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Is it better to use crude oil or polluted water as my coolant here?
For a metal volcano tamer, I have a cooling loop which uses crude oil. From my understanding, crude oil is generally a good coolant because it has a low freezing point and high boiling point. But part of the metal volcano tamer is that the main room is meant to be incredibly hot to increase steam turbine efficiency, therefore if the thermo aquatuner emits more heat when it cools, the whole build is more efficient.
My question is should I continue to use crude oil or switch it out for polluted water because polluted water has a higher specific heat capacity and would therefore make the aquatuner produce more heat.
u/DaLionheart101 — 5 days ago