Question: A section with height 2 m and width 3 m of a wall of an industrial furnace burning natural gas is not insulated, and the

A section with height 2m and width 3m of a wall of an industrial furnace burning natural gas is not insulated, and the temperature at the outer surface of this section is measured to be 90C. The temperature of the furnace room is 20C and the combined convection and radiation heat transfer coefficient at the outer surface of the furnace is 20 W/m2/K. It is proposed to insulate this section of the furnace wall on the outside with glass wool insulation (with thermal conductivity of 0.036 W/m/K) in order to reduce the heat loss by 90%
Assuming the outer surface temperature of the metal section still remains at about 90C and that the combined heat transfer coefficient at the outer surface of the furnace remains at 20 W/m2/K, determine the thickness of the insulation that needs to be used to reduce the heat loss by 90%

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