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11B.4- Heat conduction in a spherical shell
In this problem, the heat flow is in the @ direction. Then Eq.
B.9-3 simplifies to
1 d(, ar
ara aal G0) =°
The first integration leads to
sino o a _o-
49 sin®
do
The second integration gives
T=C,In|tan}6|+C, =C,Intan}0+C,
Since the argument of the tangent function is always less than a right
angle, the absolute value sign is not needed.
The constants of integration are obtainable from the
boundary conditions, which give:
T, =C,Intan}6, +C,; T =C,Intan}(2-0,)+C,
We next form the following differences:
tando,
tan}(2-0,)
tan}@
tan}(m-6,)
T, ~T, = C,[In tan $6, — In tan} (2—- 0,)]=C, In
T-T, =C,[Intan}-Intan}(n-,)|=C, In
Finally we get for the temperature distribution in the shell:
T, _ Inftan}6/tan}(2~-6,)]
T, In{tan46,/tan}(7-0,)]
TY,
This solution clearly satisfies the two boundary conditions.
Heit11B.5 Axial heat conduction in a wire
a. This problem involves purely axial flow of heat (by
conduction and convection) so that the energy equation is
a aT _ | @T eCvaT_ &T aT _@T
EE gy Poh aT aT -agt
OP ag Re ae ae oe AE
in which v, =-v, and A= pC,v/k.
Integration of the differential equation gives
-at=Zee,
At z=, we know that T=T. and dT/dz=0; hence C,=-AT..
Hence the first-order differential equation becomes
B.--n0 where @=(T-T..)/(Ty-T..)
in which (since @(0) = 1)
In@=-Az+InC, or
This is just Eq. 11B.5-1.
b. {D} temperature-dependent physical properties we have
the following energy equation:
do_d do_d de
-0¢,.L(8)0 = F(x) or -a,4e)42= £( x02)
dz dz dz
in which A. = pC,,v/k,,. The first integration gives
+A, [r1@) Baz -xo) 2 +,
Wiz11B.11 Temperature rise in a catalyst pellet
a. We make an energy balance over a spherical shell of
thickness Ar:
4nr?4q,|,-4n(r+ Ar) q,|,,,, +4ar?ArS, =0
In+ar
Then division by 47Ar gives
(Papa — II, a
Ar
When the limit is taken that Ar > 0 and use is made of the definition
of the first derivative, we get
2 (?4,)-78.=0
Insertion of Fourier's law then gives
4 4D) 2g =9 (** Al, | 2g -
(rat +7°S.=0 (**) or ke r +S. =
for the appropriate equation describing the heat conduction with
heat generation by chemical reaction and constant k.
b. From Eq. B.9=3, with the time=derivative term set equal to
zero, and all velocities set equal to zero, and all derivatives other
than r derivatives set equal to zero gives the heat conduction
equation in spherical coordinates for a system with no chemical
reaction. Therefore, we have to add a term describing the heat
production per unit volume:
d( .aT
yi(e) es =0
which is the same as the result obtained in (a).
c. The above differential equation may be integrated in a
sequence of steps as follows:
Het