Name of the Subject: HEAT TRANSFER

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UNIT-1
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1 Name and explain briefly the various modes of heat transfer? 4
A hollow sphere 10 cm ID and 30cm OD of a material having thermal
conductivity 50W/m-K is used as a container for a liquid chemical mixture. Its
2 inner and outer surface temperatures are 300oC and 100oC respectively. 4
Determine the heat flow rate through the sphere. Also estimate the temperature
at a point a quarter of the way between inner and outer surfaces.
A steel tube of 50 mm ID and 80 mm OD is covered by 30 mm thick asbestos.
The thermal conductivities of steel and asbestos are 45 W/mK and 0.2 W/mK.
The tube receives heat from the hot gases at 4000C with the convective heat
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transfer coefficient of 300 W/m2K . The outer surface is exposed to air at 300C
with the convective heat transfer coefficient of 15 W/m2K. Determine (i) Heat
loss per metre length
What is critical thickness of insulation on a pipe and Derive expression for
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critical thickness of insulation for a cylinder.
Derive an expression for temperature distribution for a plane wall with internal
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heat generation.
Derive, starting from the fundamentals, general heat conduction equation in
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Cartesian coordinate system.
7 Derive the general heat conduction equation for cylindrical coordinate system. 10
A composite slab consists of 250mm fire clay brick (k = 1.09 W/mk) inside,
100 mm fired earth brick (k = 0.26 W/mK) and the outer layer of common brick
8 (k = 0.6 W/mK) of thickness 50 mm. If the inside surface is at 1200C and outside 10
surface is at 100 C Calculate (i) heat flux (ii) the temperature of the interfaces
and (iii) the temperature at 200 mm from the outer surface of the wall.
A steel pipe line(k=50 W/mK) of I.D 100 mm and O.D 110 mm is to be covered
with two layers of insulation each having a thickness of 50 mm. The thermal
conductivity of the first insulation material is 0.06 W/mK and that of the second
9 is 0.12 W/mK. Calculate the loss of heat per meter length of pipe and the 10
interface temperatures between the two layers of insulation when the
temperature of the inside tube surface is 3000C and that of the outside surface
of the insulation is 700C.
A Spherical container of 12 cm in dia and 10 mm thickness (K = 50 W/mK). It
is covered with two layers of insulation with thickness of 10 cm 7 cm each. The
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thermal conductivity of first insulating material is 0.12 W/mK and that second
is 0.5 W/mK. The inside fluid is at temperature of 3000C and the surrounding
 air is at 300C. The inside convective heat transfer is 90 W/m2K and outside
convective heat transfer is 15 W/m2K . Determine (i) rate of heat flow through
the spherical Boiler (ii) Inside & outside surface temperature and (iii) interface
temperature.

UNIT-2
Q.NO QUESTION MARKS
1 Write short notes on efficiency and effectiveness of the fin. 4
One end of a very long aluminium rod is connected to a wall at 1400C, while the other
end protrudes into a room whose air temperature is 150C. The rod is 3 mm in diameter
2 and the heat transfer coefficient between rod surface and environment is 300 W/m2K. 4
Estimate the total heat dissipated by the rod taking its thermal conductivity as 150
W/mK.
A Carbon steel rod (k = 55 W/m C) has been attached to a plane wall which is
maintained at a temperature of 350 C. The rod is 8cm long has the cross section of an
3 equilateral triangle with each side is 5mm. Determine the heat dissipation from the rod 4
if it is exposed to a convection environment at 250 C with unit surface conductance 100
W/m2C. Consider end surface loss to be negligible.
A 40x40 cm copper slab 5mm thick at a uniform temperature of 2500C suddenly has
its surface temperature lowered to 300C. Determine the time at which the slab
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temperature becomes 900C; ρ=9000kg/m3.C=0.38kJ/kg K, K= 370 W/mK and h=90
W/m2K.
What is meant by transient heat conduction? Explain the significance of
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Heisler’s charts in solving transient conduction problems
A cylinder 1 m long and 5 cm in diameter is placed in an atmosphere at 45 0C. It is
provided with 10 longitudinal straight fins of material having K= 120 W/mK. The
height of 0.76 mm thick is 1.27 cm from the cylinder surface. The heat transfer
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coefficient between cylinder and the atmospheric air is 17 W/m2K. Calculate the rate
of heat transfer and the temperature at the end of fins if surface temperature of cylinder
is 1500C.
Fins 12 in number having K= 75 W/mK and 0.75 mm thickness protrudes 25 mm from
cylindrical surface of 50 mm diameter and 1 m length placed in an atmosphere of 400C.
If the cylindrical surface is maintained at 1500C and the heat transfer coefficient is 2
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W/m2K, Calculate (i) The rate of heat transfer (ii) The percentage increase in heat
transfer due to fins (iii) The temperature at the centre of fin (iv) the efficiency of the
fin and (v) the effectiveness of the fin.
What is meant by Lumped capacity heat transfer? Derive the equation for time constant
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for lumped heat transfer?
A slab of aluminium 10cm thick is originally at a temperature of 5000C. It is suddenly
9 immersed in a liquid at 1000C resulting in a heat transfer coefficient of 1200W/m2 K. 10
Determine the temperature at the centreline and the surface 1 minute after the
 immersion. Also calculate the total thermal energy removed per unit area of the slab
during this period. The properties of the Al for the given conditions are α=8.4x10-5m2
/s; k=215 W/mK; ρ=2700kg/m3;C=0.9kJ/kgK.
A long steel cylinder 12 cm in diameter initially at 200C is placed into a furnace at
8200C with the local convective heat transfer coefficient h = 140 W/m2K. Calculate the
10 time required for the axis temperature to reach 8000C. Also calculate the corresponding 10
temperature at the radius 3.4 cm at that time. The properties of steel are α=6.11x10-6m2
/s; k=21 W/mK.