Thermal Control System (small)
| Thermal Control System (small) | ||
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| Radiator by Probodobodyne Inc | ||
| Radial size | Radial mounted | |
| Cost | (total) | 450.00 
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| Mass | (total) | 0.050 t |
| Drag | 0.2 | |
| Max. Temp. | 2500 K | |
| Impact Tolerance | 12 m/s | |
| Research |  Electrics
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| Unlock cost | 2 200
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| Since version | 1.0.3 | |
| Part configuration | foldingRadSmall.cfg | |
| Electricity required | 0.025 ⚡/s | |
| Dissipated heat | 50 kW [1] | |
| Retractable | Yes | |
| Packed volume | 75 l | |
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The small Thermal Control System (TCS) is a deployable radiator used to dissipate waste heat into space (and atmosphere), pumping it out of hot parts anywhere on the craft, consuming a small amount of electric charge (1.5 per minute).
Part heat may be accumulated from external sources (e.g. re-entry or sunlight from Kerbol) or be generated by reaction engines or the cores of resource harvester drills or converters, while they are active. Radiators make themselves hotter to perform efficiently, but self-limit to avoid heating to destruction.
This radiator only functions while deployed and will be broken off by 2.5 kPa of dynamic pressure (i.e. moving too fast through a fairly thick atmosphere). It can not be used as a structural element, to attach other parts to, unlike the fixed panel radiators.
Product description
| “ | A deployable thermal control system consisting of multiple liquid cooled radiator panels. — Probodobodyne Inc. |
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Core Cooling
The limiting factor for cooling the cores of drills and converters is the "Core Heat xFer" (transfer) limit of the radiator: 50kW.
This is substantially lower than what the part can actually dissipate, under most circumstances, with a "Max Cooling" figure of: 1048kW.
To maintain an active drill or converter core at optimal thermal efficiency, there must be enough radiators with unused Core Heat Transfer capacity to fulfil the "Required Cooling" stat, as listed below:
| Image | Part | Required Cooling (kW) | Max Cooling(kW) |
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'Drill-O-Matic Junior' Mining Excavator | 50 | 50 |
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'Drill-O-Matic' Mining Excavator | 100 | 100 |
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Convert-O-Tron 125 | 100 | 50* |
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Convert-O-Tron 250 | 200 | 500 |
(*) Note: the Convert-O-Tron 125 can not be maintained at optimal thermal efficiency because its max cooling cap is below its required cooling stat.
Changes
- Moved from Utility to Thermal
- Initial release
