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The document presents a problem to calculate the daily cost of leaving a phone charger plugged in when not in use. It provides the dimensions, emissivity, surface and air temperatures of the charger. Using an energy balance equation that accounts for convection and radiation heat transfer, it calculates the power used by the charger to be 0.74W. Factoring in the cost of electricity, it determines the daily cost to be $0.0032.

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The document presents a problem to calculate the daily cost of leaving a phone charger plugged in when not in use. It provides the dimensions, emissivity, surface and air temperatures of the charger. Using an energy balance equation that accounts for convection and radiation heat transfer, it calculates the power used by the charger to be 0.74W. Factoring in the cost of electricity, it determines the daily cost to be $0.0032.

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PROBLEM 1.

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KNOWN: Dimensions and emissivity of a cell phone charger. Surface temperature when plugged in. Temperature of air and surroundings. Convection heat transfer coefficient. Cost of electricity. FIND: Daily cost of leaving the charger plugged in when not in use. SCHEMATIC:
Tsur = 20C

Ts = 33C = 0.92

qconv

50 mm Air T = 22C h = 4.5 W/m2K

Eg
45 mm 20 mm

qrad

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) Steady-state conditions, (2) Convection and radiation are from five exposed surfaces of charger, (3) Large surroundings, (4) Negligible heat transfer from back of charger to wall and outlet.

& & & ANALYSIS: At steady-state, an energy balance on the charger gives Ein + E g = 0 , where E g
represents the conversion from electrical to thermal energy. The exposed area is A = (50 mm 45 mm) + 2(50 mm 20 mm) + 2(45 mm 20 mm) = 6050 mm2. Thus,
4 & E g = ( qconv + qrad ) = hA(Ts T ) + A(Ts4 Tsur )

= 4.5 W / m 2 K(33C 22C) + 0.92 5.67 108 W/m 2 K 4 ( (306 K)4 (293 K)4 ) 6050 106 m 2 = 0.74 W This is the total rate of electricity used while the charger is plugged in. The daily cost of electricity is Cost = 0.74 W $0.18/kWh 1 kW/1000 W 24 h/day = $0.0032/day

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COMMENTS: (1) The radiation and convection heat fluxes are 73 W/m2 and 50 W/m2, respectively. Therefore, both modes of heat transfer are important. (2) The cost of leaving the charger plugged in when not in use is small.

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