What is Cooling: Definition and 638 Discussions

Cooling is removal of heat, usually resulting in a lower temperature and/or phase change. Temperature lowering achieved by any other means may also be called cooling.
The transfer of thermal energy may occur via thermal radiation, heat conduction or convection. Examples include:

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  1. K

    Cooling Air Fluids/Thermo Help

    I am looking to cool my air supply before applying it to an application in a temperature chamber. The chamber will be at cold the air supply from outside the chamber will be ambient temperature. I want my supply air to be cooled to match the chamber before it enters my application, so pressure...
  2. E

    Water cooling system help Lots of things Calculations and everything

    I live in Dubai, and the water for my whole house is stored in a water tank on my roof. This is a problem as during the summer months the temperatures reach up to and a bit beyond 50 degrees in the day, this heats up the water in the tank a lot so we don't have any cold water during the later...
  3. B

    How does cooling work in a nuclear power plant?

    I know how Nuclear Power works so this will help you move a little faster with helping me. Whenever I see a Specs on how they Colldown a Reactor they show you a big Pump going into the Core and turns and goes back out. In this big Pump is Cold Watter and because it is going throu the water...
  4. K

    Cooling several rods by counterpropagating airflow

    Hi, due to the fact that its not my daily work, I how someone could help me to find a startingpoint, how to solve my problem: I want to cool down in a revolver like setup let me say 8 or more cylindrical rods in a continuous way by a counterpropagating airflow. the setup is shown in the...
  5. S

    Cooling air by running it through underground pipes

    An environmentalist friend of mine wants to cool a building on his property (something like a shed or workshop) not with AC, but by blowing air from outside into a pipe underground, running it underground for a distance, and then blowing that air straight up into the building. I need to find...
  6. S

    (?) on making your on liquid cooling system?

    I was interested in liquid cooling system for my computer tower and had a few (?)s 1. How can i make my own liquid cooling system? 2. Is it cheaper than fans? 3. can i make a liquid cooling system cheaply? 4. Does it look cooler than fans? 5. If i can make my own liquid cooling system can i...
  7. W

    Newton's Law of Cooling for Multilayers

    1. A problem that I need to solve for class is asking me to solve Newton's Law of Cooling for a 4-layered system. The system is a cube with three layers (also cubic) around it. The inside cube and the three layers all start at the same temperature that is lower than the ambient temperature...
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    Writing a differential equation to describe cooling

    Homework Statement Newton's Law of Cooling states that the temperature of an object changes at a rate proportional to the difference between the temperature of the object itself and the temperature of its environment. Suppose the ambient air temperature is 70*F and that the rate constant...
  9. O

    Why Use Cooling Air in Gas Turbines Instead of Lowering Fuel/Air Ratios?

    Gas turbine fuel/air ratio & cooling, help please! Hello Dear Colleagues, I am doing a gas turbine project and I wonder why we use cooling air instead of decreasing the fuel/air ratio after getting the following results from my gas turbine thermodynamic model. I have a mechanism in my model...
  10. B

    Newton's Law of Cooling & Specific Heat Capacity

    Newton's Law of Cooling basically states (I believe): TObj = (TInital-TEnv)ekt + TEnv where k is a property of the material. In the equation: Q=mCΔT Specific heat capacity, C, is also a material property. So here's my question: Is there a relation between Newton's Law's k and the...
  11. K

    Newtons law of cooling vs conduction equation in solids

    I know that Newtons law of cooling is useful when a solid is transferring heat to a fluid. And conduction equation is used in solids. My question is: 1) Can Newtons law of cooling be applied in case of solids (apart from Heat conduction equation)? 2) Can Newtons law of cooling be applied in...
  12. S

    Thermal/fluid dynamics and liquid cooling a computer.

    Hello all, I am by no means a scientifically educated person. I am a network engineer by trade. As a hobby, I work on personal computers. That being said, I'm trying to find formulas for calculating what kind of cooling I can expect given a certain liquid cooling configuration. What is...
  13. I

    'State-of-the-art' in regard to temperatures of atomic cooling

    Hello PF. I thought this would be a good place to ask around for information pertaining to "where we are at" in controlled creation of ultra-cold environments for atoms; for example, how cold an environment can we actually make today, etc.? I am especially interested in the BEC phenomena. When I...
  14. J

    Newton's Law of Cooling (Calculating Time of Death)

    Homework Statement The problem states that you discovered the body at 1pm Thursday in a freezer where the temperature was 10F. Temperature of the corpse at discovery was 40F. I have to find how many hours ago the victim died. Homework Equations You are given the formula T = Ta + (98.6 -...
  15. D

    Need help on this question on Newtons law of cooling

    Homework Statement please i need help as have been trying to solve this question: A body cools from 70°C to 50°C in 6mins when the temp of the surrounding is 30°C. what wil be the tempt of the body after another 12mins if the cooling obeys Newtons law of cooling equation: dq/dt =...
  16. B

    Extreme Newton's Law of Cooling D.E.

