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IC package representation is central to Electronics Cooling

IC package representation is central to Electronics Cooling

Electronics cooling involves ensuring that IC package temperatures do not exceed maximum rated values. If they do the probability of thermo-mechanical…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part V

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part V

Why is it that when you increase a cavity air gap size beyond ~30mm is there no subsequent detrimental affect…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part IV

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part IV

100mm block, 50mm insulation, 50mm cavity air gap then 100mm block make up an external wall that in theory comply…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part III

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part III

As covered in the previous blog, air that sticks to the inside and outside walls offers a resistance to the…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part II

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part II

It might well be that a single U-value is quoted, in reality though that single value describes the ease by…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part I

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part I

I never trust a quoted value without having at least a little understanding as to what the value truly represents…

Keeping the caveman warm – HVAC blog

Keeping the caveman warm – HVAC blog

We knapped our first flints about 2,000,000 years ago and started to shelter from the elements in caves and simple…

FloVIZ, the free FloTHERM/FloVENT CFD results viewer, try it, it’s free

FloVIZ, the free FloTHERM/FloVENT CFD results viewer, try it, it’s free

Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD, is a simulation technology that provides 3D predictions of fluid flow and heat transfer for a…

‘Heat Trees’ – taking a leaf out of natures book

‘Heat Trees’ – taking a leaf out of natures book

Heatsinks aren’t a novel energy efficient type of washing bowl, they are parts that are placed on high powered IC…