TOPIC: Transfer of thermal energy

SUB-TOPIC: Consequences of thermal energy transfer

Date: 6th June, 2022
Objective:
Explain some of the complex applications and consequences of
conduction, convection and radiation where more than one type
of thermal energy transfer is significant, including:
(a) a fire burning wood or coal
(b) a radiator in a car A fire burning wood or coal
Keywords- Vacuum, infrared, convection, conduction, radiation A wood-burning fire makes use of all three types of 
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A radiator in a car Convection- heat is transferred through air currents.
Conduction- heat is transferred through solid objects
Radiators are heat exchangers used to transfer thermal energy such as the ground or the bricks in a fireplace wall.
from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and In the case of radiation, heat can radiate (be emitted)
heating. from the light of the fire and the oxidation of the fuel
in the process of combustion.
Modes of heat transfer in radiators
• The mode of heat transfer through the radiator wall is
conduction only, because the walls are made of metals
(solids) and conduction is the mode of heat transfer that
takes place within a solid body.

• The mode of heat transfer between the walls of the radiator

and the surrounding fluid is convection, because
convection heat transfer is dominant when there is a bulk We prefer to wear dark-coloured clothes in
fluid movement. winters, because they absorb most of the
heat of sun and keep our body warm.
• Radiators are painted black so as to have cooling effect by
radiating (emitting) most heat.