Question

A house is losing heat at a rate of 1600 kJ/h per °C temperature difference between the indoor and the outdoor temperatures. Express the rate of heat loss from this house per K, °F, and R difference between the indoor and the outdoor temperature.

Answer 1

Answer:

1600 kJ/h per K, 888.88 kJ/h per °F and 888.88kJ/h per R

Explanation:

We make use of relations between temperature scales with respect to degrees celsius:

$1 K= 1^{\circ}C+273\\1^{\circ}F= (1^{\circ}C*1.8)+32\\1 R= (1^{\circ}C*1.8)+491.67$

This means that a change in one degree celsius is equivalent to a change of one kelvin, while for a degree farenheit and rankine this is equivalent to a change of 1.8 on both scales.

So:

$\frac{Q}{\Delta T(K)}=\frac{Q}{\Delta T(^\circ C)}=1600 \frac{kJ}{h} per K\\\frac{Q}{\Delta T(^\circ F)}=\frac{Q}{\Delta T(^\circ C*1.8)}=888.88 \frac{kJ}{h} per ^\circ F\\\frac{Q}{\Delta T(R)}=\frac{Q}{\Delta T(^\circ C*1.8)}=888.88 \frac{kJ}{h} per R$