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To enable cooking a wider range of foods in microwave ovens, thin, metallic packaging materials have been developed that will readily absorb microwave energy. As the packaging material is heated by the microwaves, conduction simultaneously occurs from the hot packaging material to the cold food. Consider the spherical piece of frozen ground beef of Problem 5.33 that is now wrapped in the thin microwave-absorbing packaging material. Determine the time needed for the beef that is immediately adjacent to the packaging material to reach
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Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
- 2.51 Determine by means of a flux plot the temperatures and heat flow per unit depth in the ribbed insulation shown in the accompanying sketch.arrow_forwardA hollow aluminum sphere, with an electrical heater in the center, is used in tests to determine the thermal conductivity of insulating materials. The inner and outer radii of the sphere are o.18 and o.21 m, respectively, and testing is done under steady-state conditions with the inner surface of the aluminum maintained at 250°C. In a particular test, a spherical shell of insulation is cast on the outer surface of the sphere to a thickness of o.15 m. The system is in a room for which the air temperature is 20°C and the convection coefficient at the outer surface of the insulation is 30 W/m2. K. If 80 W is dissipated by the heater under steady-state conditions, what is the thermal conductivity of the insulation?arrow_forwardpartbarrow_forward
- As a researcher in the field of heat transfer, how will you distinguish between radiation by black body and a real body? Explain briefly Point out and briefly explain the various factors affect the thermal conductivity of a material. What is the analogical reason between heat transfer by conduction and flow of electricity through ohmic resistance? Use a composite wall of a building to illustrate the concept. A composite slab with three layers of thermal conductivities k1, k2, k3 and thickness t1, t2, t3 respectively, are placed in a close contact. Derive an expression from the first principle for the heat flow through the composite slab per unit surface area in terms of the overall temperature difference across the slab. Based upon the reradiating properties of absorptivity, reflectivity and transmissivity, how would you distinguish between the following:Black body, white body, transparent body and opaque body. The nature of surfaces affects the absorption and the reflection of…arrow_forwardA warehouse is being built that will have neither heating nor cooling. Depending on the amount of insulation, the time constant for the building may range from 1 to 4 hr. To illustrate the effect insulation will have on the temperature inside the warehouse, assume the outside temperature varies as a sine wave, with a minimum of 12°C at 2:00 A.M. and a maximum of 32°C at 2:00 P.M. Assuming the exponential term (which involves the initial temperature To) has died off, what is the lowest temperature inside the building if the time constant is 1 hr? If it is 4 hr? What is the highest temperature inside the building if the time constant is 1 hr? If it is 4 hr? If the time constant is 1 hr, then the lowest temperature inside the building is about °C. (Round to the nearest tenth as needed.)arrow_forward1. A simple cavity wall consists of two brick layers separated by an air gap of 50 mm. If the inside air temperature is 20oC and the ambient outside temperature is 5 oC, calculate the heat flux through the wall. Bricks are 100 mm thick with thermal conductivity kbrick = 0.5 W/m K, hin = 10 W/m2 K, hout = 20 W/m2 K. The internal air cavity can be considered still (no convection) with kair = 0.015 W/m K. 2. On a day in winter, the outside air temperature drops to -5 oC and the outside convective heat transfer changes to hout = (2 x V) + 8.9 W/m2 K. If the outside wind speed gusts at 50 kph, calculate the change in heat flux for the wall in question 3.arrow_forward
- Pravinbhaiarrow_forwardQuestion 3: An electronic device with a temperature of 84°C (shown in golden colour) is embedded inside a composite plastic tube which is equipped with three fins (shown in blue) to enhance the convective heat transfer with the surrounding air. The composite tube is held horizontally. The temperature drop along the fins can be ignored due to their high thermal conductivity. The outer ring of the fins (shown in brown) is insulated. The ambient temperature is 20°C. 3d. Calculate the heat transfer coefficients across the cylinder 3e. Calculate the heat transfer coefficients across the fins by assuming fins as vertical planes 31. Calculate the heat loss across the system Aluminium fins Diameter = 30 cm Insulated ring Thickness = 5 mm Composite tube Thickness = 5 mm Thermal conductivity = 25 W/mk Tube is held horizontally. Air 20°C Hot electronic device Temperature = 84°C Diameter = 10 cm Length = 100 cm %3Darrow_forwardA heat-conducting rod, that is wrapped in insulation, is constructed with a 0.15-m length of alloy A and a 0.40-m length of alloy B, joined end-to-end. Both pieces have a cross-sectional area of 0.0020 m2. The thermal conductivity of alloy B is known to be 1.8 times as great as that of alloy A. The end of the rod in alloy A is maintained at a temperature of 10 degrees Celcius, and the other end of the rod is maintained at an unknown temperature. When the steady-state flow has been established, the temperature at the junction of the alloys is measured to be 40 degrees Celcius, and the rate of heat flow in the rod is measured at 56 W. What is the temperature of the end of the rod in alloy B.arrow_forward
- 2. Two bars are conducting heat from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature. The bars have identical lengths and cross-sectional areas, but are made from different materials. In the draw- ing they are placed “in parallel" between the two temperature regions in arrangement A, whereas they are placed end to end in arrangement B. In which arrangement is the heat that is conducted the greatest? (a) The heat conducted is the same in both arrangements. (b) Arrangement A (c) Arrangement B (d) It is not possible to determine which arrangement conducts more heat. 100 °C ´Aluminum 0 °C 0 °C 100 °C Aluminum Соpper Copperarrow_forwardi need the answer quicklyarrow_forwardA sphere of radioactive material of radius aR is wrapped with a ceramic casing of outer radius R.The heat flux density emitted by the sphere radioactive on its surface is qaR. Find the temperature profile of the spherical shell if the thermal conductivity of the housing material varieswith its radius according to k = Kr (where K is a constant and r is the distance from the center of thesphere) and the temperature outside the casing is keeps T constant Rarrow_forward
- Principles of Heat Transfer (Activate Learning wi...Mechanical EngineeringISBN:9781305387102Author:Kreith, Frank; Manglik, Raj M.Publisher:Cengage Learning