A dryer is shaped like a long semi-cylindrical duct of diameter 1.5 m. The base of the dry...

A dryer is shaped like a long semi-cylindrical duct of diameter 1.5 m. The base of the dryer is occupied with water soaked materials to be dried. The base is maintained at a temperature of 370 K. while the dome of the dryer is maintained at 1000 K. If both surfaces behave as blackbody, determine the drying rate per unit length experienced by the wet materials.

Answer: 0.0370 kg/s·m