Water flows through a 5 cm diameter pipe at the focus of a 2 m wide parabolic trough reflector that is 5 m long at a rate of 0.2 L/s. If the insolation is 500 W/m² and all of the solar energy is converted into heat, what is the increase in the temperature of the water after it has traversed the length of the reflector?

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The Answer of Water flows through a 5 cm diameter pipe at the focus of a 2 m wide parabolic trough reflector that is 5 m long at a rate of 0.2 L/s. If the insolation is 500 W/m² and all of the solar energy is converted into heat, what is the increase in the temperature of the water after it has traversed the length of the reflector?

Water Flows Through a 5 Cm Diameter Pipe at the Focus