The walls of a refrigerator are typically constructed by sandwiching a layer of insulation between sheet metal

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The walls of a refrigerator are typically constructed by sandwiching a layer of insulation between sheet metal panels. Consider a wall made from fiberglass insulation of thermal conductivity k; = 0.046 W/m ∙ K and thickness Lp = 50 mm and steel panels, each of thermal conductivity kp = 60 W/m ∙ K and thickness Lp = 3 mm. If the wall separates refrigerated air at T∞,i = 4°C from ambient air at T∞,i = 25°C, what is the heat gain per unit surface area? Coefficients associated with natural convection at the inner and outer surfaces may be approximated as hi = ho = 5 W/m2 ∙ K.

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Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer

ISBN: 978-0471457282

6th Edition

Authors: Incropera, Dewitt, Bergman, Lavine

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