In an industrial process 10 kg of water per hour is to be heated from 
to 
. To do this steam at 
is passed from a boiler into a copper coil immersed in water. The steam condenses in the coil and is returned to the boiler as water at 
. How many kg of steam is required per hour? (Specific heat of steam 
specific heat of water 
, Latent heat of vaporization 
)
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Sol. Suppose 
steam is required per hour Heat is released by steam in following three steps
(i) When 
steam 
steam
(ii) When 
steam 
water
(iii) When 
water 
water
Hence total heat given by the steam
Heat taken by 10 kg water
Hence 
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