THE GENERAL EQUATION OF HEAT CONDUCTION IN SPHERICAL COORDINATES

𝜕𝑇 1 𝜕 𝜕𝑇 𝜕𝑇 𝑘 2
𝜕 𝜕𝑇 𝜕𝑇 𝜕 𝜕𝑟 2 𝜕𝐶𝐴 𝛼 2 𝜕 2 𝐶𝐴 𝜕𝐶𝐴
𝜌𝐶𝑝 = 2 𝑘𝑟 2 𝜌𝐶𝑝 = 𝑟 + = 2 𝑟 + 2𝑟
𝜕𝑡 𝑟 𝜕𝑟 𝜕𝑟 𝜕𝑡 𝑟 2 𝜕𝑟 𝜕𝑟 𝜕𝑟 𝜕𝑟 𝜕𝑟 𝜕𝑡 𝑟 𝜕𝑟 2 𝜕𝑟

𝜕𝑇 𝜕 2 𝑇 2 𝜕𝑇
=𝛼 +
𝜕𝑡 𝜕𝑟 2 𝑟 𝜕𝑟

Initial Condition: Boundary Condition:

𝑡 = 0; 𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛 < 𝑟 < 𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥 ; 𝑇 0, 𝑟 = 𝑇0 𝑡 = ∞; 𝑟 = 𝑟; → 𝑇 ∞, 𝑟 = 𝑇∞

𝑡 = 𝑡; 𝑟 = 𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥 ; → 𝑇 𝐹𝑜 , 𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝑇0 𝐹𝑜
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𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥
𝜕𝑇 𝜕 2 𝑇 2 𝜕𝑇 Dividing both side by: 𝜕𝜃 𝜕 2 𝜃 2 𝜕𝜃
=𝛼 + 𝛼 = +
𝜕𝑡 𝜕𝑟 2 𝑟 𝜕𝑟 𝜕𝐹𝑜 𝜕𝜂 2 𝜂 𝜕𝜂

Where:

𝑇∞ − 𝑇 𝑟 𝛼𝑡
𝜃= ;𝜂 = ; 𝐹𝑜 = 2 ;
𝑇∞ − 𝑇0 𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥

Then, the Boundary condition will turn into:

Initial Condition:

𝑡 = 0; 𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛 < 𝑟 < 𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥 ; 𝑇 0, 𝑟 = 𝑇0 𝐹𝑜 = 0; 𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑛 < 𝜂 < 1; 𝜃 0, 𝜂 = 1

Boundary Condition:

𝑡 = ∞; 𝑟 = 𝑟; → 𝑇 ∞, 𝑟 = 𝑇∞ 𝐹𝑜 = ∞; 𝜂 = 𝜂; → 𝜃 ∞, 𝜂 = 0

𝑡 = 𝑡; 𝑟 = 𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥 ; → 𝑇 𝐹𝑜 , 𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝑇0 𝐹𝑜 𝐹𝑜 = 𝐹𝑜 ; 𝜂 = 1; → 𝜃 𝐹𝑜 , 1 = 𝜃 𝐹𝑜
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𝜕𝜃 𝜕 2 𝜃 2 𝜕𝜃 𝐴 𝜂
= + 𝜃= 𝑒𝑟𝑓 +𝐵
𝜕𝐹𝑜 𝜕𝜂 2 𝜂 𝜕𝜂 𝜂 2 𝐹𝑜

All constants must satisfy the following BC:

𝐹𝑜 = 0; 𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑛 < 𝜂 < 1 = 𝜂; 𝜃 0, 𝜂 = 1

𝐴 𝜂 At Fo = 0 𝐴 At η = ηmin
𝑒𝑟𝑓 +𝐵 =1 +𝐵 =1 𝐴 = 1 − 𝐵 𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝜂 2 0 𝜂

𝐹𝑜 = ∞; 𝜂 = 𝜂; → 𝜃 ∞, 𝜂 = 0

At η = 1
1 − 𝐵 𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝜂 1 − 𝐵 𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑒𝑟𝑓 +𝐵 =0 0 +𝐵 =0 𝐵=0
𝜂 2 ∞ 1

𝐹𝑜 = 𝐹𝑜 ; 𝜂 = 1; → 𝜃 𝐹𝑜 , 1 = 𝜃 𝐹𝑜

𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝜂 Fo = Fo; η = 1
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𝜃= 𝑒𝑟𝑓 𝜃 = 𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑟𝑓
𝜂 2 𝐹𝑜 2 𝐹𝑜
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Since all constants are following:

𝐴 = 𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝜂
𝜃= 𝑒𝑟𝑓 0 < 𝐹𝑜 < ∞
𝐵=0 𝜂 2 𝐹𝑜 𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑛 < 𝜂 < 1;

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𝑇∞ − 𝑇 𝑟 𝛼𝑡
𝜃= ;𝜂 = ; 𝐹𝑜 = 2 ;
𝑇∞ − 𝑇0 𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑥