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Hello,
I'm posting here in an attempt to solve a practical problem involving air temperature and pressure in a home, but I'll pose the problem in a simple, hypothetical model.
Take a large, closed box with a certain quantity of air contained within. A source of heat is placed on the bottom half of the box. It heats up the air temperature, the air pressure increases, and warm air rises towards the top of the box.
My question is this: If you placed a second heat source in the upper half of the box, and made that heat source equal to or warmer than the heat source at the bottom of the box, would the increased pressure of the air in the upper half of the box prevent the warm air at the bottom of the box from rising, thereby increasing air temperature and pressure in the bottom of the box?
Thanks for any help on this basic question.
Regards,
Charlie Cavanaugh
I'm posting here in an attempt to solve a practical problem involving air temperature and pressure in a home, but I'll pose the problem in a simple, hypothetical model.
Take a large, closed box with a certain quantity of air contained within. A source of heat is placed on the bottom half of the box. It heats up the air temperature, the air pressure increases, and warm air rises towards the top of the box.
My question is this: If you placed a second heat source in the upper half of the box, and made that heat source equal to or warmer than the heat source at the bottom of the box, would the increased pressure of the air in the upper half of the box prevent the warm air at the bottom of the box from rising, thereby increasing air temperature and pressure in the bottom of the box?
Thanks for any help on this basic question.
Regards,
Charlie Cavanaugh