Question: A watermelon initially at 3 5 C is to be cooled by dropping it into a lake at 1 5 C . After 4 h

A watermelon initially at 35C is to be cooled by dropping it into a lake at 15C. After 4 h and 40 min of cooling, the center temperature of the watermelon is measured to be 20C. Treating the watermelon as a 20-cm- diameter sphere and using the properties k=0.618Wm*K,=0.1510-6m2s,=995kgm3, and cp=4.18kJkg*K, determine the average heat transfer coefficient (h) and the surface temperature of the watermelon at the end of the cooling period. (use the Heisler chart learned from lecture note 26)
A watermelon initially at 3 5 C is to be cooled

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