The interior of an oven is maintained at a temperature of 860C by means of suitable control

apparatus. The walls of the oven are 45 cm thick and are constructed from material whose
thermal conductivity is 0.261 watts/moC. Estimate the heat loss for each square meter of wall
surface per hour. The outside wall temperature is 250C. Estimate also the resistance to heat
flow.
354 watts/m2, 1.721 m2oC/watts
Calculate the heat loss per square meter of surface area for a furnace wall 23 cm thick. The
inner and outer surfaces are at temperature of 310C and 40C respectively. The thermal
conductivity varies with temperature and is given by K = 04 + 10 -6 T2, where T is in C and K is in
watts/moC. 512.6 watts/m2
A furnace wall is made up of a steel plate 1 cm thick, lined on the inner surface with silica
bricks 15 cm thick, and on the outer surface with magnesite bricks 15 cm thick. The temperature
on the inner edge of the wall is 700C and on the outer edge is 150C. Find the quantity of heat
lost in Joules per second per sq. meter and the temperature at interface of steel and magnesite
bricks. Take the value of thermal conductivities for steel, silica brick and magnestie brick as
1686, 1.74 and 5.23 J/m sC respectively. It is required that heat flow be maintained at 3,500 J/s
m2 by means of an air-gap between steel and magnesite bricks. Estimate the width of this airgap, if K for air is 0.033 J/m sC. 4,762.72 J/m2s, 286.21 C, 1.3748 mm