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Conveyor rail contents transferring heat in a vacuum


bmr
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Attached video shows hot igneous rock on a conveyor rail in vacuum transferring heat to tiles below rails.

Wiki indicates 'Conveyor Rails' belong to 'Pipe' category and 'Pipes' belong to the 'Building' category. Heat transfer equation between 'Building' and 'Solid tile below it', is shown as 'N/A' implying no heat transfer, but heat transfer is happening as shown in the video.

There is also an equation for heat transfer between a pipe and its contents. This doesn't happen with conveyor rails. So is the wiki wrong, i.e. should 'Conveyor rails' not be included in the 'Pipes' category,  or should conveyor rail contents transfer heat to the rails?


Steps to Reproduce

Setup conveyor rail as shown in the attached video.




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As far as I understand this: Packets on conveyor rails count as debris and will exchange with any solid tile directly below them. The conveyor rails themselves will not be affected in a vacuum.

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Thanks for the response. This may well be what is happening and even be intended. However, it doesn't seem to be a logical heat transfer mechanism and the Wiki indicates thermal conduction for an 'entity (debris) lying on a solid', and if it's on a conveyor rail, it's not lying on a solid.

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