SBIR Phase I: Solid-State Fan

这个SBIR第一阶段的研究项目将展示设计一种固态风扇的可行性，这种风扇的性能特征优于传统的旋转叶片风扇或离心鼓风机，这些风扇通常与散热器一起使用。目标是开发一种离子拖动型风扇，成本更低，无噪音，尺寸和重量小一个数量级，与标准轴流风扇或离心式鼓风机相比，更节能，更可靠。一种称为自播种电极的独特离子产生机制将被评估。这将通过建立机理模型和用实验验证模型来完成。还将对新机制的流体流动、传热和耐尘能力进行评估。个人电脑和消费电子产品产生的废热负荷继续增加，同时整体产品尺寸减小。这种趋势是紧张的能力，传统的，风冷散热产品。这种新的传热技术的影响将在移动计算领域。固态风扇将使笔记本电脑在保持其性能的同时进一步缩小尺寸。它将使超薄甚至超移动电脑（手掌大小的电脑）能够运行全功能版本的操作系统和其他个人电脑软件，并达到与大型电脑类似的水平。

This SBIR Phase I research project will demonstrate the feasibility of designing a solid state fan with performance characteristics that are superior to the conventional, rotating blade fans or centrifugal blowers that are typically used in conjunction with heat sinks. The goal is to develop an ion-drag type fan that is lower in cost, noiseless, an order of magnitude smaller in size and weight, more energy efficient and more reliable as compared to the standard axial fan or centrifugal blowers. A unique ion generation mechanism called self seeding electrodes will be evaluated. This will be done by modeling the mechanism and verifying the model with experiments. The fluid flow, heat transfer and dust tolerance capabilities of the new mechanism will also be evaluated.The waste heat load produced by personal computers and consumer electronics continues to increase with a simultaneous decrease in overall product dimensions. This trend is straining the capabilities of conventional, air cooled heat sinking products. The impact of this new heat transfer technology will be in the area of mobile computing. The solid-state fan will enable laptop computers to further shrink in size while maintaining their performance. It will enable ultra-slim and even ultra-mobile computers (palm sized computers) to run full featured versions of operating systems and other PC software and perform at a similar level to their larger counterparts.