    Homework Statement after a very unpleasant valentine's Day, a dead body was found in a downtown warehouse that had no heating or air conditioning. it was February in Florida and we know that the daily temperature in the warehouse fluctuates according to the function T(t)= 63-12sin(∏t/12)...
  17. M

    Newton's law of cooling question, no inital temperature given

    Homework Statement The temperature of an object has been lying at rest and cooling for sometime had been found to be 31oC. An hour later, the same object was found to be 30oC. The room was also What was the initial temperature of the object, assume Newton's law of cooling applies...
  18. TheFerruccio

    Mitigating Frost for Cooling 100+ kg of Air/sec to Subzero Temps

    The SABRE engine, currently being developed by a company in Oxfordshire, England, is a single stage to orbit, experimental hybrid air-breathing/LOX rocket engine with a rather fascinating heat exchanger that pre-cools the air before entering the combustor. What fascinated me the most about this...
  19. J

    Can Microturbine Exhaust Be Safely Cooled for Pedestrian Areas?

    Hi guys, not sure if this is in the correct section but I'll go ahead anyway. I'm working on an automotive design project. The car that I'm designing has twin micro jet turbines, like the Jaguar CX-75, to charge and power the electric motors propelling the car. The problem that I'm trying...
  20. C

    Dyson bladeless fan/turbine compressor building air cooling?

    the Dyson bladless fan relies on forcing air out along one side of the rim of a ring, so drawing air from the other side of the ring to create more airflow the household implementation of the fan uses an ordinary air compressor at the base to pump the air into the ring, and this creates a...
  21. H

    Can the Rapid Depressurization of a Soda Can Cause Significant Cooling?

    So, i just opened a soda can that hadn't been refrigerated and upon drinking it, the soda felt much colder than i would have expected from where it was stored. i realize that the cans are pressurized from the CO2 and that on opening they lose this pressure. to my understanding the when a...
  22. J

    An insulated cooling sphere

    A solid steel sphere is heated to 150 deg F and allowed to cool in a room at 60 deg F. During cooling, the sphere is wrapped in insulation which is at room temperature before used. Will the surface of the metal sphere warm or will only the rate of cooling change? Don't laugh, I've seen...
  23. K

    Cooling that is both Adiabatic and Isochoric - possible?

    I figure that it is possible for temperature to decline in a fixed volume system that is thermally insulated. The reason why is that, from what I understand, is that random kinetic energy may have angular momentum. If we were to subject a volume of such energy to a rotating force (torque), then...
  24. M

    Rapid Cooling Study - Ti-Fe and Ti-Fe-Sn Alloys

    Hello mates, anyone here ever studied or used the method of rapid cooling called "Splat Cooling" ? I will use this method for the processing of two types of alloys. Ti-Fe and Ti-Fe-Sn. Then I will compare its phases, microstructure, etc and properties like nanohardness. I would really...
  25. P

    Solving Radiative Cooling Rate Homework Equation

    Homework Statement The first part of this question deals with interstellar gas collisions at a certain velocity, and the resultant temperature of the cloud is obtained. Then this question: The main coolant has the following radiative loss rate \Lambda=n_H10^{-28}T_{gas} \text{erg...
  26. tom.stoer

    Neutron star temperature and cooling

    Is there a well-established theory for temperature and cooling processes of neutron stars as a function of time?
  27. A

    Newton's law of cooling with multiple containers DE's

    I've been trying to figure out how to solve the following problem: "A metal bar is placed in a container (call it container A) which is inside of a much larger container (call it container B), whose temperature can be assumed to be constant. Find the function for the temperature of the metal...
  28. H

    Regression (I think) of Newton's Law of Cooling

    Homework Statement Using a data logger, I have collected data for two cooling cups: the temperature (c) at 1 second intervals. My task was to model this data using two methods. "METHOD 1: Use EXCEL or the regression analysis capability of your graphic calculator" "METHOD 2: Find the...
  29. E

    Use waste heat to create cooling effect

    input heat, output cooled air Homework Statement As the title says, I am looking to produce cool air with heat. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution
  30. V

    Comparing Cooling Rates of Solid and Hollow Spheres

    There are two sphere of same radius but one is solid and other is hollow. Both are heated to same temperature(greater than room temperature). which will cool at faster rate? I think both the spheres will cool at same rate since hollow sphere can't loose it's heat inside it (because internal...
  31. J

    Ideal Gas Law/Estimate of Cooling Power

    Oh you who are wise in the ways of Physics, I beg a moment of your time. I've poked around wikipedia and found my way to PV=nRT and Thermal Mass and some other basics, and Googled "compressed air" "ice" "expansion" and similar, but can't quite find anything that helps me answer my question...
  32. S

    Automotive Cooling of suzuki 800cc engine

    I want to use 2 radiators instead of a single radiator for cooling a maruti suzuki 800cc engine. The reason? we are participating in SUPRASAE 2012 and our space for the radiator is limited(we can't accommodate the 300*335 mm radiators but we can accommodate two radiators within 200*300 mm). Can...
  33. P

    Cooling two six packs of beer in a small refrigerator

    Your dorm room has a temperature of 72 °F, and you have two six packs of beer that you want to get ready to a drinking temperature of 61 °F for dinner. Your fridge has a temperature of 44 °F, and experience has shown that a room-temperature six pack, placed in the fridge, will be at drinking...
  34. C

    Why cooling circuits, in a fridge for example, need a dryer?

