Condenser question

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Condenser question

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Its part of basic stilling that in a condenser, flow rate will have a happy spot to suit the power it needs to knock down the vapour. A needle valve helps greatly as you can flow too much coolant and vapour bypasses the condenser, huffing/puffing etc, laminar flow blah blah (ahh the fun times lols)

I can't recall seeing a particular type of condenser immune to the too much coolant effect? I haven't played with coils.

The reading ive done says a condenser is a condenser regardless of type and use, heat/energy gets transferred, they all work more or less the same.

So why is it different with a car radiator and inside the engine, the more coolant you move, the more heat you move, maximum flow to the point of just not causing erosion is just dandy and go harder if you don't mind replacing stuff?

I know we have the whole vapour to liquid phase change thing happening, but I can't see how that could change how heat exchange works compared to an engine with just heat to water, water to air? Is the vapour behaviour so very different than water with laminar flow?

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