Polycarbonate Grade Can Replace Aluminum In LED Heat Sinks

The light emitting diode (LED) market is booming as consumers switch from incandescent bulbs to more energy efficient LEDs. ...

iPhone App Helps Optimize Heat Sinks to Cooling Needs

Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. has developed a heat sink design calculator, as an iPhone app, that identifies the proper heat sinks to solve most component-level cooling issues. ...

MotorSolve v3.0 with Thermal Analysis Module

Infolytica Corporation announces MotorSolve v3 is available....

How Hot is Too Hot? Ask Sherlock

Power supply engineers have access to more powerful thermal simulation tools than ever before. Finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics can provide highly accurate predictions for even very complex thermal management solutions. However, these new capabilities fail to answer the most critical question: How hot is too hot? ...

EPRI To Evaluate Adding Solar Thermal Energy To Coal Plants

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced that it has launched the second of two projects to help electric power companies add solar energy to fossil-fueled electric power plants, reducing fuel costs and plant emissions...

Silicone-Free Interface Material Provides High Thermal Conductivity

MH&W International has introduced Keratherm U 90 thermal interface material for use where contamination concerns prohibit the use of silicone-based thermal pads, but where high levels of thermal conductivity are needed for sufficient thermal transfer in hot electronic devices...

Cooling Specialist Acquires Components Provider

Waytronx, the provider of openly licensable advanced systems cooling solutions, has acquired CUI, provider of electronic components...

Liquid Cooling Is Coming To Chips and Boards

Online columnist Lou Pechi argues that the now-popular techniques for cooling chips and pc boards are becoming inadequate as levels of power dissipation continue to rise...