{"id":336,"date":"2010-03-25T14:35:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T19:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatsinks.wordpress.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2016-02-19T15:09:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T19:09:16","slug":"using-the-stirling-cycle-for-cooling-power-generation-a-how-to-white-paper-from-ats-thermal-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/25\/using-the-stirling-cycle-for-cooling-power-generation-a-how-to-white-paper-from-ats-thermal-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Stirling Cycle for Cooling &#038; Power Generation &#8211; A &#8220;how to&#8221; White Paper from ATS Thermal Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stirling_cycle\">Stirling Cycle<\/a> is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the general class of Stirling devices. This includes the original Stirling Engine (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stirling_cycle\">1<\/a>). As component power density has increased over the years a natural progression has been occurring in electronics cooling. First generation electronic components required little to no external cooling; heat dissipation into a PCB was often sufficient. After this came the development of passive heat sinks which used increased surface area to dissipate heat via natural convection and radiation.<\/p>\n<p>A shift in the basic electronics cooling methods has been sought. This would be a method that not only transports heat but also converts it into a more easily controlled form of energy. Mechanical motion is such energy and this can be generated using the Stirling Cycle. To learn more, please visit our free article, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/qats.com\/cpanel\/UploadedPdf\/Qpedia_Thermal_eMagazine_0210_V4_hirez.pdf#page=24\">Using the Stirling Cycle for Cooling &amp; Power Generation<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stirling Cycle is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the general class of Stirling devices. This includes the original Stirling Engine (1). As component power density has increased over the years a natural progression has been occurring in electronics cooling. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/25\/using-the-stirling-cycle-for-cooling-power-generation-a-how-to-white-paper-from-ats-thermal-labs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,59,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-thermal-design","category-thermal-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}