mesa@piefed.social to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 26 days agoStoring Solar Energy As Ice For Air Conditioninghackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up131 cross-posted to: hackaday@ibbit.at
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minus-squarelowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days ago These one ton blocks of ice would provide 12,000 Btu/h of cooling for 24hours. source: https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3263&context=publication#%3A~%3Atext=These+blocks+of+ice+would%2Cone-ton+block+of+ice. So a block of ice about the size and weight of a car to cool one house… I’m really just not following how any of this is worthy of attention?
minus-squareMidnight@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days ago size and weight of a car blocks of ice measuring 4 ft × 4 ft × 2 ft. This you? Because 32 cubic ft is about the volume of most residential AC units.
minus-squarelowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agolol is that the size of your dwelling? That size (4 ft × 4 ft × 2 ft) get’s you 12k btus which is not enough for any house lol.
source: https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3263&context=publication#%3A~%3Atext=These+blocks+of+ice+would%2Cone-ton+block+of+ice.
So a block of ice about the size and weight of a car to cool one house… I’m really just not following how any of this is worthy of attention?
This you?
Because 32 cubic ft is about the volume of most residential AC units.
lol is that the size of your dwelling? That size (4 ft × 4 ft × 2 ft) get’s you 12k btus which is not enough for any house lol.