An electric heater is used in a room of total wall area 137 m to maintain...

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An electric heater is used in a room of total wall area 137 m to maintain a temperature of 20C inside it, when the outside temperature is -10C. The walls have three different layers of materials. The innermost layer is of wood of thickness 2.5 cm, the middle layer is of cement of thickness 10 cm and the outermost layer is of brick of thickness 25.0 cm. Find the power of the electric heater. Assume that there is no heat loss through the floor and the ceiling. The thermal conductivities of wood, cement and brick are 0.125 WmC, 1.5 WmC- and 10 Wm C respectively. An electric heater is used in a room of total wall area 137 m to maintain a temperature of 20C inside it, when the outside temperature is -10C. The walls have three different layers of materials. The innermost layer is of wood of thickness 2.5 cm, the middle layer is of cement of thickness 10 cm and the outermost layer is of brick of thickness 25.0 cm. Find the power of the electric heater. Assume that there is no heat loss through the floor and the ceiling. The thermal conductivities of wood, cement and brick are 0.125 WmC, 1.5 WmC- and 10 Wm C respectively.

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