Aircooling
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Aircooling (also: air cooling) is one method of dissipating heat. It works by using a fan blowing air into the object one wants to cool. Usually, a heatsink is also used for greater efficiency.
Its use is widespread in CPU cooling, where the computer processors produce large quantities of heat that, if not dissipated, could damage the CPU.
It is said that in the future new processors would be generate too much heat to be dissipated through air, and it would follow that aircooling is becoming obsolete.
Aircooling is also used in some internal combustion engines, especially flat or boxer engines such as in the VW Beetle.
See also
- CPU cooling
- Watercooling
- Heat pipe cooling
- Peltier cooling