The干旱。Chaetomorpha过滤器来自Pax Bellum是我们多年来看到的一些最有趣的藻类洗涤器。独特的设计已经开发了近五年的近五年之久,具有高输出LED管,周围环绕着生存和生长的大藻类。
众所周知,LED会产生大量局部热量,因此管理这些照明组件的热能是防止二极管过热的首要任务。考虑到这一点,建议在狭窄的空间中放置许多高功率LED,但是Pax Bellum提出了一种真正创新的方法来实施这种方法,以在封闭的管中提供具有真正明亮的光线的藻类过滤器。
A.R.I.D.的LED灯过滤器向右滑入将光从水中隔离的大石英套筒中,但确实减少了LED所容纳的体积。乍一看,您可能会假设Pax Bellum LED管由包裹在某种金属管上的LED“绳索灯”制成,并连接到外部散热器上。您会部分正确,但Pax Bellum确实将他们的LED热链接带到了一个新的水平。
this copper tube is actually a functioning heat pipe
LED本身被包裹在金属管上,但该铜管实际上是功能正常的热管。LED管中心的铜管实际上密封在真空下,并包含少量的蒸发液。
随着蒸汽流体加热,it evaporates and rises in the pipe. When this fluid vapor reaches the cooler part of the top-mounted heatsink, it condenses and falls back down the copper pipe. The fluid cycle of evaporation and condensation essentially moves thermal energy out of the copper pipe and towards the externally mounted heatsink.
The truly innovative design of the Pax Bellum heat pipe LED tube is definitely the “secret sauce” which allows their A.R.I.D. filter to provide a high intensity of lighting to the macroalgae within. No other lighting design we know of can pack as much power within a small confined space as the working heat pipe heat sink that Pax Bellum has created, and has rightfully applied for patent.
In the large commercial sized A.R.I.D. C-30 filter we recently installed at Unique Corals, the LED tube contains an even mix of white and red LEDs with a total power output of 42 watts. There’s just no way you could pack in so much power and efficiency into such a small volume without the innovative design of Pax-Bellum’s LED solution.
Stay tuned for a follow up post where we give our first impression of our hands-on time unboxing and installing one of Pax-Bellum’s large A.R.I.D.chaetomorphafilter.