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How much power would a square meter at 1400C shed from convection?
by wat10000 11mo ago
How much power would a square meter at 1400C shed from convection?
- baobrien 11mo agoNot much in space; There's almost no matter to convect!
- fsh 11mo agoA sports car radiator has about that size and dumps 1 MW without boiling the coolant.
- alextingle 11mo agoA car's "radiator" doesn't actually lose heat by radiation though. It conducts heat to the air rushing through it. That's absolutely nothing like a radiator in a vacuum.
- fsh 11mo agoThat's the point. Forced air cooling is way more efficient than radiative cooling.
- tsimionescu 11mo agoThe question was about comparing the 1400KW of radiative cooling to how much convective coolig you could get from the same radiator on Earth.
- MadnessASAP 11mo agoI dont have firm numbers for you since it would depend on environmental conditions. As an educated guess though, I would say a fucking shit ton. You wouldn't want to be anywhere near the damn thing.