← Back to context Comment by pyrale 7 hours ago Where does the heat collected by amminia get evacuated? 2 comments pyrale Reply littlestymaar 6 hours ago Through thermal radiation, it's called radiative cooling.But it's not trivial indeed, especially if you want good power density in your space data center. MPSimmons 5 minutes ago Datacenter capacity (and thus heat) grows by the cube law, but the ability to radiate heat grows by the square law, so it seems like it would be advantageous to have a bunch of smaller satellites, if you were concerned about cooling them.
littlestymaar 6 hours ago Through thermal radiation, it's called radiative cooling.But it's not trivial indeed, especially if you want good power density in your space data center. MPSimmons 5 minutes ago Datacenter capacity (and thus heat) grows by the cube law, but the ability to radiate heat grows by the square law, so it seems like it would be advantageous to have a bunch of smaller satellites, if you were concerned about cooling them.
MPSimmons 5 minutes ago Datacenter capacity (and thus heat) grows by the cube law, but the ability to radiate heat grows by the square law, so it seems like it would be advantageous to have a bunch of smaller satellites, if you were concerned about cooling them.
Through thermal radiation, it's called radiative cooling.
But it's not trivial indeed, especially if you want good power density in your space data center.
Datacenter capacity (and thus heat) grows by the cube law, but the ability to radiate heat grows by the square law, so it seems like it would be advantageous to have a bunch of smaller satellites, if you were concerned about cooling them.