Engineering, 11.10.2020 01:01 jamesgraham577

A 2-m × 1.5-m section of wall of an industrial furnace burning natural gas is not insulated, and the temperature at the outer surface of this section is measured to be 110°C. The temperature of the furnace room is 32°C, and the combined convection and radiation heat transfer coefficient at the surface of the outer furnace is 10 W/m2·K. It is proposed to insulate this section of the furnace wall with glass wool insulation (k = 0.038 W/m·K) in order to reduce the heat loss by 90 percent, Assuming the outer surface temperature of the metal section still remains at about 110°C, determine the thickness of the insulation that needs to be used. The furnace operates continuously and has an efficiency of 78 percent. The price of the natural gas is $1.10/therm (1 therm = 105,500 kJ of energy content). If the installation of the insulation will cost $250 for materials and labor, determine how long it will take for the insulation to pay for itself from the energy it saves.

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