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Thursday, May 5, 2011

USB Popcorn

This is impractical.
  • Density of vegetable oil: d= 0.91 g/cm3
  • Specific heat of vegetable oil: s = 1.67 kJ/kg.K
  • Temperature required to pop popcorns: T = 150 C
  • Power of two heating lights: P = 2.8 * 0.3 * 2 = 1.68 W
  • Time required to pop popcorns at a room temperature of 50 C with 5 g of oil:
    d * 5 * s * (T - 50) / P = 4970 secs = 82 minutes.
And we haven't considered heat lost to surroundings in 82 minutes.

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