applying aircraft hydraulics to computer

[Rommer2259]

i'm a hydraulic technician on C-17's and i know how the hydraulic systems work and how the aircraft cools off the hydro fluid, i was wondering if anyone thought i could get away applying this info to my current rig, with cooling my 2-way SLI 680's, and 3930K system in a corsair 800D

[Altecice]

Nope but if you want to make sure to post a build log! 

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

You mean like watercooling?

[UnknownEngineer]

Pretty difficult to tell you without knowing anything about the C-17 first. 

When you say "applying this into my current rig" what exactly do you mean? Are you planning on having actual hydraulic fluid in a loop, or are you going to strap a turbo fan engine to you case? 

Either way, why would you NOT want to go with a regular computer cooling loop.

[KamiKatze]

What fluid is this exactly? I am guessing that maybe it's too viscous.

[Rommer2258]

hydraulic fluid is a heavy liquid that conducts a crazy amount heat and pushes a lot of fluid as it heats but alot actually is a hot fluid flow and it runs at a incredibly high PSI at crazy GPMsually keep the system a little high temp but will circulate the liquid through fast enough it will be cool

[UnknownEngineer]

hydraulic fluid is a heavy liquid that conducts a crazy amount heat and pushes a lot of fluid as it heats but alot actually is a hot fluid flow and it runs at a incredibly high PSI at crazy GPMsually keep the system a little high temp but will circulate the liquid through fast enough it will be cool

I guess that the thermal properties of the fluid are no problem, it is the fact that you need a large -possibly very loud- pump to push that fluid. Would normal WC equipment be able to handle that fluid? (pump excluded) 

[Rommer2258]

probably not but some water or oil pumps can

[airdeano]

i'm a hydraulic technician on C-17's and i know how the hydraulic systems work and how the aircraft cools off the hydro fluid, i was wondering if anyone thought i could get away applying this info to my current rig, with cooling my 2-way SLI 680's, and 3930K system in a corsair 800D

 

welcome to the Linus Tech Tips forums!

 

PC water cooling uses hydraulic principles, but for actual coolant the pumps used

are not constructed for mineral use. it is possible, but some expensive hardware

will be needed to convert/custom manufacture to be totally dependent on the use

of H-fluid.