PROBLEM 1.

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KNOWN: Radial distribution of heat dissipation in a cylindrical container of radioactive
wastes. Surface convection conditions.
FIND: Total energy generation rate and surface temperature.
SCHEMATIC:

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) Steady-state conditions, (2) Negligible temperature drop across thin
container wall.
ANALYSIS: The rate of energy generation is
r

o
2

o
E g = qdV=q
1- ( r/ro ) 2 rLdr

0
E = 2 Lq r 2 / 2 r 2 / 4
g
o o
o

or per unit length,

q r
E g = o o .
2
2

<

Performing an energy balance for a control surface about the container yields, at an instant,
E g E out = 0

and substituting for the convection heat rate per unit length,
q o ro2
2

= h ( 2 ro )( Ts T )

Ts = T +

q o ro
.
4h

<

COMMENTS: The temperature within the radioactive wastes increases with decreasing r
from Ts at ro to a maximum value at the centerline.

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