A furnace is made of a refractory brick wall of thickness 0.5 metre and thermal conductivity 0.7 W/m.°K For the same temperature drop and heat loss, this refractory wall can be replaced by a layer of diatomaceous earth of thermal conductivity 0.14 W/m.K and thickness __________ metre. (A) 0.01 (B) 0.1 (C) 0.25 (D) 0.5

A furnace is made of a refractory brick wall of thickness 0.5 metre and thermal conductivity 0.7 W/m.°K For the same temperature drop and heat loss, this refractory wall can be replaced by a layer of diatomaceous earth of thermal conductivity 0.14 W/m.K and thickness __________ metre. (A) 0.01
(B) 0.1
(C) 0.25
(D) 0.5
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Last Answer : (C) 35°C

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Last Answer : (C) Thermal conductance of a wall of thickness 'L', thermal conductivity 'k' and heat flow area 'A' is kL/A

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Last Answer : (D) 48.7

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. The inner wall of a furnace is at a temperature of 700°C. The composite wall is made of two substances, 10 and 20 cm thick with thermal conductivities of 0.05 and 0.1 W.m-1.°C-1 respectively. The ambient air is at 30°C and the heat transfer co-efficient between the outer surface of wall and air is 20 W.m-2 .°C-1 . The rate of heat loss from the outer surface in W.m-2 is (A) 165.4 (B) 167.5 (C) 172.5 (D) 175

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Conductance is given by (where, x = thickness, A = heat flow area, K = thermal conductivity.) (A) x/KA (B) KA/x (C) K/Ax (D) A/Kx

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Heat transfer rate to the stock/charge in the furnace does not depend upon the(A) Emissivity of the refractory walls(B) Size of the furnace(C) Use of waste heat recovery equipments(D) Thickness of the stock

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Last Answer : (D) 16.5 kW/m2

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