Infiltration of cold air into a warm house during winter through the cracks around doors, windows, and
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Infiltration of cold air into a warm house during winter through the cracks around doors, windows, and other openings is a major source of energy loss since the cold air that enters needs to be heated to the room temperature. The infiltration is often expressed in terms of ACH (air changes per hour). An ACH of 2 indicates that the entire air in the house is replaced twice every hour by the cold air outside. Consider an electrically heated house that has a floor space of 150 m2 and an average height of 3 m at 1000 m elevation, where the standard atmospheric pressure is 89.6 kPa. The house is maintained at a temperature of 22°C, and the infiltration losses are estimated to amount to 0.7 ACH. Assuming the pressure and the temperature in the house remain constant, determine the amount of energy loss from the house due to infiltration for a day during which the average outdoor temperature is 5°C. Also, determine the cost of this energy loss for that day if the unit cost of electricity in that area is $0.082/kWh.
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Heat And Mass Transfer Fundamentals And Applications
ISBN: 9780073398181
5th Edition
Authors: Yunus Cengel, Afshin Ghajar