![]() ![]() Prototype versions of this heat sink functioned as normal, except designers hadn't figured out how to place the double heat sink inside the engine the same as standard heat sinks could be placed. Introduced as a prototype in 2567 by the Terran Hegemony. That said, the benefits of "free" double heat sinks in the engine usually outweighs that tradeoff anyway. The heaviest 'Mechs are less limited by tonnage and more limited by pod space. ![]() In general, the lighter 'Mechs have trouble making use of all available pod space, making the bulk issue meaningless. The benefits of doubled heat dissipation capacity usually outweigh the drawbacks and by 3058 almost every 'Mech model was equipped or retrofitted with double heat sinks. A given unit must therefore be equipped exclusively with either standard or double heat sinks, though exceptions are known. The advanced Clan version is twice the size of a standard heat sink Star League era double heat sinks and those later developed by the Inner Sphere are three times as bulky as a standard heat sink.Īlso, double heat sinks are normally incompatible with standard heat sinks. Their drawback is that they are much bulkier than a standard heat sink (unless integrated into a fusion engine). The difference is that a double heat sink offers twice the heat dissipation capacity of a standard heat sink, for the same mass (one ton). The devices were sold exclusively to their production allies, Terramatrix Salvage, and development partner, * “The Iron Dingoes”.Double Heat Sinks, often abbreviated DHS and colloquially also referred to as Freezers throughout the Inner Sphere after their NAIS codename, operate in much the same way and for the same purpose as standard heat sinks. In 3046, Haceb announced it had officially refined the process to manufacture the Prototype version of the Double Heat Sink, and began expanding their facilities in Antiqua to produce the “standard” version of the Freezer as a serial product in 3047. Nonetheless, it is believed Terramatrix Salvage and Haceb are intending to continue refinement of the device over the next few years. The technology, considered primitive by most modern standards, still grant units equipped with them, the ability to shed heat energy at a faster rate, at the expense of bulkier units than are typically acquired. Haceb, known for its domestic production of consumer appliances from its manufacturing complex in Valledupar expanded its facilities to manufacture these devices on a limited basis for Terramatrix Salvage, as well as limited sale to national military forces as of mid-3034. In mid-3032, Terramatrix Industrial Salvage made a formal announcement, that in cooperation with Industrias Haceb from The District of Antiquia, it had developed a new technology, known colloquially as the “Proto Double Freezer”. Most modern heat sinks use a simpler ceramic-based production. Recovered : 3023 (Iron Dingoes), 3032 (Haceb).įound in the lost data vault of Blue Rock Candy Mountain, this technology has been put into limited production by the Iron Dingoes. Introduced : 2467 (Terran Hegemony), 2583 (Taurian Concordat) DHS-Ps can be combined with single heat sinks in combat units that can mount double heat sinks (BattleMechs, AeroSpace Fighters, Small Craft, and DropShips).Ĭonsidered an automatic module, the DHS-P continues to remain active, unless it is actively shut off, or destroyed through damage, even if the unit is considered shut-down. Notes : *DHS-P*s cannot be mounted in an engine. The unit costs a base 6000 Cs to produce.Īs of 3047, standard DHS production was made available to the Iron Dingoes, devices equal in operation to the Star League’s own modules. The unit weighs 1.0 tons and takes up three (3) critical slots. 158, 240), with the following exceptions. The DHS-P module functions as a traditional Inner Sphere module, as per standard rules ( Total Warfare pgs. The deployment of the first “Prototype” Double Heat Sinks in the mid- 3030s, by the Federated Suns was a jump on their rivals and much in use by the time of the 4th Succession War. Much more compact, but ultimately flawed due to a reliance on corrosive liquid metal coolants, they were too brittle to be effective in combat. The Inner Sphere was well on its way to recovering this technology towards the end of the 3rd Succession War, by NAIS in the Federated Suns. ![]() Using a larger, more powerful radiator system that improves the integral heat pumps and cooling lines, it is a much bulkier module. Constructed with advanced polymers and further supplied with specially engineered cooling liquids, the Double Heat Sink revolutionized the design of both BattleMechs and AeroFighters in the 25th century and beyond. ![]()
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