Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Both, Jed and goiovanni are trying to show tht they are not understanding > what I have told about the energy: the cut the Gordian solution of > consuming the energy is to pass the steam pipe through a system of heat > exchangers where it heats water. that is discraded to the drain channel as > water at 40-50 C. being, (exactly as this discussion diluted to > insignificance) > The heat exchangers would produce waste heat, which would be readily apparent. It would heat up the entire warehouse. More to the point, the heat exchangers would not serve any purpose. They do not make heat vanish, they merely transfer it. The total amount of water you need is the same with or without the exchangers (except for the waste heat lost from the exhangers). So, you might as well leave out the exchangers and use the water to cool the main loop. This, however, is impossible. A normal commercial building in Florida has a 2" water supply pipe, which is not large enough for the flow of water you need to keep the temperature below the legal maximum of 80°C, with 1 MW of heat. 1 MJ/s = 239,000 calories/s. 80°C - 20°C = 60°C. 239,000 calories / 60°C = 3,983 g/s = 239 L/min (61 gallons), which far exceeds the capacity of the entire building. Your plan makes no sense. Evidently you do not understand the conservation of energy or thermodynamics. - Jed
