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Radiative heat transfer is intended between the inner surfaces of two very large isothermal parallel metal plates. While the upper plate (designated as plate 1) is a black surface and is the warmer one being maintained at 727؛C. The lower plate (plate 2) is a diffuse and gray surface with an emissivity of 0.7 and is kept at 227؛C. Assume that the surfaces are sufficiently large to form a two-surface enclosure and steady state conditions to exist. Stefan Boltzmann constant is given as 5.67×10-8W/m2K4.

If plate 1 is also a diffuse and gray surface with an emissivity value of 0.8, the net radiation heat exchange (in kW/m2) between plate 1 and plate 2 is

  1. 17.0

  2. 19.0

  3. 23.0

  4. 31.7

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