// Display mode mode(0); // Display warning for floating point exception ieee(1); clc; disp("Principles of Heat Transfer, 7th Ed. Frank Kreith et. al Chapter - 5 Example # 5.2 "); //''Surface temp in degree C'' TsC = 130; //''Body temp in degree K'' Ts = TsC+273; //''Ambient temp in degree C'' TinfinityC = 20; //''Ambient temp in degree K'' Tinfinity = TinfinityC+273; //''Film temperature = (Surface Temperature + Ambient Temperature)/2'' //''Film temp in degree K'' Tf = (Ts+Tinfinity)/2; //''Height of plate in cms'' L = 15; //''Width of plate in cms'' b = 10; //''Value of Grashof number at this film temp is given by //65(L^3)(Ts-Tinfinity)'' //Grashof number Gr = (65*(L^3))*(Ts-Tinfinity); //''Since the grashof number is less than 10^9, therefore flow is laminar'' //''For air at film temp = 75C (348K), Prandtl number is'' Pr = 0.71; //''And the product Gr*Pr is'' //Prodect of Gr and Pr GrPr = Gr*Pr; //''From Fig 5.5 on page 305, at this value of GrPr, Nusselt number is'' Nu = 35.7; //''Value of thermal conductivity at this film temp in W/m-K'' k = 0.029; //''Using Nu = hc*L/k, we get '' //Heat transfer coefficient for convection in W/m2-K hc = (Nu*k)/(L/100); //''Heat transfer coefficient for radiation, hr in W/m2-K'' hr = 8.5; //''Total area in m2 is given by 2*(b/100)*(L/100)'' A = (2*(b/100))*(L/100); disp("Therefore total heat transfer in W is given by A*(hc+hr)*(Ts-Tinfinity)") //total heat transfer in W q = (A*(hc+hr))*(Ts-Tinfinity) //''For plate to be 450cm in height, Rayleigh number becomes 4.62*10^11'' //''which implies that the flow is turbulent'' //''From Fig 5.5 on page 305, at this value of GrPr, Nusselt number is 973'' //''Using Nu = hc*d/k, we get in W/m2-K, hc_bar=6.3'' //''New Total area in m2, A_bar=2*(0.1)*(4.5)'' disp("Therefore in new case, total heat transfer in W is given by A_bar*(hc_bar+hr)*(Ts-Tinfinity)") disp("we get q=1465W") disp(" Discussion - For same temperature difference: ") disp(" Heat transfer will be more, if area exposed for convection and radiation is more")