If you haven’t read many of my blogs then this may be a surprise. I like to use videos to embellish the typed word. I find this is an effective way and often gives better understanding when available. Today’s discussion is nothing short of benefiting from a video.
We’ve shared before that there are three types of heat transfer, more if you go into sub-categories of each. These types are Convection, Conduction, and Radiation. If you want a better understanding of those, feel free to check out Russ Bowman’s blog here. Thanks to the US Navy’s nuclear power school, he is definitely one of the heat transfer experts at EXAIR. If you are a visual learner like myself, check out the video below.
The Application Engineering team at EXAIR handles any call where customers may not understand what EXAIR product is best suited for their application. A good number of these applications revolve around cooling down a part, area, electrical cabinet, or preventing heat from entering those areas. Understanding what type of heat transfer we are going to be combating is often helpful for us to best select an engineered solution for your needs.
Other variables that are helpful to know are:
Part / cabinet dimensions
Material of construction
External ambient temperature
If a cabinet, the internal air temperature
Maximum ambient temperature
Desired temperature
Amount of time available
Area to work with / installation area
Understanding several of these variables will often help us determine if we need to look more towards a spot cooler that is based on the vortex tube or if we can use the entrained ambient air to help mitigate the heat transfer you are seeing.
If you would like to discuss cooling your part, electrical cabinet, or processes, EXAIR is available. Or if you want help trying to determine the best product for your process contact us.
Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF
Video Source: Heat Transfer: Crash Course Engineering #14, Aug 23, 2018 – via CrashCourse – Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK7G6l_K6sA