Pro/Forums - View Single Post

Butcher · 01-22-2002, 07:52 PM

In relation to cars it's fine, but in relation to TECs it doesn't hold up. The power distribution across the deltaT range is linear so it'd be more like, 55mph car does 43mph, 68 mph car does 55 mph.
If you want a car analagy, you have two cars of equal power (say 220kW), and one can do 55mph and the other 68mph. That's about as much as you can relate, the dTmax = 68C will always give more deltaT than the 55C at any heat load.

01-22-2002, 07:52 PM	#9
Butcher Thermophile Join Date: May 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,064	In relation to cars it's fine, but in relation to TECs it doesn't hold up. The power distribution across the deltaT range is linear so it'd be more like, 55mph car does 43mph, 68 mph car does 55 mph. If you want a car analagy, you have two cars of equal power (say 220kW), and one can do 55mph and the other 68mph. That's about as much as you can relate, the dTmax = 68C will always give more deltaT than the 55C at any heat load. __________________ Once upon a time, in a land far far away...