107F today. Heat index of 112F  Re: 107F today. Heat index of
112F  PostBy: steamup On: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:49 pm  Wood'nCoal
wrote: homecomfort wrote:Too bad noone yet figered a way to run
a/c on anthracite.  It could probably be done using the same
type of system a gas or kerosene refrigerator uses. :idea:  How
well it would work and how economical it would be I have no
idea.  Here is a small "water Fired" chiller. 10 tons could cool
two large houses.   Could be fired with a EFM DF520, AHS260 or
AA-260.  Efficiency? Based on 200 dollars a ton for coal, you
would burn $1.65/hr in coal plus electrical loads. A air
conditioner with an EER of 9.7 and $0.14/kwh of electric would
burn $1.73/hr of energy.  Central Air conditioners for furnaces
are availble with high EERs now. It would be a little cheaper to
run a high efficiency central air unit verses a coal fired
absorbtion unit. Also, it would be much more controll-able.
Cost of an 10 ton absorbtion unit, Last I knew over $10,000.00
just for the unit. By the t