Human Btu

[Queso]

fellas, females,

so ive overheard that these human sorts give off something called BTUs?

 

could anybody tell me what a BTU is

and why humans give them off :cup:

[Southtown]

Heat. British Thermal Unit.

1. The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water from 60° to 61°F at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.
2. The quantity of heat equal to 1/180 of the heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water from 32° to 212°F at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=btu

[GAHD]

BTUs are used to calculate things like air conditioner and furnace efficiency.

 

Humans just happen to be walking furnaces.

[Bio-Hazard]

The human body generates more bio-electricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 BTU's of body heat.

[Jay-qu]

The human body generates more bio-electricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 BTU's of body heat.

did you just quote Morpheus in the Matrix

[GAHD]

I think he did...

[srfndad]

Du Bois area: The surface area of skin of an "average" adult is 1.8 m2 (1.8 x 10.76 = 19.368 ft2) The total heat production of an "average" person at rest per hour is 58.2 x 1.8 = 104.76 = 105 watts (18.4 x 19.368 = 356.37 = 356 Btu's per hour).

 

The Du Bois area normally varies between 1.3 m2 (14 ft2) and 2.2 m2 (23.7 ft2) and in any setting the heat produced by sedentary adults will vary between about 75.66 watts (271 Btu's) for 1.3 m2 and 128 watts (459 Btu's) for 2.2 m2.

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[Queso]

thank you :(