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Old 13th Sep 2004, 10:05
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Just a quick back-of-envelope sum. Let's say we are doing 350 mph as you say, and has an intake diameter of 3 metres.

A 3 metre diameter implies a cross-section of about 7mē. 350 mph equates to 156 m/s.

So, 7 x 156 = 1095 m^3/s of air.


Standard sea-level air density is 1.225kg/m^3.

So, 1095 x 1.225 = 1342kg.

Which is 1 1/3 metric tonnes per second.


So, by back of envelope guesstimation, a tonne a second seems about right.



With regard to your AC, does it imply the mass of air that it can keep "conditioned"?. 4 tonnes would be 3,265 m^3, or about 35,000 cubic feet. That would equate to an air mass of something around 44ft x 44ft x 18ft - which I'd guess is probably the size of the air mass in a typical modern american house.

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