Producing a convectional jet requires an external source of fluid, such as piped-in compressed air or plumbing for water.
Although the mechanism is fairly simple, extremely fast cycling requires high-level engineering to produce a device that will last in industrial applications.
For hot spot thermal management, the Synjet, commercially offered by Austin, Texas–based company Nuventix,[5] was patented in 2000 by engineers at Georgia Tech.
[8] Problems in applying the technology include weight, size, response time, force, and complexity of controlling the flows.
[13] Recently, research team at the School of Engineering, Taylor's University (Malaysia), successfully used synthetic jets as mixing devices.