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Very interesting, though a bit odd to contrast air cooling with fluid cooling, given it takes pretty extreme conditions for air to not be a fluid.
by KMag 3y ago
Very interesting, though a bit odd to contrast air cooling with fluid cooling, given it takes pretty extreme conditions for air to not be a fluid.
- drjasonharrison 3y agoGasses have a lot more opportunities to engage in turbulent flow and little corners of whirlpools, where heat transfer efficiency drop, than comparatively more viscous liquids.
- KMag 3y agoYes, I'm aware. My mechanical engineering undergrad program had 2 semesters of thermal fluids engineering. I'm just saying "We tried air cooling, but switched to fluid cooling" is an odd statement, since air would have been a fluid in their use case.
- robomartin 3y agoClearly I meant to say liquid. I think this was well understood by mst readers.