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the process of cooling computer components via the Peltier effectSee Also: Peltier effect, Seebeck effect
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Peltier — is a French surname and may refer to:*Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785 1845), French physicist, documented the Peltier effect *Lee Peltier (born 1986), English football player *Leonard Peltier (born 1944), Native American activist who was… … Wikipedia
Water cooling — Cooling tower and water discharge of a nuclear power plant Water cooling is a method of heat removal from components and industrial equipment. As opposed to air cooling, water is used as the heat conductor. Water cooling is commonly used for… … Wikipedia
Peltier effect — /pel tyay/, Physics. the change in temperature of either junction of a thermocouple when a current is maintained in the thermocouple and after allowance is made for a temperature change due to resistance. [1855 60; named after Jean C. A. Peltier… … Universalium
peltier — n. cooling device that works according to the Peltier effect … English contemporary dictionary
Peltier effect — noun A thermodynamic effect which occurs when current is passed through a thermocouple, used in computing as a cooling process. See Also: Seebeck effect … Wiktionary
Computer cooling — An OEM AMD heatsink mounted onto a motherboard. Computer cooling is required to remove the waste heat produced by computer components, to keep components within their safe operating temperature limits. Various cooling methods help to improve… … Wikipedia
Air cooling — is a method of dissipating heat. It works by making the object to be cooled have a larger surface area or have an increased flow of air over its surface, or both. An example of the former is to add fins to the surface of the object, either by… … Wikipedia
Thermoelectric cooling — uses the Peltier effect to create a heat flux between the junction of two different types of materials. A Peltier cooler, heater, or thermoelectric heat pump is a solid state active heat pump which transfers heat from one side of the device to… … Wikipedia
Computer cooling — Méthodes de refroidissement pour ordinateur La majorité des composants d un ordinateur chauffent, allant d une très faible production de chaleur pour les lecteurs optiques, à une production beaucoup plus importantes pour le microprocesseur par… … Wikipédia en Français
Jean Charles Athanase Peltier — (1785 in Ham (France) 1845 in Paris) was a French physicist. He discovered the calorific effect of electric current passing through the junction of two different metals. This is now called the Peltier effect or Peltier–Seebeck effect.The Peltier… … Wikipedia
