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Mytqik wrote:...
However water has a lower level of heat transfer. IE it accepts heat at a slower rate than air, so to cool the same volume of charge air, you will need more water...
Mytqik wrote:...
However water has a lower level of heat transfer. IE it accepts heat at a slower rate than air, so to cool the same volume of charge air, you will need more water...
Absolute crap!
Why just say that???? back it up with some info
Because it is true.
If you want info...
The specific heat capacity of WATER is about 4180 J/(kg.K) - where J=Joules (energy) and K= Kelvin (degrees celcius + 273.15). Specific heat capacity is the amount of energy that is required to raise the temperature of one kg of the substance by 1 Kelvin.
so it takes approx 4.2kJ of energy to raise 1kg of water by 1 degree celcius/kelvin.
By contrast, the specific heat capacity of AIR is 1.05 J/(kg.K) in a constant pressure process e.g. 1 atmosphere (specific heats of gases are calculated slightly differently but this is close enough for here).
So therefore, on a kg for kg basis water has about 4000x the cooling capacity of air.
Mytqik wrote:...
However water has a lower level of heat transfer. IE it accepts heat at a slower rate than air, so to cool the same volume of charge air, you will need more water...
Absolute crap!
Why just say that???? back it up with some info
Because it is stating the flamin obvious.
If you can't see that, go and stick your head in abucket of water
back it up with some info
