Thermal Performance of a Double-Action Pulsed Jet CPU Cooler

More efficient and compact thermal management techniques are critical for the development of Central Processing Units (CPU) embedded in complex and powerful modern computer systems. Introducing a technological alternative to conventional fan-cooled systems, this paper presents an experimental inves...

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Main Authors: Chandratilleke, Tilak, Rakshit, Dibakar
Other Authors: Chong Chin Hui
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IEEE 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28088
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Rakshit, Dibakar
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Chandratilleke, Tilak
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description More efficient and compact thermal management techniques are critical for the development of Central Processing Units (CPU) embedded in complex and powerful modern computer systems. Introducing a technological alternative to conventional fan-cooled systems, this paper presents an experimental investigation of a double-action CPU cooler based on the pulsed (or synthetic) jet principle.The study develops a prototype of this new CPU cooler and tests it for a range of operating conditions to ascertain its cooling capabilities. The performance of this device is compared with a conventional fan CPU heat sink design for evaluating the relative thermal advantages of the new configuration. It is observed that the pulsed-jet CPU cooler achieves about 1.5 times more heat removal rate than a comparable fan CPU cooler. Whilst thermal optimisation is feasible, it is recognised that this pulsed jet arrangement has unique surface cooling ability without additional fluid circuits, making it particularly desirable for high-capacity electronic cooling applications.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-280882023-02-08T05:41:02Z Thermal Performance of a Double-Action Pulsed Jet CPU Cooler Chandratilleke, Tilak Rakshit, Dibakar Chong Chin Hui Ashok Anand Alfred Yeo Electronic cooling CPU Cooling Pulsed jet More efficient and compact thermal management techniques are critical for the development of Central Processing Units (CPU) embedded in complex and powerful modern computer systems. Introducing a technological alternative to conventional fan-cooled systems, this paper presents an experimental investigation of a double-action CPU cooler based on the pulsed (or synthetic) jet principle.The study develops a prototype of this new CPU cooler and tests it for a range of operating conditions to ascertain its cooling capabilities. The performance of this device is compared with a conventional fan CPU heat sink design for evaluating the relative thermal advantages of the new configuration. It is observed that the pulsed-jet CPU cooler achieves about 1.5 times more heat removal rate than a comparable fan CPU cooler. Whilst thermal optimisation is feasible, it is recognised that this pulsed jet arrangement has unique surface cooling ability without additional fluid circuits, making it particularly desirable for high-capacity electronic cooling applications. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28088 10.1109/EPTC.2013.6745741 IEEE restricted
spellingShingle Electronic cooling
CPU Cooling
Pulsed jet
Chandratilleke, Tilak
Rakshit, Dibakar
Thermal Performance of a Double-Action Pulsed Jet CPU Cooler
title Thermal Performance of a Double-Action Pulsed Jet CPU Cooler
title_full Thermal Performance of a Double-Action Pulsed Jet CPU Cooler
title_fullStr Thermal Performance of a Double-Action Pulsed Jet CPU Cooler
title_full_unstemmed Thermal Performance of a Double-Action Pulsed Jet CPU Cooler
title_short Thermal Performance of a Double-Action Pulsed Jet CPU Cooler
title_sort thermal performance of a double-action pulsed jet cpu cooler
topic Electronic cooling
CPU Cooling
Pulsed jet
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28088