News tagged with chillers

ALCF working to get more science per watt

Apr 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Cooling a supercomputer consumes more electricity than is required to run the machine, even machines as powerful as the IBM Blue Gene/P—called Intrepid—at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. ...

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Weathering System Cuts Product Testing Time

Technology / Engineering

Sep 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers design a new auto paint, a better solar device or a sturdier vinyl siding. But how can they know if the new products deserve a five-year, 10-year or 30-year warranty? Better a ...

Barrier to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes faces criticism

Space & Earth / Environment

Aug 24, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

The last stand in the battle to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes is under way. The Army Corps began tests last week to see whether it can permanently crank up the power on its new electrical fish barrier on the ...

IBM and ETH Zurich unveil plan to build new kind of water-cooled supercomputer

Electronics / Hardware

Jun 23, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 1

In an effort to achieve energy-aware computing, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), and IBM today announced plans to build a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer that will directly ...

Keeping cool using the summer heat

Technology / Energy

Jan 23, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (6) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- While most Australians are taking care to shield themselves from the harsh summer heat, scientists from the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship are working on ways to harness the sun’s warmth ...

Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Jul 23, 2008 | 4.9 / 5 (23) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ...