Module 3: Activity No.

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Conduction Through Curved Walls Exercises Problem

Name: Viterbo, James Russel M.

Student No.: 20140201043
Problem:
A hollow sphere with inner radius of 7.62 cm; outer radius of 12.7 cm; k = 46.14 W/mK
and inside temperature of 426.7 deg C. If the heat from the sphere is 439.6 W, what is
the outside surface temperature of sphere? If a 1 -in layer of 85% magnesia (k = 0.062
W/mK) is wrapped on the outside surface of the sphere, what will be the outer surface
temperature of magnesia? All other data remain the same.
𝑟2 = 12.7 𝑐𝑚
𝑟1 = 7.62 𝑐𝑚
𝑊 = 439.6 𝑤
𝑘 = 46.14 𝑊/𝑚𝐾

Solution:

𝑇1 − 𝑇2
𝑊= 𝑟 − 𝑟1
( 2 )
4𝜋𝑘𝑟2 𝑟1

426.7 ℃ − 𝑇2
439.6𝑊 =
. 127 𝑚 − .0762 𝑚
( )
𝑊
4𝜋 (46.14 𝑚𝐾 ) (. 127𝑚). 0762𝑚)

𝑇2 = 422.72 ℃
∗ 𝐼𝑓 85% 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑
𝑇1 − 𝑇3
𝑊= 𝑟 − 𝑟1 𝑟 − 𝑟2
( 2 )+( 3 )
4𝜋𝑘𝑟2 𝑟1 4𝜋𝑘𝑟3 𝑟2

426.7 ℃ − 𝑇3
439.6𝑊 =
. 127 𝑚 − .0762 𝑚 . 1524 𝑚 − .127 𝑚
( 𝑊 )+( 𝑊 )
4𝜋 (46.14 ) (. 127𝑚). 0762𝑚) 4𝜋 (. 062 ) (. 1524𝑚)(.127𝑚)
𝑚𝐾 𝑚𝐾

𝑇3 = −317.739 ℃