PROBLEM 3.

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KNOWN: Diameter and surface temperature of a spherical cryoprobe. Temperature of surrounding tissue and effective convection coefficient at interface between frozen and normal tissue. FIND: Thickness of frozen tissue layer. SCHEMATIC:

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) One-dimensional, steady-state conditions, (2) Negligible contact resistance between probe and frozen tissue, (3) Constant properties, (4) Negligible perfusion effects. ANALYSIS: Performing an energy balance for a control surface about the phase front, it follows that

q conv q cond = 0 Hence,

2 h 4 r2

( ) ( T Ts,2 ) = [(1 r1Ts,2(1rTs,1] 4 k ) 2)

( ) h ( T Ts,2 )
k Ts,2 Ts,1

2 r2 [(1 r1 ) (1 r2 )] =

r2 r2 k ( Ts,2 Ts,1 ) 1.5 W m K 30 = 1 = r1 r1 hr1 ( T Ts,2 ) 50 W m 2 K ( 0.0015 m ) 37

r2 r2 1 = 16.2 r1 r1

( r2 r1 ) = 4.56
It follows that r2 = 6.84 mm and the thickness of the frozen tissue is

= r2 r1 = 5.34 mm

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