Dual chamber radiator?

[lemon89head]

I’m about to begin my first custom loop. I’m wanting to run 2 separate loops with one radiator. The case I’m going with I can fit a 360mm. Do they make a dual chamber 360mm radiator? If not I’ll just run one loop

[For Science!]

2 minutes ago, lemon89head said:

I’m about to begin my first custom loop. I’m wanting to run 2 separate loops with one radiator. The case I’m going with I can fit a 360mm. Do they make a dual chamber 360mm radiator? If not I’ll just run one loop

Apart from being confused about why you would want to do this, I do not think there are radiators with two seperate channels. What could be of interest for you is an stacked plate heat exchanger, but I seriously question what you are trying to achieve here.

 

 

https://koolance.com/hxp-193-compact-plate-heat-exchanger

[emosun]

In every respect if you have 2 loops you use 2 rads , if you have 1 rad you run 1 loop.

by using two loops you're hoping each part will run cooler yes? Problem is the loops are sharing water.... so it's the same as a single loop.

[lemon89head]

22 minutes ago, For Science! said:

Apart from being confused about why you would want to do this, I do not think there are radiators with two seperate channels. What could be of interest for you is an stacked plate heat exchanger, but I seriously question what you are trying to achieve here.

 

 

https://koolance.com/hxp-193-compact-plate-heat-exchanger

Well I’m a mechanic and I love building stuff differently. Many vehicle radiators are dual chamber and it doesn’t affect cooling performance. So the case I got that, that is what I am going to try for. If needed double stack fans on radiator. If not I’ll get a different case and Build something else. 

[lemon89head]

24 minutes ago, emosun said:

In every respect if you have 2 loops you use 2 rads , if you have 1 rad you run 1 loop.

by using two loops you're hoping each part will run cooler yes? Problem is the loops are sharing water.... so it's the same as a single loop.

Well I’m a mechanic and I love building stuff differently. Many vehicle radiators are dual chamber and it doesn’t affect cooling performance. So the case I got that, that is what I am going to try for. If needed double stack fans on radiator. If not I’ll get a different case and Build something else. 

[For Science!]

3 minutes ago, lemon89head said:

Well I’m a mechanic and I love building stuff differently. Many vehicle radiators are dual chamber and it doesn’t affect cooling performance. So the case I got that, that is what I am going to try for. If needed double stack fans on radiator. If not I’ll get a different case and Build something else. 

I mean, a radiator is a radiator, being dual chamber is not going to change its cooling performance. You could just get two 60 mm radiators, put them side-by-side and then you have a dual chamber 120 mm radiator. https://www.alphacool.com/shop/radiatoren/radiatoren-aktiv/60-mm/19749/alphacool-nexxxos-xt45-full-copper-60mm-dual-radiator

 

Although I really do think this is a case of "just because its different and unique, doesn't make it any good".

 

[lemon89head]

32 minutes ago, For Science! said:

I mean, a radiator is a radiator, being dual chamber is not going to change its cooling performance. You could just get two 60 mm radiators, put them side-by-side and then you have a dual chamber 120 mm radiator. https://www.alphacool.com/shop/radiatoren/radiatoren-aktiv/60-mm/19749/alphacool-nexxxos-xt45-full-copper-60mm-dual-radiator

 

Although I really do think this is a case of "just because its different and unique, doesn't make it any good".

 

Like I said. If it doesn’t work. I’ll change it. I could do two of those. Thank you!

[Mick Naughty]

Can you give an example of a vehicle having a dual radiator that doesn't effect performance?