Microgrid, other Reengineering, will eliminate computer overheating
Microgrid DC to DC connections being reengineered to eliminate overheating, massive energy waste, and longer computer life says scientist
DALLAS (March 7, 2011) – The energy wasted by heat generated from the massive number of the worlds computers is a needless loss that can be corrected by reengineering the microgrid. “This is a new concept of electricity transmission and distribution that is just emerging,” says Dr. Krishna Shenai, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Toledo in Ohio.
DC to DC connection heat can be managed by providing “the right amount of power at the right time, called power management,” says Dr. Shenai. “Reducing the heat in a laptop, or a personal computer, or a bigger server, or a datacenter is a prime goal. Because of the heat you have to cool it to make the computer work, so you lose energy for cooling also.”
And Shenai says he sees a time when we are past the new smart grid movement to where there is no grid at all, with electric demands being supplied totally in DC current local to the site of use. Agreeing with Dr. Shenai is Janet Marsden, a COTELCO research fellow at the school of information studies with Syracuse University in New York. Marsden says instead of the grid delivering our power, utilities will manage electricity produced on or near each site through RF, what she calls “software defined radio systems,” or “cognitive radio networks.”
Both Marsden and Shenai spoke by phone from their separate offices on the ScienceNews Radio Network program, the Promise of Tomorrow with Colonel Mason. The program originates in Dallas, Texas, and is now archived at the website for its world audience.
Each will make a presentation to the engineering world at the 2011 IEEE Green Technology Conference April 14-15, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sponsored by the US Department of Energy and Boeing, and produced by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE-USA, IEEE Region 5, and the IEEE Baton Rouge Section. As the US Gulf Coast grapples with high passions at site of the recent oil spill, the public is urged to attend by registering at the website.
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