Power electronics is a growing market thanks to the electrification of many industries such as the automotive industry. The power electronic modules being used are growing in performance; in particular, they are becoming smaller, lighter weight, more tightly integrated, and better able to handle higher power levels. In some cases the semiconductor technology is also shifting … [Read more...]
Thermal Facts & Fairy Tales: Whatever Happened to the Predicted Data Center Energy Consumption Apocalypse?
As the title indicates, since the middle of the last decade, there have been very pessimistic projections regarding the growth of the total annual energy used by data centers in the U.S. One of them suggested that by 2030, the energy consumption in the U.S. in the IT sector would be roughly 60% of that used by its entire industrial sector. [1,2,3] What was the origin of this … [Read more...]
What…Use Lasers and LEDs for Cooling?
In a recent blog “Some New Cooling Ideas are Needed Here,” I suggested (hoped?) that someone would figure out how to leverage the thermal laws of physics to devise innovative cooling systems which go beyond widely used, conventional techniques of conduction, convection, and radiation. The reason for looking beyond these solutions is that they seem to have reached a limit as to … [Read more...]
Thermal Gap Filler Reduces Stress on Sensitive Components
Laird Performance Materials has introduced the Tflex HD80000, a high deflection thermal gap filler combining 6 W/mK thermal conductivity with superior pressure versus deflection characteristics. The combination allows minimal stress on sensitive components within a device while also yielding low thermal resistance. As a result, less mechanical and thermal stresses are … [Read more...]
Thermoelectric Cooling Offers Precise Temperature Control for Incubators
The SuperCool Series offers an air-to-air assembly air conditioner, a direct-to-air heat pump, and a liquid-to-air liquid cooler. Incubators are used for cell and tissue cultivation in hospital and laboratory settings. Accurate and precise control of temperature is important for cell growth, as excursions above or below the optimum mammalian body temperature of 37°C, by as … [Read more...]
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