[103301] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: rack power question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Tue Mar 25 12:00:11 2008
In-Reply-To: <200803251115.37009.braaen@zcorum.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@multicasttech.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:51:51 -0400
To: Brian Raaen <braaen@zcorum.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Mar 25, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Brian Raaen wrote:
>
> Russia (or the USSR at that time) used to use liquid graphite to
> cool their
> nuclear reactors, even thought it was flammable.... of course that
> was what
> they were using in Chernobyl.
>
The RBMK-1000 used graphite for moderation and water for cooling.
Regards
Marshall
>
> --
> Brian Raaen
> Network Engineer
> braaen@zcorum.com
>
> On Tuesday 25 March 2008, you wrote:
>>
>> Dorn Hetzel wrote:
>>> Of course, my chemistry is a little rusty, so I'm not sure about the
>>> prospects for a non-toxic, non-flammable, non-conductive
>>> substance with
>>> workable fluid flow and heat transfer properties :)
>>
>> Mineral oil? I'm not sure about the non-flammable part though.
>> Not all
>> oils burn but I'm not sure if mineral oil is one of them. It is used
>> for immersion cooling though.
>>
>> Justin
>>
>>
