Consider a flat-plate solar collector placed horizontally
on the flat roof of a house. The collector is 5 ft wide and 15 ft
long, and the average temperature of the exposed surface of the
collector is 100°F. The emissivity of the exposed surface of the
collector is 0.9. Determine the rate of heat loss from the collector
by convection and radiation during a calm day when the ambient
air temperature is 70°F and the effective sky temperature
for radiation exchange is 50°F. Take the convection heat transfer
coefficient on the exposed surface to be 2.5 Btu/h·ft2·°F.