13-100 Two very large plates are maintained at uniform temperatures. The number of thin aluminum sheets that will reduce
the net rate of radiation heat transfer between the two plates to one-fifth is to be determined.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist 2 The surfaces are opaque, diffuse, and gray. 3 Convection heat transfer is
not considered.
2
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21
4
2
4
1
shield ,12
W/m134,23
1
5.0
1
5.0
1
])K 700()K 1100)[(K W/m1067.5(
1
11
)(
=
−+
−
=
−+
−
=
−
TT
Qno
The number of sheets that need to be inserted in order to
reduce the net rate of heat transfer between the two plates to
2=
−++
−+
−
=
−++
−+
−
=
−
48.1
1
1.0
1
1.0
1
1
5.0
1
5.0
1
])K 700()K 1100)[(K W/m1067.5(
) W/m(23,134
5
1
1
11
1
11
)(
shield
shield
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2
2,31,3
shield
21
4
2
4
1
shields,12
N
N
N
TT
Q
That is, only two sheets are more than enough to reduce heat transfer to one-fifth.
The number of sheets that need to be inserted in order to reduce the net rate of heat transfer between the two plates
to one-fifth can be determined from
1
=
−++
−+
−
=
−++
−+
−
=
−
632.0
1
1.0
1
1.0
1
1
5.0
1
5.0
1
])K 800()K 1000)[(K W/m1067.5(
) W/m(11,159
5
1
1
11
1
11
)(
shield
shield
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2
2,31,3
shield
21
4
2
4
1
shields,12
N
N
N
TT
Q
That is, only one sheet with a low emissivity is more than enough to reduce heat transfer to one-fifth.
Radiation shields
3 = 0.1