Heat-transfer fluids and heat pipes: Overview
Oils, salts, refrigerants and pipes that carry heat where needed
What this tile covers Fluids and devices that move heat: thermal oils, molten salts, refrigerants, heat pipes and trucked heat stores.Key facts
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Included from the reference tables
- Thermal oils, molten salts, refrigerants
- Heat pipes
- Mobile thermal storage
- Natural ice and snow (historic ice trade)
- Conduction, convection and radiation
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