TRANSPORT PHENOMENA CHE411A
RADIATION
PROBLEMS
1. The total incident radiant energy upon a body which partially reflects, absorbs and
transmits radiant energy is 2200 W/m 2 of this amount, 450 W/m 2 is reflected and 900
W/m2 is absorbed by the body. Find the transmitivity.
2. Determine the total emissive power of a blackbody at 1000OC
3. In the summer, parked automobile surfaces average to 40 – 50OC. Assuming 45OC and
surface emissivity of 0.9, determine the radiant thermal flux emitted by a car roof.
4. After sunset, radiant energy can be sensed by a person standing near a brick wall. Such
walls frequently have surface temperature around 44 OC, and typical brick emissivity
values are on the order of 0.92. what would be the radiant thermal flux per square meter
from a brick wall at this temperature?
5. For a blackbody maintained at 115 OC, determine (a)the total emissive power (b) the
wavelength at which the maximum monochromatic emissive power occurs and (c) the
maximum monochromatic emissive power.
6. A small oxidized horizontal metal tube with an OD of 0.0254 m and being 0.61 m long
with a surface temperature at 588K is in a very large furnace enclosure with fire-brick
walls and the surrounding air at 1088 K. The emissivity of the metal tube is 0.60 at 1088
K and 0.46 at 588K. Calculate the heat transfer to the tube by radiation using SI.
7. Recalculate previous example problem for combined radiation plus natural convection to
horizontal tube.
8. A 0.5 m diameter pipe (ε = 0.9) carrying steam has a surface temperature of 500 K. The
pipe is located in a room at 300 K, and the convection heat transfer coefficient between
the pipe surface and the air in the room is 20 W/m 2.K. Calculate the combined heat
transfer coefficient and the rate of heat loss per meter of pipe length
9. A long cylindrical electrically heated rod, 2 cm in diameter, is installed in a vacuum
furnace. The surface of the heating rod has an emissivity of 0.9 and is maintained at
1000K, while the interior walls of the furnace are black and are at 800 K. calculate the
net rate at which heat is lost from the rod per unit length and the radiation heat transfer
coefficient.
10. Two parallel gray planes which are very large have emissivities of ε1 = 0.8 and ε2 = 0.7
and surface 1 is at 866.5 K and surface 2 at 588.8 K. (a) What is the net radiation from 1
to 2? (b) If the surfaces are both black, what is the net radiation?
11. An oxidized steel tube (ε = 0.6, OD = 0.0762 m) passes through a silica brick furnace (ε
= 0.8, Di = 0.152 m x 0.152 m x 0.152 m x 0.152 m). The inside wall furnace
temperature is 982.2OC, and the outside of the tube is 537.8OC. What is the rate of heat
transfer?
12. Two blackbody rectangles, 0.6 m by 1.2 m, are parallel and directly opposed. The
bottom rectangle is at T1 = 500K and the top rectangle is at T2 = 900K. The two
rectangles are 1.2 m apart. Determine
a. The rate of radiant heat transfer b/n two surfaces
b. The rate at which the bottom rectangle is losing energy if the surrounding are
considered a blackbody at 0K.
c. The rate at which the bottom rectangle is losing energy if the surrounding are
considered a blackbody at 300K.
TRANSPORT PHENOMENA CHE411A
13. Two large parallel plates are at 800 K and 600K have emissivities of 0.5 and 0.8;
respectively. A radiation shield having emissivity of 0.1 is placed b/n the plate. Calculate
the heat transfer rate per m2 with and without the shield. Also, calculate the temperature
of the shield.
14. Two parallel plates have emissivity of 0.8 and 0.5. A radiation shield that has the same
emissivity on both sides is placed between them. Calculate the emissivity of the shield in
order to reduce the radiation losses from the system to one-tenth of that without the
shield.
15. Two large parallel plates at temperatures 1000K and 600K have emissivity of 0.5 and
0.8, respectively. A radiation shield has emissivity 0.1 on one side and 0.05 on the other
side is placed between plates. Calculate the heat transfer rate by radiation per square
meter with and without a radiation shield.
16. A drying unit moves the material to be dried through the system by a conveyor belt. The
width of material on the belt is large enough for the case to give semi-infinite conditions.
Drying is accomplished by a row of electrically heated cylinders (2cm in diameter and 8
cm apart on a center to center basis) placed 16 cm from the belt. The cylinders whose
emissivity is 0.9 are at 1700 K. the material (ε = 0.6) is at a temperature of 370 K. find
the radiant heat transferred.
17. Two black body rectangles, 1.8 m by 3.6 m are parallel and directly opposed and are 3.6
m apart. If surface 1 is at T1 = 95OC and surface 2 is at T2 = 315OC, determine (a)the net
rate of heat transfer (b) the net energy loss rate from the 95OC surface if the surrounding
other than surface 2 behave as black body at 295 K.
