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Heat loss from an insulated water tank ----- Thermodynamics
Hi and thanks in advance for any help with this problem.
If I have a very very well insulated tank of water of say 4 litres.
If we could assume that the tank had no heat loss...
The tank is heated by an electrical device that generates say 2 watts of heat
Would the tank of water eventually boil or would the water in the tank dissapate some of the heat (somehow). If it would boil is it slower than a simple calculation of the energy put in by the heater would indicate?
it is for an idea I am trying to think through but short of making up a prototype and seeing what happens i am at a dead end.
Cheers Stoody
I hope asking a question on a first post is Ok
Hi and thanks in advance for any help with this problem.
If I have a very very well insulated tank of water of say 4 litres.
If we could assume that the tank had no heat loss...
The tank is heated by an electrical device that generates say 2 watts of heat
Would the tank of water eventually boil or would the water in the tank dissapate some of the heat (somehow). If it would boil is it slower than a simple calculation of the energy put in by the heater would indicate?
it is for an idea I am trying to think through but short of making up a prototype and seeing what happens i am at a dead end.
Cheers Stoody
I hope asking a question on a first post is Ok