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Heat funnction in steady state

 
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Jul5-12, 07:39 AM   #1
 

Heat funnction in steady state


I was given the following interesting question.

A closed room contains several identical machines in it, they are fed by an electrical cable.
The machines can be turned on or off. When a machine is turned on, it consumes electrical energy and as a by product generates heat. The heat is radiated through the room walls to the outside air.
What is the function that describes the room surface temperature in steady state as a function of the number of machines that are turned on? Is it power 2 or 3 of β (the number of machines that are turned on)?

In order to simplify the analysis you can assume that the room is a ball.
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