What would happen to AIO's or custom loops in a rapid/slow decompression?

[3 Lions]

Just wondering... 

[Nicnac]

like dripping and dripping a lot?

[Curufinwe_wins]

Huh? Most of the liquids are fairly incompressible. There is some compression and slow decompression from air that gets pressurized in some parts of the loop, but by and large nothing happens. I take the cap off of my custom loop probably once every other week just to make sure my fluid levels are good, nothing happens when I do so.

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

Huh? Most of the liquids are fairly incompressible. There is some compression and slow decompression from air that gets pressurized in some parts of the loop, but by and large nothing happens. I take the cap off of my custom loop probably once every other week just to make sure my fluid levels are good, nothing happens when I do so.

Let's say the system was on and let's say we have a situation like Helios flight 522 (slow decompression). What would happen? 

[Curufinwe_wins]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Let's say the system was on and let's say we have a situation like Helios flight 522 (slow decompression). What would happen? 

Nothing? The fluids are again incompressible. There is no large significant pressure build up in the loop. I don't shut down my loop when I check it. I check it while running lol.

 

An AIO might pump fluid out, but that is not anything decompression specific.

[3 Lions]

2 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

Nothing? The fluids are again incompressible. There is no large significant pressure build up in the loop. I don't shut down my loop when I check it. I check it while running lol.

 

An AIO might pump fluid out, but that is not anything decompression specific.

No I don't think you understand what I mean, what I mean is a decompression from another source (i.e. airplanes) not the decompression from the loop itself. The loop itself would be under-pressure. 

[Curufinwe_wins]

5 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

No I don't think you understand what I mean, what I mean is a decompression from another source (i.e. airplanes) not the decompression from the loop itself. The loop itself would be under-pressure. 

I don't understand what you mean... the fluids are effectively incompressible. The only thing that happens when you bring water up from seafloor to 10,000 feet is that it boils a few degrees earlier. The loops wouldn't be affected much, if at all.

[Skanky Sylveon]

I put an aio in a freezer once, the fluid froze but it didn't split open the radiator due to the glycol mixture in it.

I know that's not really the same as pressure, but unless it's extreme, I don't think anything would happen. 

[Curufinwe_wins]

4 minutes ago, Skanky Sylveon said:

I put an aio in a freezer once, the fluid froze but it didn't split open the radiator due to the glycol mixture in it.

I know that's not really the same as pressure, but unless it's extreme, I don't think anything would happen. 

Also, the rubber tubes can expand to uptake the volume increase and relieve the pressure.

[Arika]

10 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

No I don't think you understand what I mean, what I mean is a decompression from another source (i.e. airplanes) not the decompression from the loop itself. The loop itself would be under-pressure. 

nothing, it's a sealed system.

 

you're effectively asking what will decompression to do plastic and aluminium, which for al intents and purpose is next to nothing.

[3 Lions]

3 minutes ago, Arika S said:

nothing, it's a sealed system.

 

you're effectively asking what will decompression to do plastic and aluminium, which for al intents and purpose is next to nothing.

Yeah that makes sense, so all that would happen is that the cooling capability would be slashed due to the thin air.