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[FlyRotary] Re: fluidyne oil cooler
The bottom line as we know is that ultimately
the air flow has to carry all the heat away from the installation. So oil
to water heat exchangers end up needing (as Ken points out) a larger radiator
(possibly 1/3 larger) to handle the additional heat dumped into the coolant by
the oil/water exchanger..
I believe that oil/water heat exchangers might be
justified in an aircraft installation if for some reason the lay-out precluded
getting air to an oil cooler but did permit you to install a larger radiator
capable of handling the heat load for the coolant and oil. Otherwise, I
don't believe they would work very well in most of our installations.
There could be exceptions of course.
My $0.02
Ed Anderson
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:24
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: fluidyne oil
cooler
I tried a 85,000 btu fluidyne oil to water
heat exchanger but it sent my water temp through the roof so I abandoned it as
I would have had to increase the radiator size.
If anyone is interested I would sell it for
$200
Ken
Al, yes C&R makes their own oil-to-water
coolers. I have never talked to them to ask about pressure drop on the
oil side. They sure build good looking stuff though (how's that for
scientific!!!(grin)).
Ken Powell
Bryant,
Arkansas
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