a.ashfield <a.ashfi...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Jed, I gave you one example from first hand experience, that was a 1.5 > ton/day art glass furnace and someone else provided examples of 4 MW > boilers. So common sense tells me it is not unreasonable to do so. > How much power did your glass furnace consume? Was the facility enclosed, or was it open to the outside? The large kilns and glass making furnaces I have seen had open walls, like a steel mill, so they did not need as much ventilation equipment as an enclosed space. It is not unreasonable to run this kind of equipment in the enclosed customer warehouse as long as there is industrial scale ventilation. But the I.H. expert would have to confirm there is such equipment, and it is operating. He would have to measure the heat flow. As I said, 1 MW in this space would be like running 16 space heating furnaces continuously without thermostats. To remove that much heat, you need a 22" vent and a large fan. An expert from I.H. would have to confirm this ventilation equipment is installed and working to confirm the claim. 1 MW of heat release calls for at least at 22" vent: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/chimney-sizing-d_175.html A 4 MW boilers in an enclosed space needs even larger vents and fans. Portable 1 MW Diesel electric generators produce 3 MW of waste heat. They cannot be operated indoors. They are outdoors, and they have large built in radiators that produce a massive flow of hot air, similar to railroad locomotive cooling. Much larger than semi-truck engine radiators. Here is a photo of a 1 MW generator: http://www.turbinemarine.com/generators.html - Jed
