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heating a small space with hot coffee

ed wallace
ed wallace Member Posts: 1,613
in THE MAIN WALL
heck is there any way to tap into all the hot air being produced by congress?

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  • grindog
    grindog Member Posts: 121
    what do you think

    could it be possible to heat a coffee shop with the hot coffee we drink? A stainless steel boiler some type of automated shot feeded to supply the coffee beans to the system a few fan coils that generate heat and a large storage tank to store the coffee.
    The average cup of coffee is 180 degrees and theres got to be some way to make this an open system to supply hot coffee and heat your local dunkin donuts??
    the possibilities are endless
  • Gary Fereday
    Gary Fereday Member Posts: 427
    Indeed

    If you have enough customers to drink all the coffee needed to heat the shop, indeed it can be done. However the leg pulling your doing here is enough exercise to keep you warm and over heat you in the coldest of winters or seasons
    bigugh!
  • Jim Bennett
    Jim Bennett Member Posts: 607
    Might work...

    I tried heating my pool one time with flatulence, but all I succeeded in doing was clearing the pool.

    Back to the drawing board! ;)

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  • Gary Fereday
    Gary Fereday Member Posts: 427
    Worked!

    "No body in the pool, no body cold!"
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    Drink enough coffee

    and you've got to pee. We can run that through a plate-and-frame exchanger. Pressure drop might be an issue, but we'll just ask the young guys to provide the stream.
    Retired and loving it.
  • Scott Kneeland
    Scott Kneeland Member Posts: 158
    coffee shop

    You all missed the thing that you have been using the most "BS"

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  • bigugh_4
    bigugh_4 Member Posts: 406
    Not really,

    Since that hot air produces a chill of just above absolute zero! Makes no sense at all!
  • Pat K
    Pat K Member Posts: 88


    The only problem with that hot air is it is toxic and corrosive.

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  • Paul Rohrs_4
    Paul Rohrs_4 Member Posts: 466
    Think about

    limited cooling! It could happen......

    Regards,

    PR

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  • jerry scharf_3
    jerry scharf_3 Member Posts: 419
    I like it

    I wonder whether the oil in the coffee would change the capacity. The viscosity would increase (I like my coffee thick) and you would probably need to use pex and stainless pumps/fittings (acid corrosion.) Maybe have a main truck at 180F running past each table, one tap to get coffee to drink, the other to a panel rad.

    Just imagine sending the sample to George at Rhomar for testing. :)

    jerry
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    I'll send The Lovely Naoko to participate

    in the demonstration project. She has never met a coffee shop she didn't like ;-)

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  • Mitch_4
    Mitch_4 Member Posts: 955
    IT'll WORK!

    run it though potable rated pex, to a fan coil certified with potable systems, 20° delta T to holding tank.OR...you could also make it extra thick, dilute it with cold water to 110° and run it through the floor for radiant coffee system
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