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Prothoss · August 26th, 2006

I just had an awesome idea with regards to drinking canned beverages. What if, in the centre of the can, we places a "tube" of compressed air, with a release on the bottom. You release the air and it would cool the drink, as expanding air absorbs heat. Thoughts?

~~Ken Carlo~~ · August 26th, 2006

so you release it, and what remains in the tube after you've opened it? air.

expanded (and now warmer) air.

you'd get the exact opposite effect that you're trying for. warm coke.

Swagger · August 26th, 2006

I think it'd take a little longer for it to get hot again after it's been cooled down by the compressed air...

Northernlion · August 26th, 2006

Wouldn't the compressed air make it more flat?

XGPblowz · August 26th, 2006

would the compressed air even have anywhere to expand to?

Northernlion · August 26th, 2006

As long as the can is open it's an open system which means there is space for it to expand to.

August 26th, 2006

Why not just refrigerate your beverage?

Samurai_Vern · August 26th, 2006

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Originally Posted by TangoDown ~X~

Why not just refrigerate your beverage?

pus$y.

August 26th, 2006

Ice Cubes, Freezer

XGPblowz · August 26th, 2006

refrigeration FTW... while the compressed air is an interesting idea, it probably would make the soda flat, and it would be fairly expensive too

Northernlion · August 26th, 2006

It would probably sell though, because (by and large) consumers are retarded.

~~Ken Carlo~~ · August 26th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Swagger

I think it'd take a little longer for it to get hot again after it's been cooled down by the compressed air...

i'm saying it wouldn't cool it at all.

Dr.Snow · August 26th, 2006

Try blowing through a straw into a glass of coke, it does make your drink flat pretty quick.

I like the idea of quickly cooling a beverage in a can, though beer would be my first priority. Waiting a half hour while my warm beer sits in the freezer and away from my mouth isn't a happy time. Somehow, we need to figure out how to produce the opposite of a microwave. I didn't pay much attention in high school because I didn't have to, I played football, but if memory serves microwaves make things warm because they excite electrons within our food. So, all we have to do is slow those electrons down and the beverage should get cold.

Right?

Northernlion · August 26th, 2006

Well, yeah, that is mostly the basic concept of energy. That doesn't make us any damn closer to engineering a "reverse microwave".

~~Ken Carlo~~ · August 26th, 2006

no. the closest we've gotten is slowing them down by cooling them, not cooling them by slowing them down.

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Prothoss Major Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 1,518	I just had an awesome idea! I just had an awesome idea with regards to drinking canned beverages. What if, in the centre of the can, we places a "tube" of compressed air, with a release on the bottom. You release the air and it would cool the drink, as expanding air absorbs heat. Thoughts?

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August 26th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
~~Ken Carlo~~ ~~BANNED~~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: find me, win a beer Posts: 11,388	so you release it, and what remains in the tube after you've opened it? air. expanded (and now warmer) air. you'd get the exact opposite effect that you're trying for. warm coke.

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Swagger The Better Pirate Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Awesomeville Posts: 562	I think it'd take a little longer for it to get hot again after it's been cooled down by the compressed air...

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Northernlion Lieutenant General Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,369	Wouldn't the compressed air make it more flat?

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XGPblowz Private Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4	would the compressed air even have anywhere to expand to?

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Northernlion Lieutenant General Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,369	As long as the can is open it's an open system which means there is space for it to expand to.

August 26th, 2006	#7 (permalink)
TangoDown ~X~ Posts: n/a	Why not just refrigerate your beverage?

August 26th, 2006	#9 (permalink)
TangoDown ~X~ Posts: n/a	Ice Cubes, Freezer

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XGPblowz Private Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4	refrigeration FTW... while the compressed air is an interesting idea, it probably would make the soda flat, and it would be fairly expensive too

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Northernlion Lieutenant General Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,369	It would probably sell though, because (by and large) consumers are retarded.

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Northernlion Lieutenant General Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,369	Well, yeah, that is mostly the basic concept of energy. That doesn't make us any damn closer to engineering a "reverse microwave".

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~~Ken Carlo~~ ~~BANNED~~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: find me, win a beer Posts: 11,388	no. the closest we've gotten is slowing them down by cooling them, not cooling them by slowing them down.

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