Independant Intercooler Test
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Tin minus Tout divided by Tin minus T ambient
Tin - Tout/Tin - Tambient = intercooler effiency
Tin equals Temperature at IC inlet
Tout equals Temperature at IC outlet
Tambient equals ambient temperature
Above is the equation we can use to quantify intercooler efficiency. Looking at the equation, you can clearly see that a higher temperature drop (Tin - Tout) is going to increase the calculated efficiency, but there’s more to the equation. The bottom of the equation (Tin – Tambient) takes ambient temperature into account because obviously if the air outside is colder, then the intercooler is going to transfer more heat to the cooling fluid, which increases the intercooler’s calculated efficiency. So this equation does a good job at leveling the playing field for varying ambient temperatures. That way, performing these tests in the dead of winter, or desert heat won't appreciably skew our results.
Tin - Tout/Tin - Tambient = intercooler effiency
Tin equals Temperature at IC inlet
Tout equals Temperature at IC outlet
Tambient equals ambient temperature
Above is the equation we can use to quantify intercooler efficiency. Looking at the equation, you can clearly see that a higher temperature drop (Tin - Tout) is going to increase the calculated efficiency, but there’s more to the equation. The bottom of the equation (Tin – Tambient) takes ambient temperature into account because obviously if the air outside is colder, then the intercooler is going to transfer more heat to the cooling fluid, which increases the intercooler’s calculated efficiency. So this equation does a good job at leveling the playing field for varying ambient temperatures. That way, performing these tests in the dead of winter, or desert heat won't appreciably skew our results.
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Tin minus Tout divided by Tin minus T ambient
Tin - Tout/Tin - Tambient = intercooler effiency
Tin equals Temperature at IC inlet
Tout equals Temperature at IC outlet
Tambient equals ambient temperature
Above is the equation we can use to quantify intercooler efficiency. Looking at the equation, you can clearly see that a higher temperature drop (Tin - Tout) is going to increase the calculated efficiency, but there’s more to the equation. The bottom of the equation (Tin – Tambient) takes ambient temperature into account because obviously if the air outside is colder, then the intercooler is going to transfer more heat to the cooling fluid, which increases the intercooler’s calculated efficiency. So this equation does a good job at leveling the playing field for varying ambient temperatures. That way, performing these tests in the dead of winter, or desert heat won't appreciably skew our results.
Tin - Tout/Tin - Tambient = intercooler effiency
Tin equals Temperature at IC inlet
Tout equals Temperature at IC outlet
Tambient equals ambient temperature
Above is the equation we can use to quantify intercooler efficiency. Looking at the equation, you can clearly see that a higher temperature drop (Tin - Tout) is going to increase the calculated efficiency, but there’s more to the equation. The bottom of the equation (Tin – Tambient) takes ambient temperature into account because obviously if the air outside is colder, then the intercooler is going to transfer more heat to the cooling fluid, which increases the intercooler’s calculated efficiency. So this equation does a good job at leveling the playing field for varying ambient temperatures. That way, performing these tests in the dead of winter, or desert heat won't appreciably skew our results.
Some interesting info you found there!
What we need is some more AM coolers to throw into this test to give us some more real data rather than just pure hype!!!!!
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