Name: Redulla, Alan Roy J.

Section: 3-A

Course: ME 317 Heat Transfer

Title: Heat Conduction Problems: Composite Walls

ASSIGNMENT NO. 3

Problem: A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner wall of firebrick 20 cm thick

followed by insulating brick 15 cm thick and an outer wall of steel 1 cm thick. The surface
temperature of the wall adjacent to the combustion chamber is 1,200°C while the outer
W
surface of steel is 50°C. The thermal conductivities of the wall material in are:
m−K
firebrick 10; insulating brick 0.26; and steel 45. Neglecting the film resistances and contact

resistance of joints, determine the heat loss in Watts per square meter ( mW ) of wall area.
2

Given:

𝑇1 = 1,200°C

𝑇2 = 50°C

Firebrick (1) Insulating Brick (2) Outer Steel Wall (3)

x1 = 20 cm ( 1001 mcm ) = 0.2m x2 = 15 cm ( 1001 mcm ) = 0.15m x3 = 1 cm ( 1001 mcm ) = 0.01m

W W W
k1 = 10 k2 = 0.26 k3 = 45
m−K m−K m−K

W
Required: Q̇ (in )
m2
Solution:
 ∆T ∆T Q̇ ∆T
∆T
3
x Q̇= x Q̇= =
Q̇= R =∑ x2 x3 1 x 1 x2 x3 A x1 x 2 x 3
Rtotal total 1 kA
1
+ +
k1 A k2 A k3 A ( + +
A k1 k 2 k3) ( + +
k1 k2 k3 )
Q̇ ( 1200−50 ) K
=
A 0.2 m 0.15 m 0.01m

( 10
W
m−k
+
0.26
W
m−k
+
45
W
m−k )
Q̇ W Q̇ W
=1,925.829445 2 =1,925.83 2
A m A m