Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffnolan
Air is a poor conductor of heat, only the first layer of air touching the radiator fins has a cooling effect, the surrounding air doesn't get much tansfered to it. Convection by continuously replacing the contacting layer with fresh air increases the heat transfer to the bulk of the air in the vicinity of the radiator by conduction. Slowing down the air flow through the radiator quickly saturates the contacting layer of air to no effect on the surrounding layer, which is why no one recommends it.
|
Yes, I understand. The post you quoted was actually meant to be sarcasm. What most fail to understand is that the same applies to both air and water flow with regard to flow rate.