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heating water
I've just installed a 65lt hot water tank, it has 2 heating coils and an
immersion. I haven't got around to connecting the 2 heating coils so for now it runs on just a 1 kw immersion heater... I connected up my 1.2kw generator ( just a cheapy from B&Q, not a marine genset) and it took 2 hours to get warm and about 3 hours to hot.... For no very good reason I had thought it would heat in about an hour. I have tried looking up calorific values of water etc, but just got myself confused... anybody here shed some light for me.. thanks Nigel |
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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:27:17 +0100, "Nigel"
wrote: I've just installed a 65lt hot water tank, it has 2 heating coils and an immersion. I haven't got around to connecting the 2 heating coils so for now it runs on just a 1 kw immersion heater... I connected up my 1.2kw generator ( just a cheapy from B&Q, not a marine genset) and it took 2 hours to get warm and about 3 hours to hot.... For no very good reason I had thought it would heat in about an hour. I have tried looking up calorific values of water etc, but just got myself confused... anybody here shed some light for me.. If we assume that the immersion heater is fitted to the top of the tank, we "might" be heating 65/2 - 32 litres of water. Assuming initial water temperature is 15degC and final temperature will be 70degC we are increasing by 55degC. The heat capacity of water is 1.16 Watt hours per deg C. Therefore for the data above the total Wh is 1.16 x 32 x 55 = 2041.6 In the case as above 2 (assuming constant running) the thermostat will tend to cycle towards the top of the temperature range, therefore increasing the time. Heat losses from the hot area to the unheated cold area of the tank will also increase the time. Generally it sounds about right. -- Richard Nb "Pound Eater" Parkend G+S "Governments are like Nappies, they should be changed often." (For the same reason) |
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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:27:17 +0100, "Nigel"
wrote: I've just installed a 65lt hot water tank, it has 2 heating coils and an immersion. I haven't got around to connecting the 2 heating coils so for now it runs on just a 1 kw immersion heater... I connected up my 1.2kw generator ( just a cheapy from B&Q, not a marine genset) and it took 2 hours to get warm and about 3 hours to hot.... For no very good reason I had thought it would heat in about an hour. I have tried looking up calorific values of water etc, but just got myself confused... anybody here shed some light for me.. thanks Nigel You make it easy - specifying metric units.... 65 liters = 65 kilograms Supposing you went to 70 degC from 20 degC: that's 50 degrees X 65000 grams X 4.2 joules per calorie of energy in joules. If you supply energy at the rate of 1000 joules/second i.e. 1 kW then the time needed (with no losses) is 50 X 65000 X 4.2 / 1000 seconds or 4 hours. You try not to start from cold! Brian Whatcott Altus OK |
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