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- # Radiators
- Radiators are a device that enables the exchange of heat energy between a [textlink="pipenet" link="PipeNetworks"] and the environment.
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- Radiators are completely passive: they do not require power to function.
- They will always equalize the temperature of the gas in the [textlink="pipenet" link="PipeNetworks"] with the environment.
- Radiators have two methods of transferring heat: convection and radiation.
- - Convection is the transfer of heat through the movement of gas.
- - Radiation is the transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves.
- If a radiator is in a vacuum, it will only be able to transfer heat through radiation.
- If it is in an atmosphere, it will be able to transfer heat through both convection and radiation.
- Under convection, you can only get as cold or as hot as the atmosphere or [textlink="pipenet" link="PipeNetworks"] you're exchanging heat with (given the temperature of the gas in the [textlink="pipenet" link="PipeNetworks"] or atmosphere stays the same).
- If you're exchanging heat with space, you can only get as cold as space.
- To increase the efficiency of radiation, you can build radiators on lattice, which will allow the radiator to radiate more heat, compared to being directly attached to hull tile.
- Gas will flow naturally through the radiator via differences in pressure, but you can use a gas pump to increase the flow rate.
- Increasing the flow rate of gas through the radiator will increase the rate of heat exchange.
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