Abstract: There is described a spray chamber for cooling a computer processor on a circuit board. The spray chamber comprises: a wall assembly for sealable mounting on an exposed cooling surface of the computer processor defining an enclosure having a top opening and a bottom opening which opens on the top surface of the computer processor; and a lid for covering the top opening of the wall assembly in a sealable manner, the lid having a nozzle which sprays coolant that impinges on the exposed cooling surface of the computer processor.
Abstract: A device for cooling a processor which comprises a chamber which is bottomless and having a perimeter sealably mounted directly on a surface of a processor; a microgap plate, separate from the chamber, which is installed at a bottom of the chamber and forms a microgap with the surface of a processor; and a lid, separate from the chamber, which is installed onto the chamber to close a top of the chamber, the lid comprising downward projections to urge the microgap plate to the bottom of the chamber during installation. Walls forming the downward projections of the lid form a lining conforming to an inner surface of walls of the chamber, wherein the lid and the downward projections thereof together form a bottomless enclosure that defines an inlet plenum volume for receiving the coolant. The microgap comprises a central inlet through the microgap plate for coolant flow into the microgap.
Abstract: There is provided a chassis for a computing system comprising a heat-generating element. The chassis comprises a body with at least a portion thereof made of a non-metallic material, namely a nonmetallic portion. For example, the non-metallic material can be a moldable plastic. There is provided a channel made in the non-metallic portion, the channel having a starting point close to a dedicated location for a fan, the channel having an ending point close to a dedicated portion for the heat-generating element, the channel shaped to guide fluid propelled at the starting point to the ending point. The channel can be a tunnel inside the body or a valley on the surface of the body, and confines fluid flow from the fan, guiding the fluid flow to the heat-generating element.
Abstract: The present document describes an apparatus for recovering heat from an electronic component to generate electric energy. The apparatus comprises a thermoelectric generator having a cold side and a hot side, the hot side being in thermal communication with the electronic component. The apparatus further comprises a heat dissipation device in thermal communication with the cold side of the thermoelectric generator for dissipate heat it receives, and a heat transfer device with a thermal conductivity greater than 200 W(m·K) for directly transferring the heat from the electronic component to the heat dissipation device.