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This document contains three homework problems related to heat transfer. The first problem involves calculating the rate of heat transfer, overall effectiveness, efficiency, and effectiveness of fins attached to a hot surface. The second problem involves estimating the temperature and rate of heat loss from a long rectangular fin. The third problem involves determining the minimum thickness of fiberglass insulation needed between sheet metal layers in a refrigerator wall to avoid condensation on the outer surface.

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Heat Transfer ME 4345

This document contains three homework problems related to heat transfer. The first problem involves calculating the rate of heat transfer, overall effectiveness, efficiency, and effectiveness of fins attached to a hot surface. The second problem involves estimating the temperature and rate of heat loss from a long rectangular fin. The third problem involves determining the minimum thickness of fiberglass insulation needed between sheet metal layers in a refrigerator wall to avoid condensation on the outer surface.

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Heat Transfer

ME 4345

Homework 4 Worksheet

1. A 10-cm x 10-cm hot surface at 100oC is to be cooled by attaching 270 pin fins. A portion of
the surface with fins is shown in the diagram below. The pin fins are made of aluminum (k =
237 W/m-oC) and are 3-cm long and 0.25-cm in diameter. The temperature of the
surrounding medium is 30oC, and the heat transfer coefficient on the surfaces is 35 W/m 2
-oC.

(a) Determine the rate of heat transfer q from the surface for a 10-cm x 10-cm section of
the plate. Include heat transfer from the exposed base as well as the heat transfer from
the fins.

(b) Determine the overall effectiveness of the fins (for the entire 10-cm x 10-cm section).

(c) Determine the efficiency of a single fin.

(d) Determine the effectiveness of a single fin.

2. Consider a very long rectangular fin attached to a flat surface such that the temperature at
the end of the fin is essentially that of the surrounding air, i.e. 20 oC. Its width is 5.0 cm;
thickness is 1.0 mm; thermal conductivity is 200 W/m-K. The temperature of the flat
surface is Tb = 40oC, and the convective heat transfer coefficient between the fin and the
surrounding air is 20 W/m2-K.

(a.) Estimate the fin temperature at a distance of 5.0 cm from the base.

(b.) Estimate the rate of heat loss from the entire fin.
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ME 4345

3. A wall of a refrigerator is constructed of fiberglass insulation (k = 0.035 W/m-K) sandwiched


between two layers of 1-mm-thick sheet metal (k = 15.1 W/m-K). The surface area of one
side of the wall is 1.3 square meters. The refrigerated space is maintained at 3 oC, and the
average heat transfer coefficients at the inner and outer surfaces of the wall are 4 W/m 2-K
and 9 W/m2-K, respectively. The kitchen temperature averages 25oC. Condensation occurs
on the outer surfaces of the refrigerator when the temperature of the outer surface of the
refrigerator drops to 20oC. Determine the minimum thickness of fiberglass insulation that
needs to be used in the wall in order to avoid condensation on the outer surface?

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