Cooling Gas on Mars

[Bullett]

What is the most efficient way to cool gases vented from the furnace on Mars?

I've tried various combinations and sizes of radiators... there doesn't seem to be much difference between radiation and convection.

[cda2023]

попробуй прогнать в качестве носителя в кондиционере (или аппарате по сжижению), только не забудь защиту ставить от промерзания в трубах.

[Rockstede]

Depends how cold you want them, the easiest way is to simply run the pipe from the furnace somewhere outdoors and attach radiators to them, if you have the tech level, use the larger radiators, Mars is -47c at night, it'll cool your gases pretty handily.

[Bullett]

I haven’t tried the largest yet, but there doesn’t seem to be any difference between small convection and small radiant versions. Shouldn’t one be more effective than the other in Mars’ thin atmosphere?

[Secure by Design]

easy way is to use large heat exchanger, active/power vent blows air thru, pipe drain, heat exchanger(one pipe inlet/outle, another inlet/outlet is for pipe to cool) , one way valve, passive vents on outlet in some distance from inlet
10k mol gases cools down from 2k°C to ~400°C within 1day and night

[Kaynex]

Convection radiators don't work very well against the thin Mars atmosphere. You would have much more luck using an active vent to pull cold air in, and holding it at pressure. Then use a heat exchanger. In general, it can be difficult to cool things down on Mars and may take a lot of heat exchange.

[Bullett]

Thanks for the suggestions! I built a large scale “radiator warehouse”where the atmosphere can be concentrated or thinned with active vents and the heat or cold can be applied to pipe networks as needed through a series of valves. Awesome fun!

[LittleShade]

Originally posted by Kaynex:

Convection radiators don't work very well against the thin Mars atmosphere. You would have much more luck using an active vent to pull cold air in, and holding it at pressure. Then use a heat exchanger. In general, it can be difficult to cool things down on Mars and may take a lot of heat exchange.

Interesting... I can't believe you'd say something like that, coming from someone who's been destroying other people's bases.

[babaduke]

Use airconditioner with with heat exchanger