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2-D Conduction: Finite-Difference Methods: Reminders

1) The document discusses heat transfer concepts including 2D conduction, finite difference methods, shape factors, and buried pipe insulation examples. 2) Key reminders include homework and exam due dates as well as help session information. 3) An example problem involves using finite difference equations to determine temperatures at nodes in a square channel given boundary conditions.

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CH EN 3453 Heat Transfer

2-D Conduction:
Finite-Difference Methods

Reminders

Homework #4 due Friday 4 pm

Help session today at 4:30 pm in MEB 2325

Exam #1 two weeks from today

Homework available for pickup in ChE


office
Graphical Method - Plotting Heat Flux
1. Consider lines of
symmetry and choose
sub-system if possible.
2. Symmetry lines adiabatic
and count as heat flow
lines.
3. Identify constant
temperature lines at
boundaries. Sketch
isotherms between the
boundaries.
4. Sketch heat flow lines
perpendicular to
isotherms, attempting to
make each cell as square
as possible.

Graphical Solution
Conduction Shape Factor
Two- or three-dimensional heat transfer in
a medium bounded by two isothermal
surfaces at T1 and T2 may be represented
in terms of a conduction shape factor S
q = Sk(T1T2)

Corresponding two-dimensional
conduction resistance:
Rcond,2D = (Sk)1

Shape Factor S: q = Sk(T1T2)


Shape Factors, Cont.

Example Buried Hot Pipe


A pipeline, used for the transport of crude oil, is
buried in the earth such that its centerline is a
distance of 1.5 m below the surface. The pipe has
an outer diameter of 0.5 m and is insulated with a
layer of cellular glass 100 mm thick. What is the
heat loss per unit length of pipe under conditions
for which heated oil at 120C flows through the
pipe and the surface of the earth is at a
temperature of 0C?
SOLUTION Buried Pipe

2-D Solid
Conduction between Nodes

Figure 1.5

Exterior Nodes
Example Problem 4.44
Consider the square channel shown in the sketch operating under
steady-state conditions. The inner surface is at 600 K while the
outer surface is exposed to convection with a fluid at 300 K. A
symmetrical element with a 2-dimensional grid is shown and
temperatures for nodes 1,3,6, 8 and 9 are given.
T = 300 K
(a) Derive finite-difference
equations for nodes 2, 4 430 K 394 K
and 7 and determine the
temperatures T2, T4 and T7.
492 K

(b) Calculate heat loss 600 600

per unit length.

Problem 4.44 Figs

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