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Textbook Solutions for Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach

Chapter 3 Problem 349

Question

Water is boiled in a pan covered with a poorly fitting lid at a specified location. Heat is supplied to the pan by a 2-kW resistance heater. The amount of water in the pan is observed to decrease by 1.19 kg in 30 minutes. If it is estimated that 75 percent of electricity consumed by the heater is transferred to the water as heat, determine the local atmospheric pressure in that location.

Solution

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Water is boiled in a pan by supplying electrical heat. The local atmospheric pressure is to be estimated. We assume that 75 percent of electricity consumed by the heater is transferred to the water.

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Title Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach  8 
Author Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles
ISBN 9780073398174

Solved: Water is boiled in a pan covered with a poorly

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