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This document contains instructions for homework assignment 8 for the MECH3310 Spring 2016 class. It includes 5 problems related to radiation and heat transfer: 1) calculating radiation streaming through a hole drilled in a spherical cavity, 2) determining average reflectivity and emissivity of aluminum coated with lead sulfate, 3) calculating net solar energy delivered by an absorber plate, 4) determining the convection coefficient for a diffuse surface exposed to sunlight and airflow, and 5) calculating the heat transfer coefficient and electrical power required to maintain a plate's surface temperature using natural convection and a backside heater.

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HW8

This document contains instructions for homework assignment 8 for the MECH3310 Spring 2016 class. It includes 5 problems related to radiation and heat transfer: 1) calculating radiation streaming through a hole drilled in a spherical cavity, 2) determining average reflectivity and emissivity of aluminum coated with lead sulfate, 3) calculating net solar energy delivered by an absorber plate, 4) determining the convection coefficient for a diffuse surface exposed to sunlight and airflow, and 5) calculating the heat transfer coefficient and electrical power required to maintain a plate's surface temperature using natural convection and a backside heater.

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MECH3310 Spring 2016

S.Yao
Handout 9

Homework Assignment 8
Due: 27/04/2016
1. A 1m-diameter spherical cavity is maintained at a uniform temperature of 800 K. A 5 mmdiameter hole is drilled. (a) Calculate radiation energy streaming through the hole. (b) What
is the wavelength above which 20% of the emission is concentrated? ( ) = 0.2
(c) Determine the maximum spectral emissive power and the wavelength at which this
emission occurs.
2. The reflectivity of aluminum coated with lead sulfate is 0.35 for radiation at wavelengths
less than 3 m and 0.95 for radiation greater than 3 m. Determine the average reflectivity
of this surface for solar radiation (T = 5800 K) and radiation coming from surfaces at room
temperature (T = 300 K). Also, determine the emissivity and absorptivity of this surface at
both temperatures. Do you think this material is suitable for use in solar collectors?
3. The absorber surface of a solar collector has an absorptivity of s = 0.87 for solar radiation
and an emissivity of = 0.09. Solar radiation is incident on the surface at a rate of 800
W/m2. The air and the effective sky temperatures are 25 C and 15 C, respectively, and
the convection heat transfer coefficient is 15 W/m2C. For an absorber surface temperature
of 70 C, determine (a) the net rate of solar energy delivered by the absorber plate to the
back side. (b) the equilibrium temperature of the absorber surface if the back side of the
absorber is insulated.
4. The spectral absorptivity of a large diffuse surface is = 0.9 for < 1 m and = 0.3
for >=1 m. Emission occurs mostly at long wavelengths, hence s = 0.3. The bottom of
the surface is well insulated, while the top may be exposed to two different conditions. If
the surface is exposed to the sun, which provide an irradiation of G s = 1200 W/m2, and to
an airflow for which T = 300 K. If the surface temperature is 310 K, what is the convection
coefficient associated with the airflow?

5. Consider a thin opaque diffuse, horizontal 50 cm *50 cm plate with an electrical heater on
its backside. The front side is exposed to ambient air at 20 C and the surface temperature
is maintained at 80 C. The hemispherical reflectivity spectrum is given in the figure. The
solar irradiation is 600 W/m2 and the effective sky temperature is 40 C. (a) Determine
the heat transfer coefficient above the surface (Hint: using natural convection). (b)
Determine the electrical power required to maintain the plate surface temperature.

MECH3310 Spring 2016


S.Yao
Handout 9

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