Heating and Cooling Equipment Reference Materials

Description: Embedded systems are becoming more and more complex, processing and analyzing a growing number of sensors and signals. The result of this increased computing is often higher and more concentrated ...

Description: Liquid-cooled cold plates offer superior cooling for high power electronic devices, and can be purchased as standard products or can be custom designed. A custom cold plate is needed when there is a ...

Description: Heat exchangers and cold plates are used in cooling applications to remove and transfer heat from one place to another using a heat transfer fluid such as water, ethylene glycol and water solution, ...

Description: As high-power electronics continue to push power density limits, component design engineers are facing greater challenges and trade-offs in their choice for cooling solutions. One way to meet these ...

Description: The selection of the proper fittings and hose clamps for cold plates and heat exchangers is critical to a reliable liquid cooling system. It can prevent unnecessary downtime and equipment damage. ...

Description: The following is a brief overview of some fundamental heat transfer concepts. To learn more, the reader is encouraged to review the source publications and Web sites. The 1st Law of Thermodynamics ...

Description: The first step in selecting the proper product for your cooling system application is to determine the heat load, or the amount of heat generated by your system. This article explains how to establish ...

Description: Since it was first published in 1955, the book Compact Heat Exchangers, by Kays and London, has been considered one of the best references for heat exchanger and cold plate design. Kays and Londonâ s ...

Description: The performance of high-powered lasers depends on effective cooling. High-powered lasers generate a significant amount of heat that must be removed from the laser system to avoid overheating critical ...

Description: Water and water/glycol solutions are common heat transfer fluids used in cooling systems and recirculating chillers. Although the fluids are the lifeblood for your heat transfer applications, they can ...

Description: The trend in the electronics packaging industry is towards smaller, more powerful devices. With these small, high power components, however, there are also higher heat fluxes. As a result, engineers ...

Description: To select the best cold plate for your application, you need to know the cooling fluid flow rate, the fluid inlet temperature, the heat load of the devices attached to the cold plate, and the maximum ...

Description: In many liquid cooling loops, the heat that is picked up by a cold plate is rejected to the ambient air via a heat exchanger. Figure 1 shows a typical liquid cooling loop, consisting of a cold plate ...

Description: Now that youâ ve determined liquid cooling is the solution, do you know what heat transfer fluid to use? One of the most important factors when choosing a liquid cooling technology for your ...

Description: To be effective, all cold plates require intimate surface-to-surface contact with the component or board-to-be-cooled. Unfortunately, irregular surface areas, both on the electronic components and on ...

Description: Vacuum brazing is a high-end joining technology because it results in parts with extremely strong joints and with no residual corrosive flux. It is a process in which two base metals, such as aluminum ...

Description: Lytron recommends using a 30/70 glycol-water mixture with its recirculating chillers whenever the coolant temperature set point is below 10°C (48°F). The glycol lowers the freezing point of the ...

Description: The prestigious Georgia Water and Pollution Control Association Award for 2003 was presented to the Big Flat Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Loganville, Georgia. The Big Flat Creek facility ...

Description: The Mindis facility in Atlanta, Georgia began operations in 1994 to treat non-hazardous industrial wastewater. Today, the plant treats over 2 million gallons per month and has an extensive fleet of ...

Description: A featured stop on the WEFTEC facility tour, the City of Atlanta's Utoy Creek Water Reclamation Center represents the latest in water treatment plant design and technology. Newly renovated and ...

Description: Offi cials responsible for the Airport Parkway Sewage Treatment Plant (located in South Burlington, Vermont) were notifi ed in March 2011 by federal investigators, that their newly acquired high-effi ...

Description: There's nothing like a hot bubble bath on a frigid winter's night. And, nothing snaps you back to reality faster than stepping out of the tub and onto a cold tile floor. These days, fewer people are ...

Description: The most important characteristic of any glass melt furnace is that the lining be able to withstand the highly corrosive fumes frequently generated by glass chemistry at high temperatures. High ...

Description: A re-circulating chiller is used to supply a steady flow of temperature-controlled fluid to an application. The fluid temperature coming from the chiller could be used to cool, maintain or even ...

Description: This article takes an in-depth look at the advantages and disadvantages of steam and hot water for jacketed heating, and compares indirect and direct steam injection systems for making hot water. ...

Description: Inline direct steam injection is more energy efficient than indirectly heating water in a tank. Use this overview of DSI equipment to select the appropriate system for your application. ...

Description: Landfill gas is becoming increasingly important as a source of fuel for process heating. This is primarily due to its carbon footprint, which can be harnessed to do work instead of being vented or ...

Description: A heat sink gives waste energy a place to go. A properly sized heat sink maintains the semiconductor junction temperature at or below the max. allowable temperature. ...

Description: Practical Applications for Heat Pipe Technology: Heat Carrying Capacity Formed Heat Pipes / Flattened and Bent Limitations of Bending / Min Radius Examples of the Technology: Heat spreading Increased ...

Description: In 1834 Jean Peltier discovered that when electrical current passes through a closed circuit made up of two dissimilar metals, heat energy is absorbed at one dissimilar metal junction and discharged ...

Description: Learn about the role that thermoelectric modules perform in various applications involving heat exchangers. ...

Description: Discover why thermoelectric modules are so reliable, and the factors that play key roles in their overall reliability. ...

Description: Multistage gas compression is one of the most common processes in any industrial plant. Applications vary from one industry to another and include natural gas processing, petroleum refining, and ...

Description: Significant gains in energy efficiency have been elusive for heat transfer systems that use high-volume air-movement systems such as cooling towers, chillers and evaporative coolers. Although much ...

Description: When heat densities rise to very high levels, air cooling may prove inadequate, but designing a liquid-cooled heat sinking system may at first seem formidable. In reality, it is a very straightforward ...

Description: The following photos of a complex heat sink assembly demonstrate a wide variety of high technology cooling solutions. This cooler for an RF power amplifier is capable of dissipating many hundreds of ...

Description: Many designers will turn to copper as an alternative material to improve heat sink performance when an aluminum sink may not provide enough cooling. In some cases this switch is justified, in other ...

Description: Although fin skiving is not a new manufacturing technology it has seen an increase in satisfying the need for low cost, high fin ratio thermal management parts. Ideal for cooling ultra-fast ...

Description: Data centers contain racks of computers used to store and administrate vast amounts of information. Heat generated by these computers routinely reaches levels high enough to cause system failure. To ...

Description: Water & Wastewater International, November 2007 — Proper maintenance of cooling towers can be a dangerous, expensive and tedious undertaking. Here's some information on ways to make the process ...

Description: This guide discusses general issues related to the selection of industrial equipment for heat processing. Since nearly all products manufactured today require heat application at some point in the ...

Description: Batch-type ovens, which include cabinet-type to truck-loaded (or walk-in type) designs, are the more common type of oven used. ...

Description: This guide discusses general issues related to the selection of industrial equipment for heat processing. Since nearly all products manufactured today require heat application at some point in the ...