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Required Air Flow for Cooling

Required Air Flow for Cooling

Required Air Flow for Cooling

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I have a generator in a 20 m^3 room putting out 86 kW and am trying to figure out the rate at which I need to supply/exhaust air in order to maintain a reasonable room temperature (temperature rise < 5 C).

I used the formula q=m(Cp)(dT)
using
q=86kW
m=mass of air= 25 lbs
Cp=air heat coefficient=1 kJ/kg*K

and got a temperature increase of 3.6 degrees C per second. This value seems far too high but I can not find where I went wrong. Any help/insight would be greatly appreciated.

RE: Required Air Flow for Cooling

Mixed units.

Power is energy per time.

Mass is not a time function.

RE: Required Air Flow for Cooling

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RE: Required Air Flow for Cooling

Is your generator actually giving off 86kW, or is it supplying 86kW of electrical power?
You will need to know the actual environmental heat rejection.
Industrial HVAC guys are good at this work.

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RE: Required Air Flow for Cooling

I would recommend going to the generator IOM manual and seeing what the manufacturer gives for radiator air flow.

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