It requires no active cooling system and can be installed anywhere on earth, even an underground vault.

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In addition, Nanophosphate EXT is expected to enable automakers to significantly reduce or completely eliminate active cooling systems in electric vehicle battery packs.

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In 2003, Stanford University spin-out company Cooligy showed off its Active Micro-Channel Cooling (AMC) technology which allowed fluids to circulate through hundreds of tiny channels on the upper surface of a chip.

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An "active", or mechanical, cooling system was considered for Herschel in the initial feasibility studies.

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