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When you stop posting bullshit, I'll stop refuting it. It takes how many watts to raise 1 lb of water one degree? This is science!
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to clarify, a watt is a measurement of the rate of energy, not the amount. This is why your power bill reflects kwh, not kw. The rate of energy (kw), over a specified time(h).
Perhaps you missed the point. Perhaps you forget that this is a dynamic system, not some stationary calculation. The CPU feeds energy into the liquid at a rate, based upon the difference in temperature. It doesn't just magically dump it all at once. Said energy is measured in the amount of Joules (a unit of energy) per second (a unit of time), which is colloquially referred to as a Watt. This is why TDP is expressed in Watts.
The water is changing temperature constantly. There was a flow rate stated. The water doesn't just change temperature once, it is constantly dispersing power. As such, when the water passes through the cooler and dumps 1 degree Celsius it will effectively dump energy into the environment. Said energy dump occurs over time across the entire radiator, and is also expressable as Joules/second. In case you missed it the first time, that's Watts.
At this point, you're either trolling or don't know what the base units are. The reason you have a KWh on your power bill is because is is measuring the amount of energy you use, not the amount of energy you disperse over time. Pay attention to your damn units. KWh is calculated by the power consumption (J/s, or Watts) multiplied by the amount of time (let's express is in seconds). Baby steps here, but (Joules/time)*time=Joules. KWh is a bass ackwards way of measuring consumed Joules.
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So we're clear, this level of complete misunderstanding is why I asked you for proof earlier. You state things as "fact" without ever proving them. Hell, a grade schooler is taught to check their units in science, but that seems utterly beyond you.
Maybe this will help. A KWh is 3.6*10^6 Joules. Instead of using a tiny unit, we convert to KWh so that we can understand it.
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As to the initial comment, it can take any number of Watts to heat a pound of water one degree.
1055 Joules = 1 BTU
1 BTU raises 1 pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit
Assuming perfect insulation in all cases:
1 watt for 1055 seconds would heat the water one degree F.
1055 watts for 1 second would heat the water one degree F.
527.5 watts for 2 seconds would heat the water one degree F.
The answer you were supposed to come to was 1055 Joules, no matter how it is added, would raise one pound of water one degree F.
Science works by theory, measurement, and checking units. You failed theory, by missing the fact it was a dynamic system and therefore energy is transferred over time. You failed measurement, by not understanding what your units represent. You failed a unit check in such a spectacular fashion as to likely be one of the people at NASA who managed to make a rover miss its target by not converting metric to imperial.
Worst of all, you've failed the human part of science. Instead of showing me how I'm wrong, you spouted a bunch of crap then claimed "it's science you idiot." Fine. Just never get anywhere near my HVAC, or the damn thing won't ever work.
Also, stay the hell away from my computers. I don't trust anyone who can't even understand the difference between energy, energy over time, and total energy utilized.
If you're too damned lazy to do the math yourself, here's the quick and dirty way to measure a single flow.
Flow rate * time = volume of fluid
volume of fluid * density of fluid = mass of fluid
find the molar mass of the fluid
mass of fluid / Molar mass of fluid = moles of fluid
Measure temperature difference across the radiator
find the heat capacity of the fluid (water is about 75 Joules/mole/Degree C)
Heat capacity * moles of fluid * temperature difference = Joules of energy
If you have a constant flow all you have to do is get the moles of fluid in a moles/unit time measurement. You'll note that the units it comes out in are then Joules/s, our good old friend Watts.
If you'd like to poke a hole in that logic, go ahead. I've provided units, measurement, concrete logical pathways to get to the answer, and you've yet to even demonstrate the understanding that dynamic systems aren't static.
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