Traco Power's New Conduction Cooled System with the TCI Series

Fans for Electronic Systems

Fans have long been the go-to method for efficiently cooling electronic systems and power supplies due to their affordability and effectiveness in dissipating heat from electronic components. And although fans are a proven method, they also come with some drawbacks:

  • noise generation
  • wear and tear from dust and particles
  • the need for airflow-optimized designs
  • and the risk of failures if the fan becomes blocked or damaged

are common concerns when implementing fans into an application.

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fan system cooling

Other Cooling Systems

Basplate cooling
Baseplate Cooling
Heat Pipes
Heat Pipes
liquid cooling
Liquid Cooling
Thermoelectric Cooling
Thermoelecttric Cooling

Many passive cooling systems like heatsinks or cooling baseplates have limitations and lose much of their effectiveness when used with higher power systems.

 


 

 

Traco Power's Solution: A Fanless Conduction-Coolded Power Supplies

The result of our efforts is the new TCI power supply series, which utilizes an innovative hybrid case design, part encased and part encapsulated. 

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TCI Aufbau

 

 

While the metal case ensures optimal heat transfer to any baseplate or case, the special potting compound does the same for the individual components by establishing an ideal thermal connection to all critical components which is otherwise hard to achieve within conventional power supply designs.

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conduction cooled

By combining the best aspects of both case types, the TCI series has superior thermal capabilities and can reach much higher power levels without the need of a fan within the same form factor compared to traditional power supply designs. When used in a conduction cooled setup the TCI series is able to deliver 80 to 100% of the rated maximum output power, making it an ideal solution for fanless application setups.

comparsion of traditional and TCI design

Our TCI Series

TCI 130
130 Watt
TCI 240
240 Watt
TCI 500U
500 Watt
TCI 500
500 Watt