Lesson 2: Heat Conduction Through

Walls in Parallel and Series-Parallel

Arrangement
BY: ENGR. EDWIN S. BAUTISTA
UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST
 Conduction Through Plane Walls in Parallel Arrangement:
Steady State, One – Directional with Homogenous Material and k is constant:
𝑻𝒂 −𝑻𝒃
1 ◦ material 1: 𝑄1 = 𝑳 Note: 𝑄1 +𝑄2 + 𝑄3 = 𝑸
Ta Q1 A1
𝒌𝟏 𝑨𝟏

◦
Q Q2 Qmaterial 2: 𝑄 = 𝑻𝒂−𝑻𝒃 𝑻𝒂 −𝑻𝒃
+
𝑻𝒂 −𝑻𝒃
+
𝑻𝒂 −𝑻𝒃
=𝑸
2 ◦ A2
2 𝑳 𝑳 𝑳 𝑳
𝒌𝟐 𝑨𝟐 𝒌𝟏 𝑨𝟏 𝒌𝟐 𝑨𝟐 𝒌𝟑 𝑨𝟑

Q3 Tb A3
3
𝑻𝒂 −𝑻𝒃 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
material 3: 𝑄3 = 𝑳 𝑻𝒂 − 𝑻𝒅 𝑳 + 𝑳 + 𝑳 =𝑸
𝒌𝟑 𝑨𝟑 𝒌𝟏 𝑨𝟏 𝒌𝟐 𝑨𝟐 𝒌𝟑 𝑨𝟑
L
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝑻𝒂 −𝑻𝒃 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑸 = 𝑻𝒂 − 𝑻𝒅 + + 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑸= where: = + +
𝑹𝟏 𝑹𝟐 𝑹𝟑 𝑹𝑻 𝑹𝑻 𝑹𝟏 𝑹𝟐 𝑹𝟑
 Conduction Through Plane Walls in Series-Parallel:
Steady State, One – Directional with Homogenous Material and k is constant:

𝑻𝒂 −𝑻𝒅
Ta ◦ 𝑄= and 𝑅𝑇 = 𝑅1 + 𝑅23 + 𝑅4
𝑹𝑻
Tb 2
◦ 4
Q 𝑳𝟏 𝑳𝟒 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
◦ A2
𝑅1 = ; 𝑅4 = 𝒂𝒏𝒅 = +
𝒌𝟏 𝑨𝟏 𝒌𝟒 𝑨𝟒 𝑹𝟐𝟑 𝑹𝟐 𝑹𝟑
1
Tc
3 Td 𝑳𝟐 𝑳𝟑
A3
𝑅2 = ; 𝑅3 =
𝒌𝟐 𝑨𝟐 𝒌𝟑 𝑨𝟑

L1 L2 L4
Note: 𝑨𝟏 = 𝑨𝟒 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝟐 = 𝑳𝟑
Example Problem:
Given:
𝑊
Materials 1 and 5 - common brick, k= 0.69228 𝑚 deg 𝐶

Materials 2 and 4- Missouri firebrick, k= 1.76531

1 2
Material 3- 85% Magnesia, k= 0.10 0.6
a
Calculate the temperatures between layers and
0.6 3 5 Q
also determine the heat loss in Watts if the b
temp on surface a is 1315 deg C and at surface d
c
is 50 deg C. 0.6 4 d
3m

0.2 0.15 0.2

Solution:
𝑇𝑎 −𝑇𝑑
𝑄= ; 𝑅𝑇 = 𝑅1 + 𝑅234 + 𝑅5
𝑅𝑇
𝐿1 0.2 𝑚 1
𝑅1 = = = 0.053 𝑊 = 0.053 𝑊
𝑘1 𝐴1 0.69228 1.8 3 𝑚2 ൗ℃
𝑚℃
𝐿5 1 1 1 1 𝐿2
𝑅5 = = 0.053 = 𝑅1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 = + + 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑅2 = 𝑅4 =
𝑘5 𝐴5 𝑅234 𝑅2 𝑅3 𝑅4 𝑘2 𝐴2
0.15 1 𝐿3 0.15
𝑅2 = 𝑅4 = = 0.04721 𝑊 ; 𝑅3 = = = 0.83333
1.76531(0.6)(3) ൗ℃ 𝑘3 𝐴3 0.1(0.6)(3)
1 1 1 1 1
= + + 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅234 = 0.02295 𝑊 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦,
𝑅234 0.04721 0.83333 0.04721 ൗ℃
1
𝑅𝑇 = 0.053 + 0.02295 + 0.053 = 0.12895 𝑊
ൗ℃
Solution:
1315−50 ℃
Solving Q: 𝑄 = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑄 = 9810 𝑊
0.12895 𝑊1
ൗ ℃
𝑇𝑎 −𝑇𝑏 1315−𝑇𝑏
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑇𝑏 , 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡 ′ 𝑙 1 : 𝑄 = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 9810 =
𝑅1 0.053

𝑇𝑏 = 795.07 ℃
𝑇𝑐 −𝑇𝑑 𝑇𝑐 −50
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑇𝑐 , 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡 ′ 𝑙 5 : 𝑄= 𝑎𝑛𝑑 9810 =
𝑅5 0.053

𝑇𝑐 = 569.93 ℃ For checking, use material (234):

𝑇𝑏 −𝑇𝑐 795.07−569.93
𝑄= = = 9810 𝑊 ; 𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦!
𝑅234 0.02295
Thank you!