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Fly Wheel Powered Liquid-Cooled Radiator

12/15/2008 9:13 AM

Salutations, Im working on building a liquid cooling radiator system, and I dont want to use electricity. I want to install it on a fly wheel, and use the mechanical energy from the flywheel to power the water pump. I was thinking of using a tesla turbine, and gearing or using a magnetic coupler to transfer the rotation from the flywheel directly to the pump(Tesla Turbine) so as to not waste heat or energy by converting into electricity for an electric pump.

Also I need this cooling unit to cool down a specific section, by ten degrees F in a half of a second. then after the liquid absorbs the heat from this section it should run through heat exchanger fins to disperse that heat, then back through the pump and re-cycle every half second.

I think a tesla turbine would work best, but if you have better pump suggestions it would be kindly appreciated, also Im in need of the best way to flush the water over the heated section so to cool it as quickly and efficiently as possible.

would I require a compressor or would fins work well enough for only a ten degree temperature difference?

I know i will need a thermostat and a flow meter, any other instrumentation i may need?

Thanking you for your cooperation I am,

Cash

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Re: How do I make a liquid cooled unit without electricity

12/15/2008 10:37 AM

Hi cashman68bam

If you have a municipal filled tank on the roof you can have the water flowing through the system under gravity. you can discard the outflow in the street or storm water drains. You don´t even need a pump or flywheel.

Send me the cash and I might send you detailed plans of what not to do.

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Re: Fly Wheel Powered Liquid-Cooled Radiator

12/15/2008 1:33 PM

What is your application exactly? How large is your radiator? Are we talking about a car-sized radiator or a microchip-sized radiator? What is the operating temperature (a 5 deg C drop is practically nothing).

More information please.

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Re: Fly Wheel Powered Liquid-Cooled Radiator

12/15/2008 2:10 PM

slightly larger then a micro chip, the surface that needs to be cooled will only be 2-3 square inches... I could use a kit for liquid cooled PC units, except i need to time the pump and id prefer the pump to work with the mechanics of the flywheel. operating temp will be 70 degrees f. 293 K. all it needs to do is is cool down every half second by ten degrees. to do this mechanicaly I was going to use a gear on the pump that changes speed.

The application is for a custom sterling engine piston. if you insist on that information, I require cooling one side of the piston for a temperature difference

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