water-cooled

Fluid keeps cool

Water-cooled describes machinery or systems that use circulating water to dissipate heat: a water-cooled engine, water-cooled PC.

The alternative is usually air-cooled.

Water cooling is more efficient but requires pumps, hoses, and radiators, adding complexity.

The data center uses water-cooled servers to handle the heat load.

thermal-management

radiator

Heat transfer device

refrigeration · pump · thermostat · closed-loop · antifreeze · glycol · intercooler

machinery

engine

Machine producing motion

GPU · CPU · turbine · compressor · laser · reactor · supercomputer · workstation · mainframe · transformer

Categories
Opposites
cooling medium

water-cooledair-cooled

Chilled by circulation

thermal management approach

water-cooleduncooled

Not made cold

naturally aspirated · passive · unventilated · sealed

Family

water, cool, cooled, cooling, cooler, coolest, coolly, coolness, watery

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G