Cooling

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Cooling is removal of heat, usually resulting in a lower temperature and/or phase change. Temperature lowering achieved by any other means may also be called cooling.[1][2] The transfer of thermal energy may occur via thermal radiation, heat conduction or convection. Examples can be as simple as reducing temperature of tea.

A cooling fan

Devices

An evaporative cooler near Hakata Station in Fukuoka, Japan
  • Evaporative cooler
  • Heat exchanger
  • Heat pipe
  • Heat sink
  • HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning)
  • Intercooler
  • Radiative cooling in Heat shields
  • Radiators in automobiles
  • Pumpable ice in the basement of a supermarket
    Pumpable ice technology
  • Thermoelectric cooling
  • Vortex tube, as used in industrial spot cooling

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