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  1. purplehaze2004

    Heating Room Calculation

    great! got it. understand. appreciate greatly you spending time putting this together, sspeare.
  2. purplehaze2004

    Heating Room Calculation

    Chicopee, I understand the info you're requesting, but don't have all of it. Can't I simplify this down and just make some assumptions? I found a site online Heater Shop that provides a BTU calculator.....It's calculating 4,605,750 BTU/HR based on the information I originally stated. That's...
  3. purplehaze2004

    Heating Room Calculation

    IRstuff within a couple hours would be ideal.
  4. purplehaze2004

    Heating Room Calculation

    hi guys, looking for some help double checking my calculation. i want to heat a room in the Plant to 130F (sterilization process). The temp of surrounding rooms is 70F. If my room dimensions are LxWxH = 178'x69'x20', the cubic volume of my room is 245,640. Delta T=60F We know 1 BTU is...
  5. purplehaze2004

    Energy Input Calculation

    yes - same mixing tool (just larger). trial and error is an option, but wanted to somehow calculate a starting point.
  6. purplehaze2004

    Energy Input Calculation

    hi guys, I can't seem to find the calculation for this scale-up. If I have a lab-top KITCHEN AID mixer (0.5HP) mixing dough using the following mixing profile, Agitator (mixing tool) Low speed 107 rpm Med speed 198 rpm...
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    Calculating Steam (Water) Pick-Up

    shoot. i messed up with one of my figures from the steam table. thanks 25362. i had a feeling something was off.
  8. purplehaze2004

    Calculating Steam (Water) Pick-Up

    25362 can you show your calculations?
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    Calculating Steam (Water) Pick-Up

    Needed to calculate the water pick-up in slurry that is heated using direct steam injection (so I can reduce the amount of water in the slurry appropriately to accomodate the additional water being injected in the steam). Steam (SAT) = 120psi batch. T1=140F slurry TF=190F slurry 470LBS product...

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