The Powder Toy

Heat Exchange Systems by TheNik

TheNik
TheNik
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23rd Jul 2017
8th Jun 2018
In this save, the Cocurrent Exchange mechanism is compared with the Countercurrent Exchange mechanism. Feel free to use the concept and parts in your saves. I ask for, but do not require, credit.
physics thermodynamics science

Comments

  • bollt
    bollt     25th Jul 2017
    just use the new heat conducter :(
  • TheNik
    TheNik     24th Jul 2017
    sential-5, I am not too good at teaching , so, really, I recommend you look this up on Wikipedia or some other site. I can give you an idea, but please, go and discover the universe yourself! :-) I am just mentioning it here, because your comment sounded like an implication that I actually taught you how this works, while I merely showed you that this is a thing. I may have misunderstood, though.
  • hansungje
    hansungje     24th Jul 2017
    'I want to give +2'... +1
  • sentinal-5
    sentinal-5     24th Jul 2017
    that's awesome!! wish we'd been taught this when we covered the basics of refrigeration loops in my mechanical systems class :( thank you for teaching me something i've never heard of before!
  • Spobo
    Spobo     24th Jul 2017
    Neat +1
  • TheNik
    TheNik     23rd Jul 2017
    In real life, this is used, for example, for ventilation of heated rooms: The incoming fresh, cold air should keep as much energy as possible from the old warm air. So we use a Countercurrent Exchange mechanism to get the heat out of the old air into the new air. If you're asking about TPT, however, well, we have no conservation of mass or energy, so it could all be done by just pouring LAVA or LN2. But if you want, say, a realistic cooling mechnism for a reactor, you could use this principle.
  • Spobo
    Spobo     23rd Jul 2017
    What could this be used for?
  • TheNik
    TheNik     23rd Jul 2017
    I would be grateful if anyone found a fix for this.
  • TheNik
    TheNik     23rd Jul 2017
    You may or may not have noticed and wondered why the central "walls" in the pipes are made from alternating FILT/FRME. Well, I use FRME as non-flammable insulator here, obviously. But it is needed here to prevent vertical heat exchange as much as possible - the whole thing is based on the principle that there is a strong horizontal heat gradient. This is also likely the fault that causes the arriving stone to still be 150 - 200 deg. C hot - the ANAR conducts the heat downward inside of itself.