With all due respect to Trevor: Saying it don't make it so. Far from
being debunked, the assertion that there is an optimum flow rate for
maximum heat transfer out the radiator has received ample backup on the
list. This thread resumes each year about the time the trees begin to bud
and people are as passionate in their support of their analyses as they are
support of their religious beliefs.
I have been meaning to go to the local engineering college and look up
"the radiator problem", which surely appears as a homework assignment or on
Heat Transfer midterms hundreds of time each year. Stay tuned.
John Cowan
At 03:51 PM 5/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>(Richard Triplett) wrote:
>> (1)Don't remove the thermostat in an attempt to prevent overheating,
>> because the thermostat does several things; it maintains the engine at its
>> most efficient temperature, slows flow of water through radiator to ensure
>> heat dissipation (if water flows too fast, heat transfer will be reduced),
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> Although the thermostat has it's purpose, the "flowing too fast"
>myth has been debunked many times on this list. It has no basis
>in science.
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> Refer to the archives for the meat of the discussion.
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>--
>Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
>tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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