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The inner and outer panes of a double-glazed window of dimensions 2 m x 2 m and 0.6 cm thick, the temperature is 18 ° C and 6 ° C, respectively. If the 1 cm gap between the two panes is filled with still air, determine the rate of heat transfer through the conduction air layer in kW and the temperatures at the air-glass interfaces. K air = 0.026 ? / ?.? and K glass = 0.85 ? / ?.k
The rate of heat transfer is given by
Where d is the thickness and A is the area of the plates.
Here, we have 3 layes.
We have to find H and the temperature between the layers.
Let Ta be the temperature between the layer 1 and the air
So,
Here,
A = 2m*2m = 4 m^2
d glass = 0.6 cm = 0.006 m
T2 = 18 C
The heat reansfered through air is
HWere Tb is the temperature after the layer of air
d air = 1 cm = 0.01 m
For the last layer of glass
T1 = 6 C
Since energy must be conserved, all these heat values must be equal.
So,
Applying the values,
Solving the equations we get
and