Homework

Consider a 2-m high electric hot water heater that has a diameter of 40
cm and maintains hot water at 55
o
C. The tank is located in a small
room whose average temperature is 27
o
C and the heat transfer
coecients on the inner and outer surfaces of the heater are 50 and
!2 "#m$% respectivel&. The tank is placed in another 4' cm-diameter
sheet metal tank of negligi(le thickness and the space (etween the
two tanks is )lled with foam insulation *k+0.0, "#m$-. The thermal
resistances of the water tank and the outer thin sheet metal shell are
ver& small and can (e neglected. The price of electricit& is 0.0.
/uros#k"h and the home owner pa&s 2.0 /uros a &ear for water
heating.
a- 0etermine the fraction of the hot water energ& cost of this
household that is due to the heat loss from the tank.
(- 0etermine the intensit& of the electrical current that passes
through the heater electrical resistance if the plug voltage is 220
1.
c- Hot water tank insulation kits consisting of , cm-thick )(erglass
insulation *k+0.0,5 "#m$- large enough to wrap the entire tank
are availa(le in the market for a(out ,0 /uros. 2f such an
insulation is installed on this water tank (& the home owner
itself% how long will it take for this additional insulation to pa& for
itself3