Sorry.... the label on the graph should say "days" not hours, here a fixed version.
On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Giovanni Santostasi <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >
