Cooling
Cooling is the transfer of thermal energy via thermal radiation, heat conduction or convection. Examples include:
Techniques
- Air conditioning
- Air cooling
- Computer cooling
- Cryogenics
- Conduction (heat)
- Evaporative cooling
- Free cooling
- Infrared solar cells
- Laser cooling
- Liquid cooling, several types
- Particle beam cooling
- Passive cooling
- Refrigeration
- Seasonal thermal energy storage (STES)
- Thermal management of electronic devices and systems
- Thermoelectric cooling
- Magnetic refrigeration
Devices
- Heat exchanger
- Radiators in automobiles
- Intercooler
- Coolant
- Cooling towers, as used in large industrial plants and power stations
- HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning)
- Heat pipe
- Heat sink
- Vortex tube, as used in industrial spot cooling
- Pumpable ice technology
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