    Since they are closed systems, and do not contain water, why do they use a dryer? And how does that dryer works? It uses a dissecant? If so does it need to be changed?
  35. N

    Newtons Law of Cooling - Determine rate of cooling

    An engine switched off and left to cool naturally will obey Newtons law of cooling. A particular engine is switched off at 105°C when the ambient temperature is 0°C. Its temperature falls according to the equation T=105e-0.025t °C. Where t=time in minutes. c) use calculus to determine the...
  36. Biosyn

    Differential Equations of Cooling Laws

    Homework Statement When you turn on an electric heater, such as "burner" on a stove, its temperature increases rapidly at first, then more slowly, and finally approaches a constant high temperature. As the burner warms up, heat supplied by the electricity goes to two places. i.) Storage in...
  37. C

    Contraction of a static fluid due to cooling

    Hi, I'm trying to model a compensation device in a hydraulic system. Basically, I have a closed pipe that contains a body of liquid (water glycol) and as time elapses this fluid is subject to a cooling effect. This results in contraction and hence a pressure decrease which is subsequently...
  38. E

    Cooling 27L of Water from 100°C to 20°C in 5 Minutes

    Hi! So this is the scenario. I have 27 litres of water at 100 degrees Celsius. I have to cool the water to 20 degrees Celsius within 5 minutes. Since the heater power required is too high, I thought this could be done by adding in water at 20 degrees Celsius while draining out the water...
  39. T

    Newton's Law of cooling DE involving delicious coffee.

    I did this problem a few times now and double checked my procedure but I don't see what I did wrong. The answer should be 6.07 minutes according to the back of the book, but I get 3.63. Homework Statement Newton's law of cooling states that the temperature of an object changes at a rate...
  40. S

    Byron Nuclear Gen Station Backup Cooling Pumps

    Do any of you know if the backup water pumps have been upgraded at the Byron NGS? Also, is the plant currently using the main cooling pumps, or the backup pumps? Last year after the Fukushima triple meltdown, the NRC told the Exelon that the backup cooling pumps at Byron were too small...
  41. G

    Newton's Law of Cooling of object

    I don't understand Newtons law of cooling dT/dt = k(a - b) were a is the object and b is the surroundings that the object is placed in... Is this correct or is there suppose to be a negative sign like so dT/dt = -k(a - b) also does Newton's law of cooling apply to putting a cold object...
  42. A

    Why Is My Solution to Newton's Law of Cooling Equation Incorrect?

    Homework Statement dT/dt = -k(T - T_m) T is the temperature of the body, T_m is the temperature of the surroundings, -k is some contant and t is ofcourse time Homework Equations no idea The Attempt at a Solution I tried solving this using first order linear ODE...
  43. U

    Calculating Heat Transfer for Portable Cooling Device

    I am trying to construct a portable personal cooling device. I am considering using tygon tubing and propylene glycol/water mixture as the coolant in the tubing circulating it through an ice water bath. The tubing would be connected to copper pipes, that would run into the bag containing the ice...
  44. M

    What Are the Highest and Lowest Temperatures in Injection Moulding?

    Hi everyone I am looking for someone who could possibly help me with my calculations regarding injection moulding. Basically I have four different inserts (from four different materials). Into these inserts the molten plastic is injected, where stays for about 22 seconds and then is ejected...
  45. T

    Intel Pentium D Cooling: Problem?

    Hi yes i have an Intel Pentium D 2.8GHz processor and i have 1 92mm case fan on the back pulling hot air out and another fan pulling aisr in and my CPU fan is pulling air into the heatsink and my computer runs at between 50c and 70c...i was wondering if i have a problem cause i put new thermal...
  46. M

    Why does liquid cool down when it evaporates?

    Can someone please explain to me why a liquid cools down when it evaporates:-D
  47. L

    I from a physics brain: thermal capacity, conduction, cooling

    I am doing a zainy experiment at home. I need to devise a way of applying a cooling intensity factor (CIF) of around 70 mW/cm2. I need to cool material that is roughly 30 degrees Celsius down to around 2 degrees Celsius. The cooling has to last for a period of one hour or more. The surface...
  48. F

    Cooling a lattice QCD gauge configuration

    Hello I am looking to learn about Lattice Gauge Theory. I am already understand the general theory, (that is, defining fermions and gauge fields on lattice sites and links, respectively), but am having trouble intuiting the results of such calculations. As an example, the following is a...
  49. G

    Heat engine with with state change and no cooling

    I will look at two different engines, which need heater, and no cooler, to operate. First one: A rocket engine, which, instead of burning fuel, simply heats up cold fuel in solid form so the heated and evaporated substance is used as a reaction mass. The nozzle of the rocket engine is in...
  50. D

    Is Newtons law of cooling related to the zeroth law of thermodynamics?

    Being that both laws explain some kind of heat transfer I was wondering if they are in any way related.
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