A square container has hot oil and its walls are made of metal 13.3 mm thick. If the thermal conductivity of the metal is 48 W/m-K and the surface heat transfer coefficients for oil and air are 2 kW/m²-K and 23.1 W/m²-K respectively, find the overall heat transfer coefficient, U.

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A square container has hot oil and its walls are made of metal 13.3 mm thick. If the
thermal conductivity of the metal is 48 W/m-K and the surface heat transfer coefficients
for oil and air are 2 kW/m²-K and 23.1 W/m²-K respectively, find the overall heat
transfer coefficient, U.
Transcribed Image Text:A square container has hot oil and its walls are made of metal 13.3 mm thick. If the thermal conductivity of the metal is 48 W/m-K and the surface heat transfer coefficients for oil and air are 2 kW/m²-K and 23.1 W/m²-K respectively, find the overall heat transfer coefficient, U.
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