Thermal management has become a significant issue to be considered whilst designing high performance and high reliable hard disk drives (HDD). This paper proposes a compact ultra-thin cooling device for enhancing heat dissipation of HDD. The miniature device was designed and prototyped to its optimal cooling efficiency according to the thermal characteristics of operating HDD. The experimental results of this newly developed device show that it can offer up to 35% enhancement of heat dissipation with a lower power consumption of 10 mW. Furthermore, the low power consumption device has been fully integrated with the disk drive without modifying the structure of the disk drive. This device provides a key for the design engineers in developing reliable and longer operational life hard disk drives.
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ASME 2008 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
October 31–November 6, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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978-0-7918-4871-5
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Enhancement of Hard Disk Drive Heat Dissipations With Integrated Cooling Devices
C. P. H. Tan,
C. P. H. Tan
Data Storage Institute, Singapore
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E. H. Ong
E. H. Ong
Data Storage Institute, Singapore
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J. P. Yang
Data Storage Institute, Singapore
C. P. H. Tan
Data Storage Institute, Singapore
E. H. Ong
Data Storage Institute, Singapore
Paper No:
IMECE2008-69115, pp. 1617-1620; 4 pages
Published Online:
August 26, 2009
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Yang, JP, Tan, CPH, & Ong, EH. "Enhancement of Hard Disk Drive Heat Dissipations With Integrated Cooling Devices." Proceedings of the ASME 2008 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Volume 10: Heat Transfer, Fluid Flows, and Thermal Systems, Parts A, B, and C. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. October 31–November 6, 2008. pp. 1617-1620. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2008-69115
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