Oil Cooler
Oil Cooler is a separate, smaller equipment to an engine’s or other parts that used oil , which maintains an oil supply at a consistent, optimal temperature. Its purpose is to cool the oil passing through the coils, thus improving the engine and the transmission’s lifetime.
Oil coolers extend the life of your vehicle’s engine and reduce the chance of overheating under extreme conditions. For example, if you haul a trailer uphill for long distances, then chances are that your engine works at maximum capacity for a long time. This creates a lot of heat that needs a way to dissipate
Types of Oil Cooler
- Water-cooled oil cooler – shell and tube type
- Air-cooled oil cooler
Water cooled oil cooler – shell and tube Type
Purpose of Water Cooled Cooler
For many applications, air cooling isn’t appropriate and here water cooling is the solution. Shell and tube oil coolers are very popular, the coolant flowing through the central ‘tube core’, whilst the oil flows around and through the tubes, providing extremely efficient heat transfer.
Water-cooled oil coolers offer several advantages over air-cooled ones, such as higher cooling capacity due to water’s higher specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity. Additionally, they are quieter and more stable, resulting in a better working environment and improved performance of the hydraulic system
Air Cooler
Air-oil coolers as the name states are another type of heat exchanger that make use of oil for cooling purposes. Engine oil coolers/ heat exchangers are small radiators placed in front of engines, in most cases automobile with a fan present
