air cooling
Breeze-driven temperature control
Air cooling is a method of dissipating heat using airflow rather than liquid.
Fans blow ambient air over heated surfaces—engines, electronics, machinery—to carry warmth away.
Most personal computers rely on air cooling: The graphics card runs hot but air cooling keeps it stable.
Contrast with liquid cooling or water cooling.
Passive heat dispersal device
- fanAdmirer or air mover
- thermal pasteConductive cooling interface material
- CPUMain computing chip
- GPUVisual processing hardware
overclocking · airflow · case fan · exhaust · intake · dissipation · motherboard · chipset
Heat transfer device
- intercoolerHeat exchanger for compressed air
- heat exchangerTransfers thermal energy between media
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- finsSwimming appendages
grille · hood scoop · engine bay · cowl · ducting
Circulation of fresh air
- circulationMovement through a system
- ductworkHVAC distribution channels
- thermostatAutomatic climate control device
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
exhaust fan · intake vent · grille · louver · cross-ventilation · ceiling fan · economizer · attic fan
heatsink
Passive heat dispersal device
- fanAdmirer or air mover
- thermal pasteConductive cooling interface material
- CPUMain computing chip
GPU · overclocking · airflow · case fan · exhaust · intake · dissipation · motherboard · chipset · convection
radiator
Heat transfer device
- intercoolerHeat exchanger for compressed air
- heat exchangerTransfers thermal energy between media
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
fins · grille · hood scoop · engine bay · cowl · ducting
ventilation
Circulation of fresh air
- circulationMovement through a system
- ductworkHVAC distribution channels
- thermostatAutomatic climate control device
breeze · exhaust fan · intake vent · grille · louver · cross-ventilation · ceiling fan · economizer · attic fan · window fan
- coolingrefrigeration, heat sink, evaporator, heat sinks, radiator
- cooling systemsradiator, antifreeze, thermostat, water pump, radiator hose
- thermal controlheat sink, heatsink, radiator, heat exchanger, heat pipe
- heat treatmentannealing, tempering, quenching, hardening, normalizing
- metal treatmentsannealing, hardening, quenching, tempering, carburizing
- PC coolingheatsink, radiator, thermal paste, case fan, pump
air coolingforced-air heating
Ductwork-distributed furnace warmth
convection heating · radiant heating · space heating · central heating · heat pump
air, cooling, airs, aired, airing, airy, airily, airiness, cool