Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications
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Chapter 5, Problem 16P
In climates with low night-time temperatures, an energy-efficient way of cooling a house is install a fan in the ceiling that draws air from the interior of the house and discharges it to a ventilated ati space. Consider a house whose interior air volume is 720 in3. If air in the house is to be exchanged on every 20 minutes, detennine (a) the required flow rate of the fan and (b) the average discharge speed of air the fan diameter is 0.5 m.
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