pmaitra
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Well, he did state it was from the manufacturer.
Hmmm, I think I overlooked that. Those pictures look very research-paper-like. Might as well be a sales pitch.
Well, he did state it was from the manufacturer.
The heat will always have to go somewhere.Hmmm, I think I overlooked that. Those pictures look very research-paper-like. Might as well be a sales pitch.
Right.The heat will always have to go somewhere.
The heat has to go somewhere. Please refer to what @lookieloo said. You can have a heat sink self contained in the tank that will absorb a certain quantity of heat, but if that is not done, the heat has to go somewhere. It just won't vanish. So, I am interested to know what happens to that heat. No matter whatever happens, the tank's heat transfer must conform to the concept of Conservation of Energy. Since fuel is burnt, some heat might be translated into mechanical energy and thus into the outside world, but if one were to prevent the rest of the heat to dissipate, it has to be trapped in some device.Engine exhaust can be cooled as well.
For example Ukrainian tanks, have exhaust gases cooled by air flow from engine cooling system.
Recently in other thread I also posted photo of modernized M1 tanks with diesel engine, photo do not show all details, but we can see a lot of ventilators at the rear, which probably both cool the engine and it's exhaust.
For future the situation is even better, for example in hybrid diesel-electric drives, diesel engine can be small, it will use less fuel and be less hot, so it's exhaust can be cooled down even more.
Oh and one more thing. If these manufacturers would lie, then no military after their own state tests, would purchase their products, meanwhile Saab Barracuda multispectral camouflage nets are one of the most popular around the globe, and this is only one example.
Near as I can tell, IR camo works the same way as visual camo. The object is to redistribute IR-emissions in a manner that breaks up the obvious outline of a vehicle. It won't make said vehicle invisible because the heat isn't going to go away; but if you put it against the right background in the right conditions, it'll be somewhat harder to spot. As for hiding exhaust, the idea is to spread the heat out in a larger volume of air, making a somewhat less obvious "glow" for IR sensors.The heat has to go somewhere. Please refer to what @lookieloo said. You can have a heat sink self contained in the tank that will absorb a certain quantity of heat, but if that is not done, the heat has to go somewhere. It just won't vanish. So, I am interested to know what happens to that heat. No matter whatever happens, the tank's heat transfer must conform to the concept of Conservation of Energy. Since fuel is burnt, some heat might be translated into mechanical energy and thus into the outside world, but if one were to prevent the rest of the heat to dissipate, it has to be trapped in some device.
When you mention cooling, cooling is nothing but a process of transferring heat from one place to another. Cooling does not mean making the heat disappear. That is impossible. "For example Ukrainian tanks, have exhaust gases cooled by air flow from engine cooling system," which means, heat is transferred from the exhaust gases to the cooler air flow. In other words, the flowing air absorbs the heat and gets hot. What happens to this hot air?
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