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saw5 [17]
2 years ago
10

The rate at which heat enters an air conditioned building is often roughly proportional to the difference in temperature between

inside and outside.
(a) Under this assumption, show that the cost of operating an air con- ditioner is proportional to the square of the temperature difference.
(b) Give a numerical example for a typical house and discuss implications for your electric bill.
(c) Suppose instead that heat enters the building at a rate proportional to the square-root of the temperature difference between inside and outside. How would the operating cost now depend on the temperature difference?
Physics
1 answer:
erma4kov [3.2K]2 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Considering first question

    Generally the coefficient of performance of the air condition  is mathematically represented as

   COP  =  \frac{T_i}{T_o - T_i}

Here T_i is the inside temperature

while  T_o is the outside temperature

What this coefficient of performance represent is the amount of heat the air condition can remove with 1 unit of electricity

So it implies that the air condition removes   \frac{T_i}{T_o - T_i} heat with 1 unit of electricity

Now from the question we are told that the rate at which heat enters an air conditioned building is often roughly proportional to the difference in temperature between inside and outside. This can be mathematically represented as

         Q \ \alpha \ (T_o - T_i)

=>        Q= k (T_o - T_i)

Here k is the constant of proportionality

So  

    since  1 unit of electricity  removes   \frac{T_i}{T_o - T_i}  amount of heat

   E  unit of electricity will remove  Q= k (T_o - T_i)

So

      E =  \frac{k(T_o - T_i)}{\frac{T_i}{ T_h - T_i} }

=>   E = \frac{k}{T_i} (T_o - T_i)^2

given that  \frac{k}{T_i} is constant

    =>  E \  \alpha  \  (T_o - T_i)^2

From this above equation we see that the  electricity required(cost of powering and operating the air conditioner) is approximately proportional to the square of the temperature difference.

 Considering the  second question

Assuming that  T_i   =  30 ^oC

 and      T_o  =  40 ^oC

Hence  

     E = K (T_o - T_i)^2

Here K stand for a constant

So  

        E = K (40 -  30)^2

=>      E = 100K

Now if  the  T_i   =  20 ^oC

Then

       E = K (40 -  20)^2

=>      E = 400 \ K

So  from this see that the electricity require (cost of powering and operating the air conditioner)when the inside temperature is low  is  much higher than the electricity required when the inside temperature is higher

Considering the  third question

Now in the case where the  heat that enters the building is at a rate proportional to the square-root of the temperature difference between inside and outside

We have that

       Q = k (T_o - T_i )^{\frac{1}{2} }

So

       E =  \frac{k (T_o - T_i )^{\frac{1}{2} }}{\frac{T_i}{T_o - T_i} }

=>   E =  \frac{k}{T_i} * (T_o - T_i) ^{\frac{3}{2} }

Assuming \frac{k}{T_i} is a constant

Then  

     E \ \alpha \ (T_o - T_i)^{\frac{3}{2} }

From this above equation we see that the  electricity required(cost of powering and operating the air conditioner) is approximately proportional to the square root  of the cube of the  temperature difference.

   

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