Thermal Control System (medium)

Thermal Control System (medium)
Radiator by Probodobodyne Inc
Radial size		Radial mounted
Cost	(total)	2 250.00
Mass	(total)	0.250 t
Drag		0.2
Max. Temp.		2500 K
Impact Tolerance		12 m/s
Research		Advanced Electrics
Unlock cost		11 000
Since version		1.0.3
Part configuration		foldingRadMed.cfg
Electricity required		0.125 ⚡/s
Dissipated heat		250 kW
Retractable		Yes
Packed volume		1000 l

The medium 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 an amount of electric charge (7.5 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

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A deployable thermal control system consisting of multiple liquid cooled radiator panels. — Probodobodyne Inc.

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Deployed

Core Cooling

The limiting factor for cooling the cores of drills and converters is the "Core Heat xFer" (transfer) limit of the radiator: 250kW.

This is substantially lower than what the part can actually dissipate, under most circumstances, with a "Max Cooling" figure of: 19494kW.

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)
	'Drill-O-Matic Junior' Mining Excavator	50	50
	'Drill-O-Matic' Mining Excavator	100	100
	Convert-O-Tron 125	100	50*
	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.

Practical Figures

One medium TCS radiator is sufficient to maintain optimal thermal efficiency of (approximately):

• 5x 'Drill-O-Matic Junior' Mining Excavator.
• 2x 'Drill-O-Matic' Mining Excavators (Senior).
• 5x Convert-O-Tron 125 (to the extent it is permitted to cool them).
• 1x Convert-O-Tron 250.

Changes

1.2

• Moved from Utility to Thermal

1.0.4

• Initial release