A patented passive cooling system for computer processors that’s undergoing optimization at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) could save U.S. consumers more than $6.3 billion per year in energy costs associated with running their computer cooling fans.
Imagine what it could do if in global use.
The system, which was awarded $10,000 in 2014 UAH Charger Innovation Funds, uses convection to circulate 3M’s Fluorinert FC-72 liquid through channels in a computer’s processor and then into a heat sink that serves as an external radiator.
Its adoption could save computer manufacturers $540 million annually in manufacturing material costs by eliminating fans and associated wiring. Energy and materials savings are based on a future in which 300 million machines are in use in the U.S.
There’s an added global benefit to the reduction in electricity consumption, says Dr. James E. Smith Jr., a UAH chemical engineering professor emeritus who is working with graduate students to optimize the system.
“If you can do this for the world, we can save a whole lot of pollution globally,” Dr. Smith says. “Think of what could be done in China alone.”
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