PROBLEM 2.

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KNOWN: Wall thickness, thermal conductivity, temperature distribution, and fluid temperature.
FIND: (a) Surface heat rates and rate of change of wall energy storage per unit area, and (b)
Convection coefficient.
SCHEMATIC:

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) One-dimensional conduction in x, (2) Constant k.

ANALYSIS: (a) From Fouriers law,
T
qx = k = ( 200 60x ) k
x
D
C W
q in = q x=0 = 200 1 = 200 W / m2 <
m m K
D
qout = qx=L = ( 200 60 0.3) C/m 1 W/m K=182 W/m 2 . <
Applying an energy balance to a control volume about the wall, Eq. 1.11c,
E in E out = E st

E st = q in q out
= 18 W / m2 . <
(b) Applying a surface energy balance at x = L,
qout = h T ( L ) T

qout 182 W/m 2

h= =
T ( L ) T (142.7-100 )D C

h = 4.3 W / m2 K. <
COMMENTS: (1) From the heat equation,
2 2
(T/t) = (k/cp) T/x = 60(k/cp),
it follows that the temperature is increasing with time at every point in the wall.
(2) The value of h is small and is typical of free convection in a gas.

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