>So we have to pump 150 + 22 = 172 watts of heat up a thermal gradient of 10C — more if it's hotter. If I assume a slightly pessimistic factor of 2 for the heat pump, that's an electrical input of about 85 watts to the heat pump, plus some to run fans and coolant pumps in the suit — my guess is that you need a minimum of around 250 watts to power the suit.
>Sounds distinctly unpleasant to wear.
>Edit:: and if the cooling stops, get out of the suit quickly, before you roast.
I dunno, they have interstellar spaceships. Sun on earth is 1kW/m^2 at equator, not sure what it would be on Dune, but doesn't seem that unreasonable that they could have it powered by some advanced solar cells integrated in the suit.
I think it would be pretty hard to power it.
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>So we have to pump 150 + 22 = 172 watts of heat up a thermal gradient of 10C — more if it's hotter. If I assume a slightly pessimistic factor of 2 for the heat pump, that's an electrical input of about 85 watts to the heat pump, plus some to run fans and coolant pumps in the suit — my guess is that you need a minimum of around 250 watts to power the suit.
>Sounds distinctly unpleasant to wear.
>Edit:: and if the cooling stops, get out of the suit quickly, before you roast.
I dunno, they have interstellar spaceships. Sun on earth is 1kW/m^2 at equator, not sure what it would be on Dune, but doesn't seem that unreasonable that they could have it powered by some advanced solar cells integrated in the suit.