In July in Los Angeles, the incident sunlight at ground level has a power density of 1.2 kW m−2 at noon. A swimming pool of area 50 m2 is directly exposed to the Sun. What is the maximum rate of loss of water? Assume that all the radiant energy is absorbed; take the enthalpy of vaporization of water to be 44 kJ mol−1.

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In July in Los Angeles, the incident sunlight at ground level has a power density of 1.2 kW m−2 at noon. A swimming pool of area 50 m2 is directly exposed to the Sun. What is the maximum rate of loss of water? Assume that all the radiant energy is absorbed; take the enthalpy of vaporization of water to be 44 kJ mol−1.

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