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    This document discusses using a semi-infinite slab model to determine the radiant heat flux required to warm a concrete factory floor surface to 18 degrees Celsius after 3 hours, given an initial temperature of 7 degrees. It is determined that a heat flux of 112.566 W/m^2 is required. By examining the temperature variation with depth, it is found that the heat flux has no significant effect below 0.2 meters, showing the semi-infinite model is satisfactory for this case.

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    This document discusses using a semi-infinite slab model to determine the radiant heat flux required to warm a concrete factory floor surface to 18 degrees Celsius after 3 hours, given an initial temperature of 7 degrees. It is determined that a heat flux of 112.566 W/m^2 is required. By examining the temperature variation with depth, it is found that the heat flux has no significant effect below 0.2 meters, showing the semi-infinite model is satisfactory for this case.

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    This document discusses using a semi-infinite slab model to determine the radiant heat flux required to warm a concrete factory floor surface to 18 degrees Celsius after 3 hours, given an initial temperature of 7 degrees. It is determined that a heat flux of 112.566 W/m^2 is required. By examining the temperature variation with depth, it is found that the heat flux has no significant effect below 0.2 meters, showing the semi-infinite model is satisfactory for this case.

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    CHAPTER 2 TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION

    2.3 Semi-Infinite Slab: Radiant Heat Flux on Floor

    A high-intensity infrared ceiling heating system is employed to keep a factory floor warm. If the heating
    system is switched on with the floor initially at temperature Ti, determine the radiant heat flux intensity on the
    floor required to warm the floor surface to a temperature Ts after time t. What is the floor temperature at the
    bottom surface of the concrete slab?

    Assume that the concrete floor slab is 20 cm thick and that the semi-infinite model applies.

    Concrete properties (assume medium density):

    1500 density
    3

    k 1.2 thermal conductivity


    c 800 specific heat capacity


    k
    thermal diffusivity
    c

    Ti 7 initial floor temperature

    final floor surface


    Ts 18
    temperature after time t

    t3

    For a semi-infinite slab with constant surface heat flux qs after time t = 0, we have

    Ts Ti k
    qs = 112.566
    2
    t
    2

    2.3_Semi-Infinite_Slab_-_Radiant_Heat_Flux_on_Floor.mcdx
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    We will determine the temperature at different depths for a semi-infinite model to see how accurate it is for
    the present case:

    x 0.0 , 0.1 0.5

    qs 2 qs x

    t x x
    T (x) 2 exp
    1 erf + Ti
    k 4t k
    2
    t

    Examination of the temperature variation with depth at t = 3 hours shows that the heat flux on the surface has
    no significant effect below a depth of 0.2 m. Therefore, the present model is satisfactory. Note that if there
    was a significant heating of the lower boundary of the slab then heat loss through this boundary would have to
    be included in the analysis.

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    T (x) ( ) 12

    11

    10

    0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5
    x ( )

    2.3_Semi-Infinite_Slab_-_Radiant_Heat_Flux_on_Floor.mcdx

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