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SS-V: 3030 Heat Generating Plate
Test No. VT04 Find temperature at the mid-plane of a heat generating steel plate and the heat flow rate to the fluid the plate is heating.

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SS-V: 3030 Heat Generating Plate

Test No. VT04 Find temperature at the mid-plane of a heat generating steel plate and the heat flow rate to the fluid the plate is heating.

Definition

Heat is uniformly generated in the plate volume.

The fluid temperature is 150 F.

The material properties are:

Properties: Value
Plate Thermal Conductivity: 25 BTU/(hr-ft-F)
Surface Convection Coefficient: 13.969738 BTU/(hr-ft²-F)
Volume Heat Generation Rate: 1.e+5 BTU/(hr-ft³)

Results

A piece of plate is simulated by a 1 x 1 x 0.5 inch solid. Side surfaces of the solid are insulated in order to allow heat transfer only in the direction perpendicular to the plate surface.

The following table shows the temperature at the mid-plane and the flow rate to the fluid.


	Reference	SimSolid	% Difference
Temperature at Mid-plane [deg-F]	299.1	300.0	0.30%
Heat Flow Rate to Fluid [BTU/(hr*ft²)]	2083.3	2083.03	0.01%

¹ Kreith, F. Principles of Heat Transfer. 2nd ed. P.A.: International Textbook Co., 1959, pg. 42, ex. 2-9