P 5 4 The Thermodynamics behind the E-Suites Cooling Problem

Abstract

In this paper we examine the effect that powerful gaming computers have on the temperature of
the E-Suite, a room in the David Wilson library at the University of Leicester. We found that,
when left on until the room reaches thermal equilibrium with its surroundings, the computers in
the E-Suite increase the temperature of the room by 6.48 K, whereas computers in a neighbouring
room only increase the temperature by 1.76 K