Question: An 8 - m - internal - diameter spherical tank made of 1 . 5 - cm - thick stainless steel ( k = 1

An 8-m-internal-diameter spherical tank made of 1.5-cm-thick stainless steel (k=15Wm*K) is used to store iced water at 0C. The tank is located in a room whose temperature is 25C. Heat transfer between the outer surface of the tank and the surroundings is by natural convection and radiation in parallel. The convection heat transfer coefficients at the inner and the outer surfaces of the tank are 80Wm2*K and 10Wm2*K, respectively, and you can model the "h" of radiation to be 5Wm2*K(i.e., pretending it's a second "convection"). Determine (a) the rate of heat transfer to the iced water in the tank and (b) the amount of ice at 0C that melts during a 24-h period. The heat of fusion/melting of water at atmospheric pressure is hif=333.7kJkg.
Answers: 63131 W,16346 kg
An 8 - m - internal - diameter spherical tank

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