self-cooling en · ADJ
Etymology
From self- + cooling.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Able to prevent itself from overheating.
A thermoelectric self-cooling system with forced air cooling based on a finned plate heat sink (case-a) and a water cooling based on a microchannel heat sink (case-b) is evaluated through a thermodynamic model.
2021 May 7, M. Di Capua H , Wolfram Jahn, “Performance assessment of thermoelectric self-cooling systems for electronic devices”, in Applied Thermal Engineering, volume 193, →DOI:Previous attempts at designing self-cooling microchips have largely relied on a two-pronged approach, involving designing the cooling elements separately from the electronic elements, and then combining after the initial fabrication process.
2024 February 20, Sarah Wells, “Self-cooling microchip provides a tiny solution to a giant problem”, in Inverse: