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Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube

The Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube is a device that separates a flow of ordinary compressed gas in to a hot stream and a cold stream, just like Maxwell's Demon. I spent several years investigating the operation of the Ranque-Hilsch Tube, while a research student at Cambridge University Engineering Department from 1991-1995. My thesis, along with some general information on the tube is reproduced here.
Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube


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