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Disipating 60W of the hot side of the peltier cooler

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Saulius:
Hi fellow enginerds,

I haven't done much heat dissipation calculations. So I would like some advice.

I will be cooling some devices with a thermoelectric cooler, and I need to dissipate at least 60W on the hot side of the peltier element.
I am trying to decide on the most reasonable solution.
Distentions of the peatier element are 55x55mm.
I was thinking of using a heat sink, but not sure what size should I use and what size fan should I use.

If anyone has any advice, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks :)

ejeffrey:
That is about the right size and power budget for a standard CPU heatsink and fan.  I would first look if you can just use one of those off the shelf.

ConKbot:
How close to ambient do you need to keep the hot side? I.e. If you're just temp stabilizing a laser or something, pretty much any desktop CPU cooler should suffice.
If your trying to stay as close to ambient as possible, something like a NH-D15 is about as good as you'll do in the consumer segment for a 1-piece solution. (I.e. not an All In One sealed water cooler)

Anandtech did proper thermal measurements with a 60W load (convenient for you )  https://www.anandtech.com/show/9415/top-tier-cpu-air-coolers-9way-roundup-review/12

6.5C above ambient at 60W, with thermal resistance coming in at 0.0944C/W for the 60-340W range.

SiliconWizard:
I would also consider a CPU cooler. Beware that the typical contact surface of a CPU cooler is smaller than 55x55mm, so that may leave a peripheral belt on the Peltier module excessively hot?

What are you going to do with this Peltier cooler?

Marco:
There's vapor chamber heat spreaders on Aliexpress nowadays, anyone ever tried them?

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