A water cooler of storage capacity 120 litres can cool water at constant rate of P watts. In a closed…

A water cooler of storage capacity 120 litres can cool water at constant rate of P watts. In a closed circulation system (as shown schematically in the figure), the water from the cooler is used to cool an external device that generates constantly 3 kW of heat (thermal load). The temperature of water fed into the device cannot exceed 30oC and the entire stored 120 litres of water is initially cooled to 10oC . The entire system is thermally insulated. The minimum value of P (in watts) for which the device can be operated for 3 hours is:

(Specific heat of water is 4.2 kJ kg-1 K-1 and the density of water is 1000 kg m-3 )

  1. 1600
  2. 2067
  3. 2533
  4. 3933

Solution

3000-P=120×14.2×103dTdt
dTdt=2060×60×3
P=2067W

Asked in: JEE Advanced 2016 (Paper 1)

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