Not even in the ballpark. By 800F, all the water is gone and the carbon has burned or is burning…which creates heat rather than uses heat. There is probably 1/10 or less of the original mass to heat from 800Fto 1600F F. So the shitty analysis has a HUGE error in it that greatly overestimates the fuel required.
A shitty estimate like that would never have gotten by this experienced engineer in a project review.
Not even in the ballpark. By 800F, all the water is gone and the carbon has burned or is burning…which creates heat rather than uses heat. There is probably 1/10 or less of the original mass to heat from 800Fto 1600F F. So the shitty analysis has a HUGE error in it that greatly overestimates the fuel required.
A shitty estimate like that would never have gotten by this experienced engineer in a project review.
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