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Chapter 7 Problem 7.108

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The use of rock pile thermal energy storage systemshas been considered for solar energy and industrialprocess heat applications. A particular system involvesa cylindrical container, 2 m long by 1 m in diameter, inwhich nearly spherical rocks of 0.03-m diameter arepacked. The bed has a void space of 0.42, and the den-sity and specific heat of the rock are ??2300 kg/m3and cp?879 J/kg?K, respectively. Consider condi-tions for which atmospheric air is supplied to the rockpile at a steady flow rate of 1 kg/s and a temperatureof 90?C. The air flows in the axial direction throughthe container. If the rock is at a temperature of 25?C,what is the total rate of heat transfer from the air to therock pile

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Title Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer 7 
Author Theodore L. Bergman; Adrienne S. Lavine; Frank P. Incropera; David P. DeWitt
ISBN 9780470501979

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