Insulation
is added to a system to decrease the rate of heat loss. In a system
operating at steady state, if we increase the thickness of insulation,
will it decrease the rate of heat loss?
For
a steady state system, the heat in to the system should be equal to
heat out of the system. So, by increasing the thickness of insulation
will not decrease the heat loss. For example, if we are heating a copper
disc with a 50 W heater, under steady state 50 W heat will be lost to
the surrounding. If we add insulation on the sphere, the heat lost to
the surrounding must be 50 W to make it steady. Then, heat loss has not
been reduced. But by adding insulation we can increase the temperature
of the system without losing more heat, i.e. if the temperature of the
sphere was 40 °C with 50 W heat input earlier, by adding more insulation
we can raise the temperature of sphere with same amount of heat input.
Natural and Forced Convection:
In steady state, the heat transferred by natural convection and forced convection will be same. But in forced convection, the temperature of the surface will be lowered as compared to the natural convection. If we maintain the same temperature in natural and forced convection, the heat transferred by the forced convection will be more than natural convection.
Natural and Forced Convection:
In steady state, the heat transferred by natural convection and forced convection will be same. But in forced convection, the temperature of the surface will be lowered as compared to the natural convection. If we maintain the same temperature in natural and forced convection, the heat transferred by the forced convection will be more than natural convection.
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