A spherical vessel containing hot fluid at 160°C (in a chemical process) is of 0.4 m OD and is made of Titanium of 25 mm thickness. The thermal conductivity is 20 W/mK. The vessel is insulated with two layers of 5 cm thick insulations of thermal conductivities 0.06 and 0.12 W/mK. There is a contact resistance of 6 × 10–4 and 5 × 10–4 m2 °C/W between the metal and first insulation and between the insulating layers. The outside is exposed to surrounding at 30°C with a convection coefficient of 15 W/m2-K. Determine the rate of heat loss, the interface temperatures and the overall heat transfer coefficient based on the metal surface area.

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A spherical vessel containing hot fluid at 160°C (in a chemical process) is of 0.4 m OD and is made of Titanium of 25 mm thickness. The thermal conductivity is 20 W/mK. The vessel is insulated with two layers of 5 cm thick insulations of thermal conductivities 0.06 and 0.12 W/mK. There is a contact resistance of 6 × 10–4 and 5 × 10–4 m2 °C/W between the metal and first insulation and between the insulating layers. The outside is exposed to surrounding at 30°C with a convection coefficient of 15 W/m2-K. Determine the rate of heat loss, the interface temperatures and the overall heat transfer coefficient based on the metal surface area.

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