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    Change in temperature of water as it flows through a pipe.

    Dear MasterX, Thank you taking the time to help me out again with this problem. I've checked the units in the equation Tf - Ti = q * A / m-dot * Cp, and they are correct. On the left of the equation we have kelvins; on the right we have W/m^2 (q) times m^2 (A) divided by kg/s (m-dot) times...
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    Change in temperature of water as it flows through a pipe.

    dear donutz610, Thanks for looking into my problem and checking my formulas. I've checked my units and my calculations many times, and my answers still don't make any sense.
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    Change in temperature of water as it flows through a pipe.

    Dear MasterX, thank you for your help. I'm afraid that I don't know how to do an energy balance. I have a formula to calculate the energy in the tank, but I still don't know how to calculate how much energy the system gains per unit of time. There's something I don't understand about the...
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    Change in temperature of water as it flows through a pipe.

    Thank you for looking into my problem, dear Phrak. The following reads "forty feet": 40'. The following reads "forty inches": 40". Can you see any other problems with my units or my conversions?
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    Change in temperature of water as it flows through a pipe.

    Dear Delzac, Thank you for your welcome and your help. I have looked carefully at your equations, and I'm afraid that I don't know how to put them to use. I read the first equation as "the instant rate of change in power with respect to time equals k times A times the instant rate of change in...
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    Change in temperature of water as it flows through a pipe.

    Dear Physicists, I'm not sure if my question qualifies as coursework, but here it is anyway: I'm taking ENGR-101 this term, and for a group project my group chose the design of a solar water heater. I'm trying to find a formula to calculate our design's efficiency, and when I search for...
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