How Window Air Conditioner Works
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Lee is a new student at the University of Oklahoma.
He rents a small apartment which has a window air conditioner in his bedroom (small room). Lee spends
most of his time at school, hence he only wants to run the air conditioner
when he is at home. But he worries that it will take too long
for the room temperature to reach the disred level. Also, he is interested in knowing how
much heat will be released to the outside ambient air during the cooling process.
What is known:
- Coefficient of performance, COP, (the ratio of the heat removed from
the room to the net work required for the air conditioner) of the air conditioner COP = 2.5
- Power input of the air conditioner
dW/dt = = 900 W
- Room temperature Troom = 90oF
- Temperature setting of the air conditioner,
Tsetting =
75 oF
- 50 kJ heat needs to be removed for the temperature of the room to
go down 1o F
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