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Elements Of Electromagnetics

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ISBN:9780190698614

Author:Sadiku, Matthew N. O.

Publisher:Sadiku, Matthew N. O.

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You have a natural gas furnace in your home that used 78,500 cubic feet of natural gas for heating last winter. Your neighbor has a furnace that burns heating oil, and used 516 gallons of heating oil last winter. You can convert the natural gas and heating oil consumption data into Btu to determine which home used more energy for heating.

Natural gas BTU: 1,028 Btu per cubic foot
Oil BTU: 138,590 Btu per gallon

Natural Gas BTU= 80698000 Btu

Oil BTU = 71512440 Btu

The home that used a natural gas furnace used more energy for heating.

2. You need a new furnace for your home, and you are comparing systems that use natural gas and heating oil. One factor to consider is the cost of fuel. You can compare the price of the fuels on an equal basis by dividing the price per unit of the fuels by the Btu content per unit of the fuels to get a price per million Btu.

Assume Natural gas price = $10.50 per thousand cubic feet and oil price = $3.00 per gallon

Natural Gas = $824.25

Heating Oil = $1548

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ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY FURNACES

Natural gas furnace = 80698000 Btu
Heating oil furnace = 71512440 Btu

On comparing above two values, the home that used a natural gas furnace used more energy for heating.

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