dish and other core competencies and will be a new addition to its product portfolio. The system uses a parabolic solar concentrating dish to focus sunlight … [Read more...]
Nanoparticles Increase Thermal Properties of Transformer Oil
Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed excess heat. Research in the lab of Rice materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan could raise the efficiency of such transformer oils by as much as 80 percent with an environmentally … [Read more...]
Butterfly-Inspired Design Enables Advanced Thermal Imaging Devices
Taking heat detection to a new level of sensitivity and speed, a team of scientists at GE Global Research announced new bio-inspired nanostructured systems that could outperform thermal imaging devices available today. This discovery adds to a growing list of new capabilities that GE researchers have developed through their studies of Morpho butterfly wings. GE scientists are … [Read more...]
Thin-Film Thermoelectrics with Improved Cooling Efficiency
Nextreme Thermal Solutions’ thin-film thermoelectric technology has achieved a 60.1°C temperature difference between its cold and hot sides at an ambient temperature of 24.7°C, bringing it on par with the performance of bulk thermoelectric technology. The 60°C temperature milestone, known as the ΔTmax, reflects the ability of the thermoelectric device to pump heat efficiently. … [Read more...]
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