Question

Dogs keep themselves cool by panting, rapidly breathing air in and out. Panting results in evaporation from moist tissues of the airway and lungs, which cools the animal. Measurements show that, on a 35∘C day with a relative humidity of 50%, a 12 kg dog loses 1.0 g of water per minute if it is panting vigorously. What rate of heat loss, in watts, does this achieve?

Answer 1

The rate of heat loss, in watts, does this achieve is 37.66 W

Evaporation:

It leads in cooling since water absorbs heat equivalent to mass times latent heat of evaporation to get converted into vapor .

So,

latent heat of evaporation of water = 2260 x 10³ J / kg or 2260 J / g

Now

in the evaporation of 1 g of water , heat lost = 2260 J

And,

heat lost per minute = 2260 J

So,

heat lost per second = 2260 / 60

= 37.66 J /s

= 37.66 W

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