thrownawayfan

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   by thrownawayfan 14y ago

   Wouldn't the boundary layer thickness be affected by the centrifugal force that presses the air against the fins? I was under the impression that that was the main advantage of this design.
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   by thrownawayfan 14y ago

   Of course, fitting this into a laptop would be problematic as well.
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   by thrownawayfan 14y ago

   According to them, the air gap provides a thermal resistance on the order of 0.02 C/W. The primary resistance is the fin -> ambient air interface. This device is also very quiet, based on that video. Assuming their goal of 0.05 C/W re
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   by thrownawayfan 14y ago

   There's a whitepaper available here http://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-control.cgi/2010/10025... Their data suggests that the air gap provides minimal resistance to the flow of heat. As for the clearance, they've stated that unusually
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   by thrownawayfan 14y ago

   From the slides at https://ip.sandia.gov/techpdfs/Sandia%20Cooler%20presentatio... >Q: Can the device be mounted in any orientation? >A: Yes—the air bearing assembly is held together by magnetic attraction (between the stator and