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1. mike_h+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-05 15:51:31
Droplet radiators can theoretically do this. The radiator is made up of extremely fine liquid droplets expelled from what is basically a big space shower head. The droplet cloud has a big surface area so more heat can radiate. The droplets are collected in a sort of drain the other side. The idea has been around for decades but there are lots of practical problems to work out, like minimizing losses due to splashes or droplets heading in the wrong direction (e.g. using ferrofluids and magnetic containment). It's never been worked on seriously because conventional radiators were always enough.

With droplet radiators increasing the effective size means using a bigger head/drain and longer booms to expand the distance between them, so the scaling properties are different to pipe based radiators.

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