Completely solve and box the final answer. Write legibly 3. Determine the heat loss in KW of a vertical furnace made up of inner wall of firebrick 28 cm thick followed by insulating brick 18 cm thick and an outer wall of steel 1.5 cm thick. Surface temperature of the wall adjacent to the combustion chamber is 895ºC while that of the outer surface of steel is 42ºC. Use a thermal conductivity of wall in W/m-ºK for firebrick, insulating brick and steel to be 14, 0.92, and 52 respectively. The cross section is 2.5 m x 7.5 m.

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3. Determine the heat loss in KW of a vertical furnace made up of inner wall of firebrick 28 cm thick followed by insulating brick 18 cm thick and an outer wall of steel 1.5 cm thick. Surface temperature of the wall adjacent to the combustion chamber is 895ºC while that of the outer surface of steel is 42ºC. Use a thermal conductivity of wall in W/m-ºK for firebrick, insulating brick and steel to be 14, 0.92, and 52 respectively. The cross section is 2.5 m x 7.5 m.

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