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CHE 350 Test 1 Rehearsal

This document provides instructions for a 75 minute exam on heat transfer concepts. It includes 8 multiple choice questions worth 10 points each and 2 free response questions worth 20 points each. The questions cover topics like heat transfer through planar walls, insulation thickness calculations, radiation heat transfer, critical insulation thickness, heat generation in wires, heat transfer through wet suits, cylindrical heat transfer, and heat transfer from fins. Students are instructed to show their work for multiple choice questions and provide assumptions or explanations for their answers.

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CHE 350 Test 1 Rehearsal

This document provides instructions for a 75 minute exam on heat transfer concepts. It includes 8 multiple choice questions worth 10 points each and 2 free response questions worth 20 points each. The questions cover topics like heat transfer through planar walls, insulation thickness calculations, radiation heat transfer, critical insulation thickness, heat generation in wires, heat transfer through wet suits, cylindrical heat transfer, and heat transfer from fins. Students are instructed to show their work for multiple choice questions and provide assumptions or explanations for their answers.

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CHE 350 Test 1 rehearsal

time = 75 minutes
2018 Sep 20

Last name _________________________________________

First name _________________________________________

Signature, indicating that you performed this exam with full academic integrity.

__________________________________________

NOTE 1: For multiple choice questions 1-6, clearly circle the correct answer, AND show your work. If you have both
properly done, it is worth 10 points. If you have the proper work leading to the solution, but without obtaining the right
answer, it is 5 points. If you circle the right answer without the proper work, it is 0 points.

NOTE 2: If your answer for multiple choice is not listed, then write your answer and circle it clearly.

NOTE 3: For the free response questions 7-8, each is worth 20 points.

NOTE 4: If for any question you make assumptions, or have questions or explanations, please just write them clear and box
them.

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1. Heat transfer through a planar wall. [10 points]
Single pane window glass is often 3/32 inch (2.38 mm) thick. One side of the glass we hold at T = 22 C, and the other side
at -3 C. What is the heat transfer through the glass per area?

a) 6,200 W/m2
b) 18 W/m2
c) 8.6 W/m2
d) 8,200 W/m2
e) 25,000 W/m2

2. Overall heat transfer. [10 points]


We have a hot chamber that consists of 1.27 cm (= 0.5”) thick magnesite. The inside temperature T in = 625 C. The chamber
will be insulated with glass wool (k = 0.038 W/m-K), and we want to design the insulation thickness for safety reasons,
such that the insulation surface Tsurf = 40 C, which will not burn us if we touch it. The ambient air temperature outside the
chamber is Tout = 23 C, and we estimate that the heat transfer coefficient inside the chamber is hin = 63 W/m2-C, while the
outer heat transfer coefficient hout = 11 W/m2-C between the wall and the air. How thick do we need to make the insulation?

a) 2.3 cm
b) 5.9 cm
c) 8.6 cm
d) 12 cm
e) 17 cm

3. Radiation heat transfer. [10 points]


A hot pot of tea at 80 C is placed in a room at 20 C. The pot is made of ceramic and mostly does not shield radiation heat
losses (like a shiny silver pot would). Here we consider only the radiation heat transfer from the pot to the room. The area
of the pot is 0.11 m2. What is the radiation heat transfer from the pot to the room? We won’t do it here, but we could
calculate how much this contributes to the cooling of the tea with time.

a) 0.074 W
b) 97 W
c) 32 W
d) 880 W
e) 0.26 W

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4. Critical insulation thickness. [10 points]
This problem is similar to the previous in many ways, except for what the question asks. Hot water is often carried by
copper pipes in residential homes. Say that we have water flowing from a hot water tank to the shower, and that when the
water enters the (pure copper) copper pipe (ID = 3/4”, OD = 7/8”), it has T in = 108 F = 42.2 C. The ambient air temperature
is Tout = 19 C. The inner heat transfer coefficient hin = 150 W/m2-C, while hout = 13 W/m2-C. Now let’s say that we decide
to add hair felt insulation. What is the “critical thickness” of insulation, such that if the layer were any thinner, the insulation
would actually cause the heat flux to increase?

a) Any thickness of insulation will decrease lost heat for this problem.
b) 2.9 mm
c) 2.9 m
d) 29.7 m
e) 2.57 m

5. Heat generation causing a “hot wire”. [10 points]


A 12 cm, 24 gauge copper wire (diameter 0.51 mm, k = 386 W/m-C) has 9 V going through it. The resistance is 0.00782
 (low), giving a current of 1150 A (high), and therefore a power of P = VI = 10,350 W, or q’’’ = 422109 W/m3. What is
the difference in the temperature of the wire at its surface minus the center? (NOTE: We could also calculate the surface
temperature of the wire, if we know the ambient T and heat transfer coefficient.) We find T(r =0) – T(r = R) is …

a) 71 C
b) 0.026 C
c) 1500 C
d) 430 C
e) 2.9 C

6. Wet suit heat transfer. [10 points]


Wet suits keep the body warm in cool water. They work by holding air bubbles in a neoprene layer. We want to compare
the conduction through a 3.0 mm thick wetsuit (approximated thermally as a layer of air) with the conduction through 3.0
mm of water. The inner temperature is body temperature T = 37 C, and the outer temperature is of ocean water at T = 12
C. kair = 0.026 W/m-C, and kwater = 0.60 W/m-C. In this case, Qwater / QWetSuit is approximately …

a) 2.3
b) 0.60
c) 0.026
d) 23
e) 46

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7. Cylindrical heat transfer. [20 points]
Hot water is often carried by copper pipes in residential homes. Say that we have water flowing from a hot water tank to
the shower, and that when the water enters the (pure copper, k = 386 W/m-C) copper pipe (ID = 3/4” = 19.05 mm, OD =
7/8” = 22.2 mm), it has Tin = 108 F = 42.2 C. The ambient air temperature is Tout = 19 C. The inner heat transfer coefficient
hin = 150 W/m2-C, while hout = 13 W/m2-C.

We can at this point calculate the amount of heat loss per length of pipe, q1 = Q1 / L. Now let’s say that which will give a
new heat flux q2 = Q2 / L. What is the ratio of q2 / q1, near the hot water tank where Tin = 42.2 C

a) What is the overall heat transfer coefficient (Uouter)?

Uouter = __________ W/m2-C

b) Now we add 1/8” hair felt insulation (k = 0.038 W/m-C) to hold the heat in somewhat. What is the new U outer?

Uouter = __________ W/m2-C

c) What is the temperature difference that drives the heat transfer, just as the pipe leaves the hot water tank?

Tpipe - T = __________ C

d) What is the heat loss from the first 5 cm of the pipe with the insulation, where the temperature in the pipe would have
changed only very slightly due to cooling?

q = __________ W

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8. Fins. [20 points]
A 1.0 m2 square surface needs to be cooled, and to increase the cooling action, we cover the surface with thin cylindrical
fins. The surface has Tsurf = 80 C, while the ambient air has Tair = 20 C. h = 50 W/m2-C. The fins are 1.0 cm long aluminum
fins (k = 204 W/m-C), with radius 0.20 mm, placed every 0.5 cm in both directions of the surface (i.e., 40,000 fins total).

a) What is the heat transfer if there were no fins?

qnone = __________ W

b) What is the heat transfer due to the 40,000 fins?

qfins = __________ W

c) What is the fin efficiency?

f = _____

d) What is the heat transfer due to the 40,000 fins, PLUS the non-fin exposed area?

qtotal = __________ W

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