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Originally posted by Alchemy
.........This goes against some things I said last year regarding BigBen's Radius block, but I would be extremely careful using a S-T correlation for a waterblock. .............
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http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=5918
"Alchemy
Which wb's cooling charactaristics have you found to be describable by Sieder- Tate?
I have yet to employ Sieder-Tate successfully for any wb.
E.G.

Used Billa's data* and obtained Convection Coeff using my own Waterloo and Kryotherm Excel plots.
Dunno but possibly seeing a corruption of the Womac** correlation
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http://thermal-management-testing.com/white%20water.htm
** Referenced here:
http://www.electronics-cooling.com/...001_may_a2.html "
The "Graystar wb" is a side-entry wb and maybe,just maybe, it can be described by Sider-Tate.
Likewise maybe the WW in side-entry configuration can be - would love to see a Billa test in this cofiguration.
Predicted diffences using my simple model* :-
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http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showth...hreadid=161563