Compute the ratio of the rate of heat loss through a single-pane window with area 0.15 m2 to that for a double-pane window with the same area. The glass of a single pane is 4.5 mm thick, and the air space between the two panes of the double-pane window is 6.60 mm thick. The glass has thermal conductivity 0.80 W/m⋅K. The air films on the room and outdoor surfaces of either window have a combined thermal resistance of 0.15 m2⋅K/W. Express your answer using two significant figures.

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Answer:

2.80321285141

Explanation:

[tex]L_g[/tex] = Thickness of glass = 4.5 mm

[tex]k_g[/tex] = Thermal conductivity of glass = 0.8 W/mK

[tex]R_0[/tex] = Combined thermal resistance = [tex]0.15\times m^2K/W[/tex]

[tex]L_a[/tex] = Thickness of air = 6.6 mm

[tex]k_a[/tex] = Thermal conductivity of air = 0.024 W/mK

The required ratio is the inverse of total thermal resistance

[tex]\dfrac{2(L_g/k_g)+R_0+(L_a/k_a)}{(L_g/k_g)+R_0}\\ =\dfrac{2(4.5\times 10^{-3}/0.8)+0.15+(6.6\times 10^{-3}/0.024)}{(4.5\times 10^{-3}/0.8)+0.15}\\ =2.80321285141[/tex]

The ratio is 2.80321285141

Answer:

[tex]\frac{\dot Q}{\dot Q'} =2.6668[/tex]

Explanation:

Given:

  • area of the each window panes, [tex]A=0.15\ m^2[/tex]
  • thickness of each pane, [tex]t_g=4.5\times 10^{-3}\ m[/tex]
  • air gap between the two pane of a double pane window, [tex]t_a=6.6\times 10^{-3}\ m[/tex]
  • thermal conductivity of glass, [tex]k_g=0.8\ W.m^{-1}.K^{-1}[/tex]
  • thermal resistance of the air on the either sides of double pane window, [tex]R_{th}=0.15\ m^2.K.W^{-1}[/tex]

Heat loss through single pane window:

Using Fourier's law of conduction,

[tex]\dot Q=A.dT\div (R_{th}+\frac{t_g}{k} )[/tex]

[tex]\dot Q=0.15\times dT\div (0.15+\frac{4.5\times 10^{-3}}{0.8})[/tex]

[tex]\dot Q=0.9638\ dT\ [W][/tex]

Heat loss through double pane window:

[tex]\dot Q'=dT\times A\div(R_{th}+2\times \frac{t_g}{k}+\frac{t_a}{k_a} )[/tex]

where:

[tex]dT=[/tex] change in temperature

[tex]k_a=[/tex] coefficient of thermal conductivity of air [tex]= 0.026\ W.m^{-1}.K^{-1}[/tex]

[tex]\dot Q'=dT\times 0.15\div (0.15+2\times \frac{4.5\times 10^{-3}}{0.8}+\frac{6.6\times 10^{-3}}{0.026})[/tex]

[tex]\dot Q'=0.3614\ dT\ [W][/tex]

Now the ratio:

[tex]\frac{\dot Q}{\dot Q'} =\frac{0.9638(dT)}{0.3614(dT)}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{\dot Q}{\dot Q'} =2.6668[/tex]