How to make a radiator?
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Hi there.
Does anybody have any ideas on how to make an efficient radiator (for cooling liquids)?
The best I've come up with is a Titanium tank with VOID 'fins' for fan-forced air to pass through. This doesn't work very well though, and the fins don't really seem to dissipate much heat.
Is there a better way to do it?
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2x2 blocks of GOL will cool things down rapidly (but you run the risk of freezing them). If you want to cool it to a precise temperature, you could use ARAY at that temperature, being shot into the tank of liquid in many places - BRAY is spawned at exactly the desired temperature. If you power the ARAY with PSCN, the ARAY will work faster, and you don't run the risk of sending a spark through your liquid if it can conduct.
TLDR: Use PSCN to power ARAY set to the desired temperature.Edited once by FeynmanLogomaker. Last: 9th Jun 2014 -
Thanks for the reply, but I'm trying to do this semi-realistically. Sort of like how the radiator in a car works (Small metal fins radiate heat into the air, which gets forced through by a fan/vehicle speed). Is there anything along those lines in TPT that'd do what I'm after? Also, is there a particular liquid that'd work better than others in this scenario?
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LN2 would work. Of course, you wouldn't normally cool a car with liquid nitrogen, but in this case, it's the perfect liquid, as it disappears when it becomes too warm.That will get it REALLY cold, but that can be worked around.
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Well, this (https://powdertoy.co.uk/Browse/View.html?ID=1556697) is where I'm stuck at the moment. The coolant doesn't really cool down as it passes through the radiator itself (only by 10~ish degrees) even when it's up near 100 degrees.
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you could use Ambient Heat, but failing that, put some CLNE(BOYL) at the end of the fan. Otherwise TPT doesn't simulate air temperature, which is how an IRL radiator works.
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Sorry, I meant Ambient heat simulates it (but not very accurately) but if it's off, there's no air essentially.
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I've used a couple of different methods here for cooling deut - but not LIFE, anyway hope it helps.
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The best way (Ive found) to make a rad is to use an unpressurized chamber with an adjacent chamber with continuous circulating fresh water; as viewed in my "4-Stroke engine" project
1530400View Save 1530400Edited 2 times by detroit671. Last: 24th Jun 2014
