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That's a good point I hadn't even thought about it. It seems the property they want is the higher boiling point but I don't know enough about heat storage to kn
by Spivak 3y ago
That's a good point I hadn't even thought about it. It seems the property they want is the higher boiling point but I don't know enough about heat storage to know why they consider that a win compared to pure water.
- 15457345234 3y agoA glycol/water mix is almost always chosen primarily because of the anticorrosion purposes and freezing point alteration. If you have a racing car you run pure water with a bit of 'wetter' (a surfactant) in the cooling system as it gives you the highest thermal capacity / cm^3 ratio. If you want to increase the boiling point (to run a smaller heat exchanger) that's most trivially achieved through pressurisation.