Katie Foster

Chemistry

3 June, 12:48

A 1 m ID spherical cooler made of 2 cm thick foam insulation (k = 0.15 Wm-1K-1) is used to store iced water at 0°C. The tank is located outdoors at 25 °C and is subjected to horizontal cross winds at 1 m/s. Determine (a) the rate of heat transfer to the iced water in the tank and (b) the amount of ice at 0 °C that melts during a 24 h period. Assume the inner surface of the cooler is at 0 °C and take the thermal resistance of the cooler and heat transfer by radiation into consideration. Assume the average surrounding surface temperature for radiation exchange to be 20 °C and the outer surface of the cooler to have an emissivity of 0.85. The heat of fusion of water at atmospheric pressure is hif = 333.7 kJ/kg.