How Hybrid Liquid Cooling Works in Surface Pro 4 & Possibly in Lumia 950 XL as well

While we all knew that Lumia 950 XL comes with liquid cooling, what we did not knew that even Surface Pro 4 comes with liquid cooling which is an improved when compared to Surface Pro 3. This must be one of the reason why it is faster than its predecessor and even Apple Macbook Air.

Like you can see in the image above, compared to SP3 which had all the  heat concentrated in one spot,  Surface Pro 4 uses the vapour technology along with standard cooling tech using Fans. In Surface Pro 4 the copper pipes bent out 40% of the hear towards fan, while 60% of the heat goes into a thin condenser where it’s cooled and turned into liquid again.

Vapour Cooling is not new. Its being used in refrigerators for example. When it absorbs heat, it becomes gas and carries it towards exhaust or inducing system. There it cools and turns into liquid again.

This arrangement makes sure that only when there is an intensive task, the fan is triggered till then, the thin condenser takes care of the things. So for web browsing, and normal day-to-day activities, you’ll no longer have the fan run as you did in the Surface Pro 3. And when the surface is under pressure with the fan running, the heat will be more evenly distributed – not all concentrated in a big hot spot – making the SP4 feel a bit cooler

I am guessing a similar technology is used in Lumia 950 XL as well.  Chips used in Mobile phones generate lot less heat compared to PC. It mostly gets heated during gaming or when GPS is used a lot.  Since there is no fan, the phone should have thin condenser that must be doing the magic.  Since Lumia phones are built using Polycarbonate body, heat dissipation is not easy, and this will definitely help.

via Microsoft News | Source mrong@imgur