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Chapter Three discusses one-dimensional steady-state conduction with examples focusing on heat loss through composite walls. It includes calculations for thermal resistance and heat loss for different wall configurations and conditions. The chapter also features exercises to reinforce the concepts presented.

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Chapter 3 - Examples and Exercises (Part I) New

Chapter Three discusses one-dimensional steady-state conduction with examples focusing on heat loss through composite walls. It includes calculations for thermal resistance and heat loss for different wall configurations and conditions. The chapter also features exercises to reinforce the concepts presented.

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Chapter Three – One Dimensional Steady

State Conduction

Examples (Part I)

By Dawit M.
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Outline

Revision
Examples
Example 1: Plane Wall Heat Loss ( with Convection + Radiation)
Exercise 2: Plane Wall Heat Loss ( with Convection)
Example 3: Composite Plane Wall Heat Loss

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Revision
Example 1: Plane Wall Heat Loss (with Conv.)
1. A house has a composite wall of wood, fiberglass insulation, and plaster
board, as indicated in the sketch. On a cold winter day, the convection
heat transfer coefficients are ho = 60 W/m2K and hi = 30 W/m2K. The
total wall surface area is 350 m2.
kb= 0.038 W/m⋅K
ks= 0.12 W/m⋅K
kp=0.17 W/m⋅K.
(Table A-3, Incropera)

a) Determine a symbolic expression for the total thermal resistance of the wall,
including inside and outside convection effects for the prescribed conditions.
b) Determine the total heat loss through the wall.
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Example 2: Plane Wall Heat Loss (with Conv. + Rad.)

2. To reduce the heat loss rate, a person wears special sporting clothes
(insulation, k=0.014 W/m.K) against an environment of air or water
at 10oC. The emissivity of the cloth is 0.95. What thickness of
insulation is needed to reduce the heat loss rate to 100 W ( a typical
metabolic heat generation rate) in air and water? What are the
resulting skin temperatures? Take: surface area as 1.8 m2 , hr = 5.09
W/m2K.

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Exercise

3. A 3-m-high and 5-m-wide wall consists of


long 16-cm x 22-cm cross section horizontal
bricks (k = 0.72 W/m · °C) separated by 3-
cm-thick plaster layers (k = 0.22 W/m · °C).
There are also 2-cm-thick plaster layers on
each side of the brick and a 3-cm-thick rigid
foam (k =0.026 W/m · °C) on the inner side
of the wall, as shown in Fig. 2. The indoor
and the outdoor temperatures are 20°C and -
10°C, and the convection heat transfer
coefficients on the inner and the outer sides
are h1 = 10 W/m2 · °C and h2 = 25 W/m2 ·
°C, respectively. Assuming one-dimensional
heat transfer and disregarding radiation,
determine the rate of heat transfer through
the wall.
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Thank You!
Any Questions?

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