An insulated tank contains 10 litres of water at 100 kPa and 20°C A 2 kW electric resistance heater is immersed in water Considering all the electrical energy is used to raise the temperature of water, find the time required to raise the water temperature to 70°C Water can be considered as a constant density flund with density 1000 kg/m³ and the specific heat is constant as 4.2 kJ/kg C in the given range of temperature

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An insulated tank contains 10 litres of water at 100 kPa

and 20°C A 2 kW electric resistance heater is immersed in water Considering all the electrical energy is used to raise the temperature of water, find the time required to raise the water temperature to 70°C Water can be considered as a constant density flund with density 1000 kg/m³ and the specific heat is constant as

4.2 kJ/kg C in the given range of temperature

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