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Homework Statement
Two large thin aluminum plates, the first polished (emittance = 0.05 and the second painted black, are placed horizontally outdoors, where they are cooled by air at 283K. The heat transfer coefficient is 5 W/m^2-K on both the top and bottom. The top is irradiated with 750 W/m^2 and it radiates to the sky at 170K. The Earth below the plate is black at 283K. Find the equilibrium temperature of each plate.
Homework Equations
Q_conv = hA(Ts-Tenv)
Q_rad = e*sigma(Ts^4-Tsurr^)
The Attempt at a Solution
First I started by thinking about what equilibrium temperature is and I think its the change in heat transfer in the plate is zero.
Second, I drew a figure and I labeled the directions, we have the 750 W/m^2 going into the plate, radiation coming out, and convection going out from both the top and bottom faces.
I attempted it with the black plate and got an answer fairly close to the answer. The answer is 303.23K and I got about 310K. However, using the same method I got an answer much higher with the polished plate which leads me to believe my approach is wrong.
Thank you for any help.