Question: ( 3 0 ) Consider a temperature - controlled warehouse with dimensions 5 0 m 5 0 m and a height of 5 m .

(30) Consider a temperature-controlled warehouse with dimensions 50m50m and a height of 5 m . Let us
assume that this warehouse is a simple box shape with no windows and is on the ground, so we can consider
the floor to be insulated.
This warehouse's four walls and ceiling are constructed of four layers. The first interior layer is 2.0 cm thick
gypsum board (drywall) with a thermal conductivity of k=1.0Wm*K. Next is a 5.0 cm insulation layer
with a thermal conductivity of k=0.1WmK. The third layer is the brick wall, which is 20.0 cm thick with a
thermal conductivity of k=2.0Wm*K. The outside layer is a 2.0 cm thick decorative wood planking
with a thermal conductivity of k=2.5Wm*K(Floor is insulated).
This space will be maintained at 15C using a copper pipe going around the floor that carries steam entering
the pipe as saturated vapor, i.e.x=1.0 at 120C. The steam condenses as it loses heat into the room, and
we want the length of the pipe such that steam becomes all saturated liquid at 120C at the exit. The pipe
is 10.0 cm inside and 11.0 cm outside in diameter and is made of copper with high thermal conductivity and
having an emissivity of =0.8. The inside surface of the pipe can be taken at the saturation temperature
of the steam, 120C. Due to the high thermal conductivity of copper, we can assume that thermal resistance
due to pipe material is negligible, and the outside surface temperature of the pipe is at 120C.
Consider a cold day when the ambient temperature is -10C and the combined convective heat transfer
coefficient over all outside surfaces of the warehouse, and the ambient air is
h=20Wm2K
a. What is the total rate of heat loss from the warehouse?
b. What is the temperature of the outside wall surface?
c. What is the rate of steam flow (Kgsec) needed to compensate for this heat
loss if steam enters as saturated vapor and leaves as saturated liquid at the
same temperature,
d. Determine the convective heat transfer coefficient "h" and what length of
steam pipe is needed to keep the room at 15C if we only have "Natural
Convection" plus "Radiation" from the pipe for heat transfer to the room. Can
the room's radiation temperature be taken at 15C as well?
e. Next, we apply forced convection
using small fans blowing air across the steam-carrying pipe.
If the air velocity is Vair=5ms, what is the "fforced" and
what length of the steam pipe is needed to maintain the
inside temperature at 15C? Does radiation change from
Part-d?
Air: Density =1.2kgm3;k=0.026WmK;
Viscosity (kinematic)v=1.510-5m2s or =1.810-5kgmsec
( 3 0 ) Consider a temperature - controlled

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