Here a simple model, the physicist way: very simplified, a lot of assumptions but it gives a feeling of the energy and temperature involved. An extreme case, not too realistic model but we can start with this simple model and add more realistic physics as we go.
So this is what I assumed: 1) the building is full of water. It is not possible of course but water has decent heat capacity so let's use it to fill the building and see what happens 2) all the energy produced by the 1 MW plant is dumped into the water with 100 percent efficiency 3) the building is perfectly insulated, a giant ideal dewar 4) I started at 0 degrees and used calories conversion from Joule at 15 degrees (for simplicity). Starting at 20 degrees (room temperature) wold just save a couple of days. Again we can make a more sophisticated model but this calculation could have been done in the head as an order of magnitude problem. The result shown in the attached graph is that it would take about 16 days to reach 100 degree Celsius for the entire building filled of water. We can have fun and imagine other materials and see how long it would take it to melt them and so on. Giovanni PS Double check my calculations and see if they are right. On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 9:35 PM, Craig Haynie <[email protected]> wrote: > That the client is no longer in business at the end of the 350 day test, > is telling... > Craig > > > On 08/14/2016 09:11 PM, Giovanni Santostasi wrote: > > Here a picture and information about the "customer" warehouse. It is only > 6000 square feet and the height is 20 feet. > > Let's do a Fermi problem to see what is needed to get read of 1 MW dump in > this space. By the way 1 MW can power easily 1000 houses. In fact, if you > do the exact calculation using average US consumption per household you get > about 9000 households. > > Giovanni > > http://warehousespaces.com/warehouse-for-rent/United-States/FL/Doral/2082 > > >
