A double-pane window has a vertical height of 0.9 -m and a width of 1.4 -m that consists of two layers of glass separated by a 10 -cm air gap at atmospheric pressure. The room temperature is 26°C while the inner glass temperature is 18°C. Radiation heat transfer is neglected. Steady operating conditions exist. **Properties** For natural convection between the inner surface of the window and the room air, the properties of air at 1 atm and the film temperature of
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are:
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**Properties** For natural convection between the two glass sheets separated by an air gap, we can set an initial guess of
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. The properties of air at 1 atm and the anticipated average temperature of
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are:
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(a) [20 marks] Calculate: (a) the temperature (
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) of the outer glass layer; and (b) rate of heat loss (
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) through the window by natural convection. (Show all calculations)
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**Problem:** A double-pane window has a vertical height of 0.9 m and a width of 1.4 m. There are two layers of glass separated by a 10 -cm air gap at atmospheric pressure. The room temperature is 26°C, and the inner glass temperature is 18°C. **Given Data:** * Thermal conductivity,
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* Thermal conductivity,
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**Solution:** Where, Calculate the Grashof number: Calculate the Rayleigh number: Calculate the Nusselt number: Calculate the heat transfer coefficient: K}{0.9 \, m}
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Calculate the temperature difference: K \times (18°C - T_2)
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K \times (0.9 \, m \times 1.4 \, m) \times (18°C - T_2)}{0.1 \, m}
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Final Answer

(a) The temperature of the outer glass layer is approximately 5.7°C. (b) The rate of heat loss through the window is approximately 41.6 W.