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  Determine the required water heater size for a 300-student womens dormitory for the following crite-

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a. Storage system with minimum recovery rate.

b. Storage system with recovery rate of 2.5 gph per student.
c. With the additional requirement for a cafeteria to serve a maximum of 300 meals per hour for minimum recovery rate, combined with item a ; and for a recovery rate of 1.0 gph per maximum meals per hour, combined with
item b .
Solution :
a . The minimum recovery rate from Figure 15 for womens dormitories is 1.1 gph per student or 330 gph total.

At this rate, storage required is 12 gal per student or 3600 gal total. On a 70% net usable basis, the necessary
tank size is 3600/0.7 = 5150 gal.
b. The same curve shows 5 gal storage per student at 2.5 gph recovery, or 300 x 5 = 1500 gal storage with
recovery of 300 x 2.5 = 750 gph. The tank size will be 1500/0.7 = 2150 gal.
c. The requirements for a cafeteria can be determined from Figure 19 and added to those for the dormitory. For
the case of minimum recovery rate, the cafeteria (Type A) requires 300 x 0.45 = 135 gph recovery rate and 300 x
7/0.7 = 3000 gal of additional storage. The entire building then requires 330 + 135 = 465 gph recovery and 5150 +
3000 = 8150 gal of storage.
With 1 gph recovery at the maximum hourly meal output, the recovery required is 300 gph, with 300 x 2.0/0.7 =
860 gal of additional storage. Combining this with item b, the entire building requires 750 + 300 = 1050 gph
recovery and 2150 + 860 = 3010 gal of storage.
Note : Recovery capacities shown are for heating water only. Additional capacity must be added to offset the
system heat losses.

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