Vortex tube
Tubo de Ranque-Hilsch
- Date
- 1931-1933 · confidence medium
- Place
- Paris, France
- Credited to
- Georges Joseph Ranque
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What it is
Mechanical device with no moving parts that separates a compressed gas into hot and cold streams through a swirling internal flow; discovered by Georges Ranque.
What it led to
- Industrial cooling without refrigerants or moving parts
- Studies of fluid dynamics and the Ranque-Hilsch effect
- Localized cooling applications in industry