[Beowulf] HVAC and room cooling...

[Per Lindstrom]

ATTENTION!

Liquid Nitrogen is deadly dangerous as it will shut off the breathing 
function of the human body when the Oxygen content falls below 19.5 % 
and thereby causing suffocation.

This is not an unusual accident type in the Oil- & Gas- as well as in 
the Shipping industry. For the sake of your safety I'm recommending the 
use of an Industrial Safe Working Practice as a guideline before any 
work commence.

A reference: **http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/biochemstores/Pages/ln2msds.htm

Best regards
Per Lindstrom


Daniel Pfenniger wrote:

> John Hearns wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, A.J. Rossini wrote:
>
>
>>> to people that it isn't possible, but someone brought up "portable
>>> liquid nitrogen" -- for the room, NOT for overclocking -- I'm trying
>>> to get stable systems, not instability :-).
>>>
>>
>> Daft idea.
>> What happens when the liquid nitrogen vapourises? It turns to 
>> nitrogen gas. And if you are unlucky anyone in the room chokes...
>> I was reminded of this in the lift of a chemistry department where
>> we have an opteron cluster - a large sign reminding that LNO2 and 
>> dangerous chemicals are not allowed in passenger lifts.
>
>
> When liquid N2 vaporizes in a closed room the natural fraction of N2 
> in air, already 78% by volume, just increases. N2 is thus not toxic, 
> the only risk by increasing N2 volume is to reach a too low O2 
> concentration
> for mammals beings breathing in the room.
>
> Dan
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