Cooling

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title: "Cooling" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["heating,-ventilation,-and-air-conditioning", "broad-concept-articles", "cooling-technology"] description: "Transfer of heat out of an object" topic_path: "general/heating-ventilation-and-air-conditioning" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooling" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Transfer of heat out of an object ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Cooling_fan_on_Harman_Kardon_AVR_370_AV_receiver.jpg" caption="A cooling fan"] ::

Cooling is removal of heat, usually resulting in a lower temperature and/or phase change. Temperature lowering achieved by any other means may also be called cooling. The transfer of thermal energy may occur via thermal radiation, heat conduction or convection. Examples can be as simple as reducing temperature of tea.

Devices

• Coolant

• Cooling towers, as used in large industrial plants and power stations

• Daytime passive radiative cooler ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Evaporative_cooler_in_front_of_Hakata_Station.jpg" caption="An evaporative cooler near [[Hakata Station]] in Fukuoka, Japan"] ::

• Evaporative cooler

• Heat exchanger

• Heat pipe

• Heat sink

• HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning)

• Intercooler

• Radiative cooling in Heat shields

• Radiators in automobiles

• [[File:Pumpable ice maker and storage tank installed in a basement of Cyprus Olimpic supermarket.JPG|thumb|Pumpable ice in the basement of a supermarket]]Pumpable ice technology

• Thermoelectric cooling

• Vortex tube, as used in industrial spot cooling

References

References

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