In a concentrated solar power plant, molten salt tank is used to store the thermal energy from the sun during the day. The tank wall thickness is 3cm and its height and diameter is 10 m and 3 m, respectively. containing molten salt at a temperature of 390 degree Celsius. There is atmospheric air outside the tank at a temperature of 30 degree Celsius. The thermal conductivity of the wall is 0.2 W/(m-K) and the surface temperature of the wall on the hot side is 370 degree Celsius and on the cold side is 230 degree Celsius. If the heat transfer from the molten salt to the ground is negligible and assuming the emissivity of the material equal to 1, calculate the total heat transfer to the ambient air? 78 kW

In a concentrated solar power plant, molten salt tank is used to store the thermal energy from the sun during the day. The tank wall thickness is 3cm and its height and diameter is 10 m and 3 m, respectively. containing molten salt at a temperature of 390 degree Celsius. There is atmospheric air outside the tank at a temperature of 30 degree Celsius. The thermal conductivity of the wall is 0.2 W/(m-K) and the surface temperature of the wall on the hot side is 370 degree Celsius and on the cold side is 230 degree Celsius. If the heat transfer from the molten salt to the ground is negligible and assuming the emissivity of the material equal to 1, calculate the total heat transfer to the ambient air? 78 kW

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Chapter5: Analysis Of Convection Heat Transfer

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