Solar Houses Use a Variety of Energy Storage Devices to Retain

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Solar houses use a variety of energy storage devices to retain the heat absorbed during the day so that it can be released during the night.Suppose that you were to use a device of this kind to produce steam at 100°C during the day,and then allow the steam to cool to 0°C and freeze during the night.How many kilograms of water would be needed to store 20.0 kWh of energy in this way? The latent heat of vaporization of water is 22.6 × 10⁵ J/kg,the latent heat of fusion of water is 33.5 × 10⁴ J/kg,and the specific heat capacity of water is 4186 J/kg ∙ K.

A) 12.4 kg
B) 23.9 kg
C) 35.7 kg
D) 42.6 kg
E) 54.2 kg