China Defends Its Bricks (Indian carrier delayed for year, possible counterfeit Chinese parts)

Strategy Page ^ | October 9, 2012

[andyk]

They help run the ship and cook Ramen noodles.

LOL! Deliciously efficient!

[andyk]

In the spring & summer it can take about 1600-1800 Tons of cooling at times.

Wow, and here I thought 2 five ton units for my server room was impressive.

[Secret Agent Man]

wow. great facts to know, i didn’t realize that.

[cva66snipe]

Wow, and here I thought 2 five ton units for my server room was impressive.

Keeping the electronics cooled on ship was my headache LOL. The carriers are cooled with a chill water loop which circulates through about 7-10 chillers depending on their tonnage. The Air Conditioning is the largest power draw on carriers. Just to start one up we had to call the electrical dispatcher {guy on watch in engineering control} and get permission from him and the engineering officer on watch. Turning one on it the system wasn't ready could cause power outages.

Seriously such equipment as the Gyro, navigation electronics, radar, in our case also sonar, and the Avionics and operations spaces was critical. Those spaces and the equipment they held were very heat intolerant when I was in.