2-90 Consider a large plate of thickness L and thermal conductivity k in which heat is generated uniformly at a rate of egn. One side of the plate is insulated, while the other side is exposed to an environment at Too With a heat transfer coefficient of h. (a) Express the differential equation and the boundary conditions for steady one-dimensional heat conduction through the plate, (b) determine the variation of temperature in the plate, and (c) obtain relations for the temperatures on both surfaces and the maximum temperature rise in the plate in terms of given parameters. FIGURE P2-90 т. gen Insulated

2-90 Consider a large plate of thickness L and thermal conductivity k in which heat is generated uniformly at a rate of egn. One side of the plate is insulated, while the other side is exposed to an environment at Too With a heat transfer coefficient of h. (a) Express the differential equation and the boundary conditions for steady one-dimensional heat conduction through the plate, (b) determine the variation of temperature in the plate, and (c) obtain relations for the temperatures on both surfaces and the maximum temperature rise in the plate in terms of given parameters. FIGURE P2-90 т. gen Insulated

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1.19 A cryogenic fluid is stored in a 0.3-m-diameter spherical container is still air. If the convection heat transfer coefficient between the outer surface of the container and the air is 6.8 , the temperature of the air is 27°C, and the temperature of the surface of the sphere is –183°C, determine the rate of heat transfer by convection.
2.38 The addition of aluminum fins has been suggested to increase the rate of heat dissipation from one side of an electronic device 1 m wide and 1 m tall. The fins are to be rectangular in cross section, 2.5 cm long and 0.25 cm thick, as shown in the figure. There are to be 100 fins per meter. The convection heat transfer coefficient, both for the wall and the fins, is estimated to be K. With this information determine the percent increase in the rate of heat transfer of the finned wall compared to the bare wall.
1.39 On a cold winter day, the outside wall of a home is exposed to an air temperature of when the inside temperature of the room is at . As a result of this temperature gradient, there is heat loss through the wall to the outside. Consider the convective heat transfer coefficients for the air inside the room and at the outside wall surface to be, respectively, 12.0 and . If the composite room wall is modeled as a plane wall with a thermal resistance per unit area of , determine the temperature at the outer surface of the wall as well as the rate of heat flow through the wall per unit area. If the homeowner were to consider using a fiberglass insulation layer on the inside wall surface for reducing this heat loss by 50%, what is the required thickness of this layer and the outside wall temperature for this case?
A steam pipe 200 mm in diameter passes through a large basement room. The temperature of the pipe wall is 500C, while that of the ambient air in the room is 20C. Determine the heat transfer rate by convection and radiation per unit length of steam pipe if the emissivity of the pipe surface is 0.8 and the natural convection heat transfer coefficient has been determined to be 10 W/m2K.
A high-speed computer is located in a temperature-controlled room at 26C. When the machine is operating, its internal heat generation rate is estimated to be 800 W. The external surface temperature of the computer is to be maintained below 85C. The heat transfer coefficient for the surface of the computer is estimated to be 10W/m2K. What surface area would be necessary to assure safe operation of this machine? Comment on ways to reduce this area.
3.17 A 1.4-kg aluminum household iron has a 500-W heating element. The surface area is . The ambient temperature is 21°C, and the surface heat transfer coefficient is . How long after the iron is plugged in does its temperature reach 104°C?
2.29 In a cylindrical fuel rod of a nuclear reactor, heat is generated internally according to the equation where = local rate of heat generation per unit volume at r = outside radius = rate of heat generation per unit volume at the centerline Calculate the temperature drop from the centerline to the surface for a 2.5-cm-diameter rod having a thermal conductivity of if the rate of heat removal from its surface is 1.6 .
Heat is transferred at a rate of 0.1 kW through glass wool insulation (density=100kg/m3) with a 5-cm thickness and 2-m2 area. If the hot surface is at 70C, determine the temperature of the cooler surface.
A wall with a thermal conductivity of 0.4 W/m-°C is maintained at 45°C. The heat transfer through the wall is 220 W. The wall surface area is 2.0m² and its thickness is 1.5 cm. Determine the temperature at the other surface.
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Consider a large plane wall of thickness L = 0.3 m, thermal conductivity k = 2.5 W/m·K, and surface area A = 12 m2. The left side of the wall at x = 0 is subjected to a net heat flux of , while the temperature at that surface is measured to be T1 = 80°C. Assuming constant thermal conductivity and no heat generation in the wall, (a) express the differential equation and the boundary conditions for steady one-dimensional heat conduction through the wall, (b) obtain a relation for the variation of temperature in the wall by solving the differential equation, and (c) evaluate the temperature of the right surface of the wall at x = L.
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