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flannelhead
Sat May 03 2008, 07:28AM Print
flannelhead Registered Member #952 Joined: Mon Aug 13 2007, 11:07AM
Location: Finland
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Yesterday I read the latest issue of "MikroBitti", a Finnish computer and new technology magazine. There was an interesting article about Thorrn Micro Technologies, who are developing a "solid state fan" for computers. This fan utilizes corona discharge and "ion wind" to generate the air flow. The fan volume is less than 1cm^3 and it's enough to keep a 25W heat source cool. This graph looks also very promising.

What do you think about this idea?
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Berni
Sat May 03 2008, 10:10AM
Berni Registered Member #1132 Joined: Mon Nov 19 2007, 06:15PM
Location: Slovenia
Posts: 84
I find this a great idea.

Ion wind can be pretty strong so i guess it could be used as a fan.Would be nice to eliminate all fans in a PC.
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MRacerxdl
Sat May 03 2008, 02:39PM
MRacerxdl Registered Member #989 Joined: Sat Sept 08 2007, 02:15AM
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
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I have seen here on brazil one of that Ion Coolers. I think its a good idea for some applications, because you can eliminate all noises. But I think in some computers and other thinks we still need the Common CPU Coolers. Too many heat dissipation.
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Avi
Sat May 03 2008, 05:33PM
Avi Registered Member #580 Joined: Mon Mar 12 2007, 03:17PM
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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what about all those ions :-S
I bet it would flip more bits then without.
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dingo27
Sat May 03 2008, 06:39PM
dingo27 Registered Member #890 Joined: Tue Jul 10 2007, 10:06PM
Location: Slovakia
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i read about that month- two ago.
page Link2 (slovakian...)

and...
Link2

it looks interesting, but 1 thing is minus - it needs higher voltage
and i read about that some year ago but it was only developing...

what can we know? maybe 1-2 years and we dont have coolers in modern computers :)
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Berni
Sat May 03 2008, 06:43PM
Berni Registered Member #1132 Joined: Mon Nov 19 2007, 06:15PM
Location: Slovenia
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But what woryes me a bit it the ions escapeing and building up static charges,a not very good thing in a computer.
Also what happends when these things gets cloged with dust? Arcover and catch fire?
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Antonio
Sun May 04 2008, 12:57PM
Antonio Registered Member #834 Joined: Tue Jun 12 2007, 10:57PM
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I wonder what they do with all the corrosive and toxic ozone and other nasty things produced by the corona discharge.
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Dr. H.
Sun May 04 2008, 02:51PM
Dr. H. Registered Member #931 Joined: Mon Jul 30 2007, 05:25PM
Location: Bulgaria
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I agree with Antonio - to generate a decent airflow (even for 25W) you/they will be generating a lot of ozone, and for a computer in a closed room - bad things can happen smile
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Nik
Sun May 04 2008, 04:20PM
Nik Registered Member #53 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 04:31AM
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I wonder how many components may be oxidized by the ozone. Could there be a longterm problem, ions aside.
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Bjørn
Sun May 04 2008, 05:17PM
Bjørn Registered Member #27 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 02:20AM
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I don't think ozone will be a problem for normal computers. Some laser printers produce large amounts of ozone and they keep going for decades.
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