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Example Time To Heat
Example Time To Heat
The time required to heat 75 kg of water (cp = 4.2 kJ/kgoC) from temperature 20oC to 75oC with
steam produced from a boiler with capacity 200 kW (kJ/s) can be calculated by transforming eq.
2 to
t = m cp dT / q
= (75 kg) (4.2 kJ/kgoC) ((75 oC) - (20 oC)) / (200 kJ/s)
= 86 s