Hot combustion gases of a furnace are flowing through a square chimney made
of concrete (k 1.4 W/m · °C).
The flow section of the chimney is 20 cm 20 cm, and the thickness of the wall is 20 cm. The average temperature of the hot gases in the chimney is Ti 300°C, and the average convection heat transfer coefficient inside the chimney is hi 70 W/m2 · °C.
The chimney is losing heat from its outer surface to the ambient air at To 20°C by convection with a heat transfer coefficient of ho 21 W/m2 · °C and to the sky by radiation.
The emissivity of the outer surface of the wall is 0.9, and the effective sky temperature is estimated to be 260 K.
Using the finite difference method with x y 10 cm and taking full advantage of symmetry, determine the temperatures at the nodal points of a cross section and the rate of heat loss for a 1-m-long section of the chimney.