A heating cable is embedded in a concrete slab for snow melting. The heating cable is heated electrically with joule heating to provide the concrete slab with a uniform heat of 1200 W/ m2. The concrete has a thermal conductivity of 1.4 W/m⋅K. To minimize thermal stress in the concrete, the temperature difference between the heater surface (T1) and the slab surface (T2) should not exceed 25°C (2015 ASHRAE Handbook—HVAC Applications, Chap. 51). Formulate the temperature profile in the concrete slab, and determine the thickness of the concrete slab (L) so that T1 − T2 ≤ 25°C.

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Beryl states that insulation with the smallest possible thermal conductivity is best to keep a house warm in winter, but worst for keeping a house cool in summer. sapphire insists the reverse is true: low thermal conductivity is good in the summer, but bad in the winter. which one, if either is correct? a. beryl, because low thermal conductivity results in low heat transfer. b. beryl, because low thermal conductivity results in high heat transfer. d. sapphire, because low thermal conductivity results in high heat transfer. e. neither, because low heat transfer is desirable both in summer and in winter.

What is part of a line has one endpoint and continues in one direction?