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In forced convection, also called heat advection, fluid movement results from external surface forces such as a fan or pump.

Forced convection is typically used to increase the rate of heat exchange.

Many types of mixing also utilize forced convection to distribute one substance within another.

Forced convection also occurs as a by-product to other processes, such as the action of a propeller in a fluid or aerodynamic heating.

Fluid radiator systems, and also heating and cooling of parts of the body by blood circulation, are other familiar examples of forced convection.