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 in E out = 0

or

qrad qconv = 0

4 T4 h T T = 0
Tsur
( s )
s
0.5 5.67 108 W / m 2 K 4

([200 + 273]

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

<

Ts = 357 K = 84C

(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.
Plate temperature, Ts (C)

150

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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