Posted by Nate V. IA on February 27, 2014 at 07:07:08 from (216.51.200.42):
In Reply to: idea for heat posted by blue924.9 on February 27, 2014 at 06:41:20:
1. The insulation would be paramount. 2. There could be almost no air exchange for this to work. 3. Not having ventilation wouldn't work very well for a cattle barn. 4. If it were this easy everyone would be doing it.
You would get some heat out of it, no doubt, but how much is the question. I am dumping all the heat generated from 2 200k btu boilers into a new chicken house with 6 inch sidewalls made of SIPs panels (plywood-6 in of Styrofoam-plywood. A large 3/4 horse pump pushes 170 degree water thru a 2 in pipe that transports the water to all the zone pumps (5 of them).
Then I have infloor heat for the entire building, 35 x 300 AND fin tubes above the cages 4800 linear ft worth and I have trouble keeping it 95 when its 10 below outside with almost no air exchange.
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