This section is from the book "The Building Trades Pocketbook", by International Correspondence Schools. Also available from Amazon: Building Trades Pocketbook: a Handy Manual of reference on Building Construction.
Heat units emitted per square foot of actual surface per hour, per degree of difference in temperature.
Height of Flue. Feet. | Velocity of Air per Second. Feet. | *B.T.U. Emitted. |
5 | 2.90 | 1.70 |
10 | 4.10 | 2.00 |
15 | 5.00 | 2.22 |
20 | 5.70 | 2.38 |
25 | 6.30 | 2.52 |
Height of Flue. Feet. | Velocity of Air per Second. Feet. | B. T.U Emitted. |
30 | 6.70 | 2.60 |
35 | 7.14 | 2.67 |
40 | 7.50 | 2.72 |
45 | 7.90 | 2.76 |
50 | 8.20 | 2.80 |
Velocity of Air per Second. Feet. | * B.T.U. Emitted |
3 | 3.42 |
4 | 4.00 |
5 | 4.50 |
6 | 4.94 |
7 | 5.33 |
Velocity of All per Second. Feet | B. T. U. Emitted. |
8 | 5.71 |
10 | 6.33 |
12 | 6.93 |
14 | 7.50 |
16 | 8.06 |
Velocity of Air per Second Feet | B.T.U Emitted. |
18 | 8.50 |
20 | 9.00 |
22 | 9.42 |
24 | 9.79 |
* A British thermal unit is the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 lb. of water 1° F.
 
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