// Display mode mode(0); // Display warning for floating point exception ieee(1); clear; clc; disp("Introduction to heat transfer by S.K.Som, Chapter 2, Example 12") //A spherical tank of internal diameter, Di=5m ,made of t=25mm thick stainless steel(thermal conductivity,k=15W/(m*K)),is used to store water at temprature(Ti)=0°C.Do is outer diameter Di=5; t=25; Do=5+2*(t/1000);//in metre k=15; Ti=0; //The tank is located in a room whose temprature is (To)=20°C. To=20; //Emmisivity is 1. //The convection heat transfer coefficients at the inner and outer surfaces of the tank are hi=80W/(m^2*K) and ho=10W/(m^2*K) hi=80; ho=10; //The heat of fusion of ice at atmospheric pressure is deltahf=334kJ/kg.The stefan-boltzman constant(sigma) is 5.67*10^-8W/m^2. sigma=5.67*10^-8; deltahf=334; //The inner surface area is (A1) and outer surface area is (A2)of the tank disp("The inner(A1) and outer surfaces(A2) areas of the tank in m^2 are") A1=%pi*Di^2 A2=%pi*Do^2 //The individual thermal resistances can be determined as //The convective resistance is (Ri) disp("The convective resistance(Ri) at the inner surface in K/W is ") Ri=1/(hi*A1) //The conduction resistance is(Rs) disp("The conduction resistance(Rs)of the tank in K/W is") Rs=(Do-Di)/(2*k*%pi*Di*Do) //The convective resistance is(Roc) disp("The convective resistance(Roc) at the outer surface in K/W is") Roc=1/(ho*A2) //The radiative resistance(Ror) at the outer surface is Ror=1/(A2*hr) //The radiative heat transfer coefficient hr is determined by hr=sigma*(T2^2+293.15^2)*(T2+293.15) //But we do not know the outer surface temprature T2 of the tank and hence we cannot determine the value of hr. //Therfore we adopt an iterative procedure.We assume T2=4°C=277.15K.Putting the value in hr=sigma*(T2^2+293.15^2)*(T2+293.15) we get T2=277.15; disp("The radiative heat transfer coefficient hr in W/(m^2*K) is") hr=sigma*(T2^2+293.15^2)*(T2+293.15) disp("Therefore the radiative resistance(Ror) at the outer surface in K/W is") Ror=1/(A2*hr) //The two parallel resistances Roc and Ror can be replaced by an equivalent resistance Ro as X=(1/Ro)=(1/Roc)+(1/Ror) disp("The equivalent resistance in K/W is") X=(1/Roc)+(1/Ror); Ro=1/X //Now the resistance Ri,Rs and Ro are in series an hence the total resistance becomes Rtotal=Ri+Rs+Ro disp("The total resistance in K/W is") Rtotal=Ri+Rs+Ro //The rate of heat transfer is given by Q=(To-Ti)/Rtotal disp("The rate of heat transfer,Q in W is") Q=(To-Ti)/Rtotal //The outer surface(T2) is calculated as T2=To-Q*Ro disp("The outer surface temprature in °C is") T2=To-Q*Ro disp("which is sufficiently close to the assumption.So there is no need of further iteration") //The total heat transfer is (Qt),during a 24-hour period disp("The total heat transfer(Qt) during a 24-hour period in KJ is") Qt=Q*24*3600/1000 //the amount of ice in kG which melts during a 24 hour period is (mice) disp("Therefore,the amount of ice(mice)in kG which melts during a 24 hour period is") mice=Qt/deltahf