PROBLEM 1.

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KNOWN: Hot-wall oven, in lieu of infrared lamps, with temperature Tsur = 200C for heating a coated plate to the cure temperature. See Example 1.7. FIND: (a) The plate temperature Ts for prescribed convection conditions and coating emissivity, and (b) Calculate and plot Ts as a function of Tsur for the range 150 Tsur 250C for ambient air temperatures of 20, 40 and 60C; identify conditions for which acceptable curing temperatures between 100 and 110C may be maintained. SCHEMATIC:

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) Steady-state conditions, (2) Negligible heat loss from back surface of plate, (3) Plate is small object in large isothermal surroundings (hot oven walls). ANALYSIS: (a) The temperature of the plate can be determined from an energy balance on the plate, considering radiation exchange with the hot oven walls and convection with the ambient air.

E E = 0 in out

4 Tsur Ts4 h ( Ts T ) = 0 0.5 5.67 108 W / m 2 K 4

or

q q rad conv = 0

([200 + 273]

Ts4 K 4 15 W / m 2 K ( Ts [ 20 + 273]) K = 0

Ts = 357 K = 84C

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(b) Using the energy balance relation in the Workspace of IHT, the plate temperature can be calculated and plotted as a function of oven wall temperature for selected ambient air temperatures.
150 Plate temperature, Ts (C)

100

50 150 175 200 225 250 Oven wall tem perature, Tsur (C) Tinf = 60 C Tinf = 40 C Tinf = 20 C

COMMENTS: From the graph, acceptable cure temperatures between 100 and 110C can be maintained for these conditions: with T = 20C when 225 Tsur 240C; with T = 40C when 205 Tsur 220C; and with T = 60C when 175 Tsur 195C.
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