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Steam can be used where high specific heat capacity is required in gaseous form and the corrosive properties of hot water are accounted for. Sulfur hexafluoride is used for cooling and insulating of some high-voltage power systems ( circuit breakers, switches, some transformers, etc.). Carbon dioxide is used in Magnox and AGR reactors. Helium has a low tendency to absorb neutrons and become radioactive. Inert gases are used as coolants in gas-cooled nuclear reactors. Hydrogen-cooled turbogenerators are currently the most common electrical generators in large power plants. Its thermal conductivity is higher than all other gases, it has high specific heat capacity, low density and therefore low viscosity, which is an advantage for rotary machines susceptible to windage losses. Hydrogen is used as a high-performance gaseous coolant. Air cooling uses either convective airflow (passive cooling), or a forced circulation using fans. The latter, when used to achieve below- ambient temperature, is more commonly known as refrigerant.Īir is a common form of a coolant. This coolant can either keep its phase and stay liquid or gaseous, or can undergo a phase transition, with the latent heat adding to the cooling efficiency. It has varying oil content from nil oil (synthetic coolant). Water-soluble coolant is oil in water emulsion. Industrial cutting fluid has broadly been classified as water-soluble coolant and neat cutting fluid. While the term "coolant" is commonly used in automotive and HVAC applications, in industrial processing heat-transfer fluid is one technical term more often used in high temperature as well as low-temperature manufacturing applications. Some applications also require the coolant to be an electrical insulator.
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An ideal coolant has high thermal capacity, low viscosity, is low-cost, non-toxic, chemically inert and neither causes nor promotes corrosion of the cooling system.
#Radiator fluid update
I will update if there is any progress.Substance used to reduce or regulate the temperature of a systemĪ coolant is a substance, typically liquid or gas, that is used to reduce or regulate the temperature of a system. At this point, I am pressing the dealer to give me some sort of Honda Goodwill reimbursement. Anyway, any advice would be much appreciated. I'm wondering if there will be an eventual recall. I called a Transmission place and they told me that they have seen it before in Hondas. The dealer said he has seen it before in a Ridgeline, but I think it is more prevalent that he is telling me. I looked this up on the internet and found about 3 other people who had the same thing happen at about the same mileage. Regardless, I would love to hear from others that may have had this problem and warn others that this could happen to them. Mainly because this is something that could have been prevented. Again, I took it to the dealer who told me that I needed to replace the transmission and the radiator. Turns out, that my worst nightmare came true and the transmission cooler failed allowing transmission fluid and radiator fluid to mix. I noticed a strawberry colored milky substance leaking out of my coolant resevoir. fast forward 3 weeks and the you know what hit the fan. At that point, I gave the dealer the benefit of the doubt and went back home. They put a pressure test on it and said it came out clean. They claimed they didn't smell anything (although I still could). Finally, I took it to the shop and got it checked out. So, I've noticed a coolant smell for quite a while now, but never saw a leak. Problem: Transmission and Radiator fluid mixing.