RADIATION AND CONVECTION FOR PONDEROSA PINE

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Abstract
The transfer of energy to and from a Ponderosa pine branch involves solar radiation, thermal radiation from the ground, atmosphere, and surroundings, thermal emission by the branch, and free convection in still air and forced convection in wind. It is necessary to know the actual surface area of the branch, the effective area for absorbing sunlight, the effective area for absorbing long wave thermal radiation and for emission, and the free and forced convection coefficients. These parameters were determined using a solid silver casting of a Ponderosa pine branch suspended in an evacuated radiation chamber and in a wind tunnel. The actual surface area of the branch was determined by means of an electrolytic technique. Numerical examples are given of the evaluation of the temperature of a live branch based on energy transfer considerations. Comparison is made to our earlier work on spruce and fir.
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