Was that 30 million cubic feet at atmospheric pressure?
-jmw-
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012, Deryck Webb wrote:
> Hi Spinlanders,
>
> Just for interest sake, and the fact that it's all over the news, I'd like to comment on the Felix Baumgartner/Red Bull Stratos event that occurred this past Sunday.
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> As we're all aware there is a shortage of supply of liquid helium in North America and the world and we've all felt the pinch of rationing and sometimes even denial of helium.
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> Here's what was used for the Stratos mission;
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> The RedBullStratos Balloon held 30,000,000 cu ft of helium gas. That's 849,600,000 litres of gas, which will condense into 1,132,800 litres of liquid! (750:1 expansion ratio). Depending on where your at that's over $10M worth of helium. http://www.redbullstratos.com/technology/high-altitude-balloon/
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> We all know helium is non renewable and very difficult to extract from natural gas, and once released to the atmosphere helium is non recoverable.
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> That volume of helium would supply the University of Alberta, all departments, all helium applications, for over 50 years!
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> Please let me know the number and frequency of instruments you have in your lab and how long that supply would have sustained your facility. I'll post the results when I get a decent number of responses.
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> Thanks everyone,
>
> Deryck
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