[Beowulf] HVAC and room cooling...

[Robert G. Brown]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, A.J. Rossini wrote:

> John Bushnell <bushnell at chem.ucsb.edu> writes:
> 
> > (So many watts) times 'x' equals how many "tons" of AC.  Multiply
> > by at least two of course ;-)
> 
> Or 3, sigh...

I should have posted this in the earlier reply, sorry -- 3500 watts/ton,
within a watt or four.  From the sound of it, you need at least one ton,
but probably not over two.

BTW, I should have said, but consider talking to an architect or HVAC
engineer.  They are professionals, after all...:-)

> I'm looking for the proverbial vent-free A/C.  Sort of like
> frictionless tables and similar devices I recall from undergraduate
> physics... 

Hahahahahaha... (ROTFL).

Send me one if you find it.  Then I can build my perpetual motion heat
engine.

   rgb

> 
> Thanks for the comments!
> 
> best,
> -tony
> 
> 

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Robert G. Brown	                       http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/
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