Optimization of High-Power LED Heat Sinks

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More efficient, versatile, and longer-lasting than incandescent bulbs, LED lights have revolutionized thehorticulture industry. To prevent performance issues in the LED, heat generated by an LED light is dissipatedthrough an attached heat sink. Such heat sinks are traditionally large and heavy.URSA has developed a range of LEDs with carefully engineered spectra for optimal plant growth, but whichhave not yet been optimized for thermal dissipation in warm and damp hothouse environments.This research project will enhance and optimize heat sinks for the unique LED configuration within URSA'sOptilux series of horticultural lights. The resulting prototype will dissipate the required heat load of these lightswith an optimally small and lightweight heat sink.The resulting heat sink will benefit the company's cost base by rendering their light fixtures lighter, more costeffective, and more competitive.This project will make horticultural lighting more lightweight, affordable, and energy-efficient, which willhelp to increase yields in greenhouses for Canadian growers and also reduce Canada's overall carbon-footprintfor food production. In addition, the successful launch of a novel, disruptive, efficient, and cost-effectiveproduct into the horticultural lighting sector will lead to the creation of more jobs at URSA and in thehorticultural sector as a whole.