wondering something..

Pelu

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Can you install in a computer a liquid cooler.. but instead of add water or what strange liquid, you fill the liquid canister and so on with liquid nitrogen lol... i mean nitro is cooler... and since they expand of heat, it will be better to put a little liquid and leave a lot of space in the liquid canister hehe... oh and a presure escape valve... that will be awesome.. liquid nitro with out the need of 200 gallons ever few hours lol
 

nerp

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You're better off moving to Antartica and leaving the machine outside.
 

Andrew1990

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I would think the tubing would freeze and shatter after a short amount of time. Even if you used copper, I am sure there is a breaking point.

It also isnt cost effecient nor serve much of a purpose in computing as it couldnt be operated for long periods of time.
 

Idontcare

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If I understand your concept correctly Pelu, it sounds like you are effectively proposing putting the entire computer rig inside a heatpipe like that used for a HSF.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe

Functionally you'd have a massive (relative to HSF sizes) diameter pipe, and in this diagram you would place your rig at position denoted as (1).

The walls of the heatpipe would need to be sufficiently thick as to withstand the pressure gradient created by the sizable volumes of expanding at the hot end.

Pressurized to the right internal pressure, the device could indeed function with liquid nitrogen, effectively making the "cold" end of the heatpipe become the cryogenerator.

Would be a cool project to create a prototype for, doing it safely would be the real challenge from what I can foresee.
 

Billb2

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The OP's concept of the laws of nature is, well, lacking.

Nitrogen, in the liquid stste and exposed to atmospheric pressure, boils at -195.8°c.
Besides all the physical harm to the WC component sit would cause, it would rapidly boil away.
Sealing the system to prevent the nitrogen from boiling away would:
1.) Cause the nitrogen to warm to ambient temperature since it would stop boiling.
2.) Geneatae a pressure of approximately 1,600 psi.
 

garritynet

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Also you would have to cool the LN2 back down since you are proposing a loop. This is something Napolean Dynamite would draw on the back of his notebook.
 

Kraeoss

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lol @ the napoleon dynamite comment.... surely it would take massive cooling to make the n2 gas go back to liquid state so whatever ur planing to use to do that cool the pc wit that instead....
 

Denithor

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Not quite the same concept but much more feasible:

1) Buy an AC window unit. Route the cooled air through tubing into the case to blow across the GPU & CPU.

2) Buy a deepfreeze & just drop your PC into it. Route power cables in and video/keyboard/mouse/etc cables out (or go wireless as much as you can).