“The Egg guys have been very successful using the
Evans coolant. The fluid is less efficient, so it inflates the operating
temperature. But it also brings a new very high boiling point to the party. So
instead of operating at the normal 200F temp, they operate at 215F. But the
boil over temp is way up there...I forget, but something like 260F or so. As a
result, they end up with greater safety margin. A very sound decision for
their installation. This because boil over is sudden, catastrophic, and
essentially irreversible. When it blows, it
blows.”
I don’t see anything startling about this Evans
coolant … 50/50 water and glycol at 15 psi has a boiling point of
265F.
Either the boiling temperature is much higher than
260F or there is something else going on.
JWW