Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems has introduced a new, rugged 6-slot 3U OpenVPX (or 7-slot 3U CompactPCI) conduction cooled chassis for harsh military environments. The SFF-6 Small Form Factor Chassis is the newest member of Electronic Systems’ Hybricon® family of advanced military COTS electronic packaging solutions and features the company’s CoolWall™ thermal … [Read more...]
Chevy Volt’s Cooling Systems Include Power Electronics Coolant Loop
A GM article explaining the Chevrolet Volt’s cooling/heating systems notes that the power electronics coolant loop is designed to insure the main underhood electronics do not overheat during use. It is essential that the heat developed by the power inverter module and the plug-in battery charger while operating the Volt or when plugged in be dissipated in order to prevent … [Read more...]
Federal Government Data Center Consolidation Under Way
Now that the first two phases of the federal government’s long-term data center consolidation effort have been completed, the plan to reduce the number of federal data centers by 40% by 2015 has been put into effect. In June, President Obama issued a memo instructing agencies to adopt a zero-growth strategy for data center space over the near term, to be followed by a reduction … [Read more...]
ElectronicsCooling Winter 2010 Issue
Don’t miss out on the Winter 2010 issue of ElectronicsCooling, which includes a sneak peek at SEMI-THERM 27, feature articles on open bath immersion cooling, and energy consumption of data centers, as well as technical briefs. If you would like to receive your free copy of ElectronicsCooling click here to subscribe. Read the Winter 2010 issue here. … [Read more...]
Open Bath Immersion Cooling In Data Centers: A New Twist On An Old Idea
Phil Tuma 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota The inefficiencies of legacy datacenter air cooling schemes are by now well known. New “Free Air” cooling technologies in which air is introduced to the racks in a facility or container and confined in hot and cold plena probably represent the pinnacle of air cooling efficiency, at least where climate permits them. However, development … [Read more...]
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