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This document summarizes the discretization of the one-dimensional steady-state heat conduction equation to model heat transfer through a furnace wall. It describes: 1) The governing energy balance equation and assumptions. 2) Discretization of the domain into nodes with known boundary temperatures and internal nodes of unknown temperature. 3) Discretization of the governing equations to relate the temperature of neighboring nodes. 4) Formation of a system of equations in matrix form to solve for the unknown internal temperatures. 5) Results showing the variation of temperature and heat flux through the wall compare different ambient temperatures.

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JB Ruz Zo Homework 1

This document summarizes the discretization of the one-dimensional steady-state heat conduction equation to model heat transfer through a furnace wall. It describes: 1) The governing energy balance equation and assumptions. 2) Discretization of the domain into nodes with known boundary temperatures and internal nodes of unknown temperature. 3) Discretization of the governing equations to relate the temperature of neighboring nodes. 4) Formation of a system of equations in matrix form to solve for the unknown internal temperatures. 5) Results showing the variation of temperature and heat flux through the wall compare different ambient temperatures.

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Advance modeling tools for transport phenomena

Homework 1
John Bruzzo
1

Energy balance equation for one-dimensional assumption

The energy balance equation for one-dimensional steady state heat conduction with no heat generation
inside is:
2T
=0
x2
2

(1)

Discretization of the domain

h
dx
...
1

...
i-1

i+1

N-1

Node with know temperature.


Internal node with uknown temperature.
Figure 1. One-dimensional discretization of the domain.

Discretization of the governing equations

In the case of the wall boundary node (furnace side),

T = TF urnace .

(2)

T = TAmbient .

(3)

2T
Ti1 2 Ti + Ti+1

.
2
x
x2

(4)

In the second boundary node,

And, for an internal node,

Then, the discretized governing equation for an internal node


Ti1 2 Ti + Ti+1 = 0.

(5)

Form of the system of equations

The matrix form of the system of equations is presented next. The selected number of nodes for this
example was N = 20.

A t + d = 0.

(6)

Where, A is the matrix of coefficients, t is the vector of uknown temperatures, and d is the vector of
independent coefficients.

Results and Comments

Variation of the temperature thru the furnace wall


tamb = 40C
800

Variation of the temperature thru the furnace wall


tamb = 50C
800

600

600

Temperature [C]

Temperature [C]

In this section, the plotting of the results will be presented.

400
200
0
0

0.05
0.1
0.15
Wall thickness [m]

0.05
0.1
0.15
Wall thickness [m]

0.2

Figure 3. Temperature variation with


tamb = 50C

Plot of the heat flux vs. ambient temperature (40C)


3300

Plot of the heat flux vs. ambient temperature (40C)


3250

3300

3250
qdot [W]

qdot [W]

200
0
0

0.2

Figure 2. Temperature variation with


tamb = 40C

400

3300
3300

3300
0

3250
3250

0.05
0.1
0.15
Wall thickness [m]

Figure 4. Heat Flux. tamb = 40C

3250
0

0.2

0.05
0.1
0.15
Wall thickness [m]

0.2

Figure 5. Heat Flux. tamb = 50C

The results obtained during this exercise agree with the steady state conduction problem. It can be
seen that the final form of the system of equations resembles the equation of a inclined line which is
in agreement with the temperature variation from a high temperature source to a lower temeprature
sector.

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