Cooling system of the car and runs
Loss of energy into heat
The purpose of a fuel engine into chemical energy (stored in, for example petrol or diesel) into kinetic energy. It is always better, but still only 30% of the energy supplied is converted into mechanical energy: 70% lost as heat. Therefore, the engine is hot. And if we are not careful, it is still hot. In ancient times it was a shame, because the power was limited. Waste heat from an engine of 10 hp can be buitenlucht.Luchtkoeling (or direct cooling) is appointed to be dissipated. With the increase in power there were problems, but cold. When an engine is very hot and melt all the rubber, the oil is thin as water and turn the piston to the point that stuck in their bottles. In short, it's all about the soup. Cooling fins created a larger cooling surface so that the wind could play more heat, and has air-cooled with fan blows air into the engine worked. This engine is the most important of the operating temperature. There are really only a temperature at which the engine works best. To reduce all parties, because if it is cold and expands when heated. They are built to exactly the right size of the engine temperature. For accuracy and in a position to be the cooling water (or indirectly) cold invented cool.
Water cooling
Water cooling is still in the air, but indirectly. Instead of the air cools the engine, radiator and cools the cold water through them. A water pump circulates the water in the radiator, through the many channels and pipes in the engine caused by (including a water pump) on the radiator. With water-cooled engine cooling can be better, partly because the radiators are placed in the right place to catch the wind, before the engine directly behind the grille. When the engine is cold, since water no longer, so that the engine has reached operating temperature. The thermostat regulates the cooling function: the engine too hot and circulating water temperature below the operating temperature of the water flow quietly. Are you on a hot summer day in traffic, the radiator and not because there was no wind and the water is cold enough in the cooler. Fan starts to spin in the air through the radiator and water cooling is blowing. The fan has a thermostat function again, that "knows" when and at what speed. A water-cooled engine makes less noise, in part because the cylinder, more or less surrounded by water.
The heat of the cooling water, the greater the temperature difference between air and the greater the cooling capacity. But water should not touch, as cooks and therefore the cooling system under pressure. The boiling point is higher and not the liquid is lost through evaporation. If the pressure is too high, a safety valve in the steam radiator. This only happens when something is wrong with the cooling system of your car. Most cars have a coolant temperature gauge. Please have a look there when the weather is hot and the traffic staat.Als cooling is not optimal, you can see, the meter output to the red zone. It solves the problem, of course, but it is better to think of whatever your local garage, somewhere in an emergency. Influence in critical cases, still enough to cooling:
When it comes to cooling and water cooling, in fact, we should talk about cooling and liquid cooling. For cooling water, because ethylene glycol is added, better known as antifreeze known. Very important, because water has the ability to annoy 9% when it freezes: no frost and a little luck, the engine explosion winter ... I hope, by the way was, instead of jumping the tops of the blocks to fill holes in the casting process. T does not need antifreeze in the summer? Yes, because the boiling point of ethylene glycol coolant, therefore better cooling increases. The antifreeze also prevents corrosion in the cooling system.
Performance Radiator / Water Pump / Cooling
The radiator cools the water and the tubes where the water flows with thin metal mesh thinner than the heat quickly to the air, which are connected by it. But the radiator is full of flies, but does not cool the air to pass through and it is not. It is therefore important for him to clean something. Be careful because the metal plates and are easily damaged. High-pressure spraying or brushing and not wash them, if the radiator is hot, because cold water, thermal shock, which can cause damage to the structure. For oil cooler and radiator air is the same way.