The vortex tube cools and heats air at the same time with no moving parts, and no electricity. Cool huh? It's quite simple, and only a matter of getting the size right! Not to mention the ability to produce temperatures of extreme proportions! All that is required is compressed air. Yes. with just compressed air the Vortex Tube will do its magic.
So, let's demonstrate two simple scientific theories through this Vortex Tube. Yes you read right, two principles in one magnificent device.
PING PONG
It all starts with temperature. Temperature in simple terms is the average how fast the particles are bumping into each other. Because it's an average, it means that air is composed of fast and slow particles. It's hot and cold at the same time!
How's it going to work? By utilizing our dear friend inertia! Which is defined as: "the property of an object to remain at constant velocity unless acted upon by an outside force?" Basically, once you get a boulder rolling, it's not going to want to stop. And trust me, it'll resist you changing its velocity! There are two things that make up inertia- mass, and velocity. More of either means more inertia.
Now imagine, there's a wall that curves 90 degrees. A boulder and ping pong ball is rolling towards it. Now, as you saw, the ping pong ball was just pushed away with ease. Now, say the ping pong ball was the same size as the boulder (but still very much lighter) and on the right instead of the left. The boulder would still force its way to the wall. If you had a steady stream of boulders and giant ping pong balls, and this was a circle instead of just a curve, it wouldn't be long before there were only boulders rolling along the wall, and all the ping pong balls were all pushed to the inside.
Now, one step further, now because inertia = mass x velocity, say you had lots of molecules of the same weight going around that circle. But some were moving really fast, and others slow, because the faster ones are moving much faster (and have more inertia), they'll push the slower ones out of the way. (Yes, just like the boulder and ping pong ball) and before you know it, there's the hot (fast) molecules around the edge, and slow (cold) in the center! And that's exactly what the inside of the Vortex Tube looks like!
To put it very simply all the Vortex Tube does is get those molecules moving in one so that the separation will begin! See the principle behind the Vortex Tube is very simple but the applications of the Vortex Tube is massive.
The Vortex Tube Made Simple PING PONG
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