Computer cooling is required to remove the waste heat produced by computer hardware to keep components within permissible operating temperature limits. Components that are susceptible to temporary mal
A finned air cooled heatsink with fan clipped onto a CPU, with a smaller passive heatsink without fan in the background
A 3-fan heatsink mounted on a video card to maximize cooling efficiency of the GPU and surrounding components
Commodore 128DCR computer's switch-mode power supply, with a user-installed 60 mm cooling fan. Vertical aluminium profiles are used as heatsinks.
The dust buildup on this laptop CPU heatsink after three years of use has made the laptop unusable due to frequent thermal shutdowns.
Water cooling is a method of heat removal from components and industrial equipment. Evaporative cooling using water is often more efficient than air cooling. Water is inexpensive and non-toxic; howeve
Computer cooling
…fans are widely used along with heatsink fans to reduce temperature by actively exhausting hot air. There are also other cooling techniques, such as liquid cooling. All modern day processors are designed to cut out or reduce their voltage or clock speed if the internal temperature of the processor exceeds a specified…
Cooling tower and water discharge of a nuclear power plant
The Indian Point Energy Center. Over a billion fish eggs and larvae are killed in its cooling system each year.
Cooling water intake of a nuclear power plant
An antique gasoline engine with an evaporative cooler and mesh screen to improve evaporation. Water is pumped up to the top and flows down the screen to the tank.