Peter Heckert wrote:
What I have meant is an airtight fence made out of plywood boards,
going down to ground and going above the hight of the fans.
This arrangement /must/ become hot, because the airflow is hindered,
especially the inflow of cold air is hindered, and the air is
enturbulated. This arrangemen must become hot like a locomotive under
open sky, it cannot cool the condensate down to 18°C.
Ah, you finally got to your point. How do you know the condensate went
back to 18°C? The feedwater temperature rose throughout the test, from
15°C to 18°C. The test lasted 8 hours. 5,400 L of water was pumped
through the reactor and (presumably) vaporized during that time. I think
there was more than 5,400 L in the holding tanks. The condensate could
have been coming back at a higher temperature than the tanks. Plus, the
open reservoir tanks would cool down on their own.
Anyway, there is no problem cooling down equipment in this situation. I
have seen large power company transformers behind shopping malls placed
in small confined areas, sometimes bricked in to keep people away from
them. They produce a great deal of waste heat. It goes straight up. Not
a problem.
- Jed
