Vortex Tube Cooling

Abstract

The vortex tube has been the target of intensive investigation since its invention in the 1930's. Improvements have brought it to its present level of perfection and specific uses in industry have made it a commercial off-the- shelf item. Its main uses are for spot cooling such as for a cooled suit for fire fighters. The Vortex Tube's major advantages are small size and weight, low cost, high reliability and low maintenance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 1971
Accession Number
AD0731810

Entities

People

  • Robert B. Sherfy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Air Masses
  • Air Temperature
  • Compressed Air
  • Compressors
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hilsch Tubes
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Marine Engineering
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Payload

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design