Artigo Revisado por pares

The electro-adsorption chiller: a miniaturized cooling cycle with applications to micro-electronics

2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 25; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0140-7007(02)00026-9

ISSN

1879-2081

Autores

Jeffrey M. Gordon, Kim Choon Ng, Hui Tong Chua, Anutosh Chakraborty,

Tópico(s)

Heat Transfer and Optimization

Resumo

A novel modular and miniature chiller is proposed that symbiotically combines adsorption and thermoelectric cooling devices. The seemingly low efficiency of each cycle individually is overcome by an amalgamation with the other. This electro-adsorption chiller incorporates solely existing technologies. It can attain large cooling densities at high efficiency, yet is free of moving parts and comprises harmless materials. The governing physical processes are primarily surface rather than bulk effects, or involve electron rather than fluid flow. This insensitivity to scale creates promising applications in cooling personal computers and other microelectronic appliances.

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