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• Microstructure Dependence Of Heat Sink Constructed By Carbon Nanotubes For Chip Cooling

  Heat sinks based on carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays or sponge CNT were found to have a strong impact on the heat sinks thermal performance by changing their coefficient of air convection. This paper discusses both applications of CNT to heat sinks under different working conditions. details>>

• Heat Pipes: Review, Opportunities And Challenges

  A detailed overview of heat pipes is presented in this paper, including a historical perspective, principles of operations, types of heat pipes, heat pipe performance characteristics, heat pipe limitations, heat pipe frozen startup and shutdown, heat pipe analysis and simulations, and various applications of heat pipes. Over the last several decades, several factors have contributed to a major... details>>

• Landed on a Comet! How Does The Electronics Cooling Work for Spacecraft like the Rosetta Philae

  As many of our reader's may know, the European Space Agency's robotic spacecraft, Rosetta, has just landed a probe name Philae on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov?Gerasimenko. This is an exciting achievement for the ESA and for everyone on earth. Even in space, thermal management of electronics is a challenge, our article details the importance of spacecraft thermal management and an... details>>

• Determining The Rate of Convective Heat Transfer with Reynolds, Nusselt and Prandtl Numbers

  coolingZONE has a great article on dimensionless numbers in Heat Transfer, but, this 12-minute video from Dr. R. Paul Singh, Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis walks you through the numbers and how to use them for analyzing the rate of convective heat transfer. details>>

• Can A Non-mechanical Thermal Control System Remake the World of Thermal Management?

  A new pump type invented by Brandon Carpenter and Jonathan Wachob of Fourier Electric may create a new innovation set in the thermal management market. Originally conceived for NASA and satellites, their project was deemed not ready for prime time. But now with first round money from Golden Knight Capital and some guidance from Blackstone Launchpad, the Fourier team is set to move forward to... details>>

• Liquid Cooling at the Rack and Server Level

  Liquid cooling in data centers and other room-scale electronic systems is gaining widespread attention because it can enable thermal management at much higher rack power density compared to air-cooled systems. Dr. Ortega and Dr. Agonafer will present on their team's research in liquid cooling at the server/rack level for data center cooling. Topics will include introductions to (i.) single phase... details>>

• Telecomm Industry Trends in Cooling: Where The Technology Is and Where It Is Going; Learn it Live at CZ14 Summit

  What are Telecom trends relative to the effect that will have on infrastructure and equipment and their thermal management. New trends will be presented on the importance of the proper sizing of a cooling solution. Cooling strategies will be discusssed including passive cooling, heat exchangers, active cooling, combination cooling and dual zone cooling. Presented by Dantherm. details>>

• Why Using Advanced Materials for Your Next Electronics Enclosure Will Give You a Better Product. Learn it Live at CZ14 Summit!

  Are you still using conventional materials such as steel, aluminum and polymers? Learn how metal matrix, carbon matrix and polymer matrix materials could give you a better product for your next electronics enclosure. Dr. Carl Zweben will discuss these new materials and their applications. details>>

• Are Quick Disconnect Fittings for Liquid Cooilng of Electronics Safe? Learn it Live at CZ14 Summit!

  Liquid cooling is seeing wider use in handheld and desktop systems, servers, racks and full data centers. But are they safe and if they are, how are they safe? How do they get used. David Vranish and Dennis Downs from CPC will present the answers at CZ14 Summit details>>

• What Are the Latest Technologies in Lithiuim Ion Battery Thermal Management for EV and HEV? Learn it Live at CZ14 Summit!

  How did GM use the latest technologies in lithium ion battery thermal management for the Chevy Volt? What simulation tools can be deployed for development of a battery cooling strategy? What are the best instruments? All this and more will be presented at CZ14 Summit as Dr. Ahmad Pesaran, Ph.D., leads a panel from the NREL, NETZSCH Instruments, ANYSIS and General Motors on the topic of thermal... details>>