Cooling of microprocessors with micro-evaporation: A novel two-phase cooling cycle

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1264-1276

  Marcinichen, Jackson Braz ^a   Thome, John Richard ^a   Michel, Bruno ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparison; Component; Cooling; Cooling circuit; COP; Electronic; Heat recovery; Microprocessor design

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON; COMPONENT; COOLING CIRCUIT; COP; ELECTRONIC; HEAT RECOVERY; MICROPROCESSOR-DESIGN;

EVAPORATORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PUMPS; RECOVERY; WASTE HEAT;

COOLING;

EID: 77957135558     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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