The air above the surface of a freshwater lake is at temperature TA while the water is at its freezing point T,(T,< T). After a time t elapsed, ice of thickness y has formed. Ássuming that the heat, which is liberated when the water freezes, flows through the ice by conduction and then into the air by natural convection, prove y y² T, – T, h 2K pl where h is the convection coefficient per unit area and is assumed constant while ice forms, K is the thermal conductivity of ice, / is the latent heat of fusion of ice, and p is the density of ice (Hint: the temperature of the upper surface is variable. Assume that the ice has a thickness y and imagine an infinitesimal thickness dy to form in time dt.)

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The air above the surface of a freshwater lake is at temperature TA
while the water is at its freezing point T,(T,< T,). After a time t
elapsed, ice of thickness y has formed. Ássuming that the heat,
which is liberated when the water freezes, flows through the ice by
conduction and then into the air by natural convection, prove
y
T, – T,
pl
h 2K
where h is the convection coefficient per unit area and is assumed
constant while ice forms, K is the thermal conductivity of ice, I is the
latent heat of fusion of ice, and p is the density of ice (Hint: the
temperature of the upper surface is variable. Ássume that the ice
has a thickness y and imagine an infinitesimal thickness dy to form
in time dt.)
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 3 The air above the surface of a freshwater lake is at temperature TA while the water is at its freezing point T,(T,< T,). After a time t elapsed, ice of thickness y has formed. Ássuming that the heat, which is liberated when the water freezes, flows through the ice by conduction and then into the air by natural convection, prove y T, – T, pl h 2K where h is the convection coefficient per unit area and is assumed constant while ice forms, K is the thermal conductivity of ice, I is the latent heat of fusion of ice, and p is the density of ice (Hint: the temperature of the upper surface is variable. Ássume that the ice has a thickness y and imagine an infinitesimal thickness dy to form in time dt.)
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