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2017
KOU, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Heat Transfer final exam questions

1) The finned surface of a heat sink to be used in an electronic device is shown in Figure 1.
Determine the total convective heat transfer from the heat sink.

2) Water is to be heated from 15°C to 65°C as it flows through a 3-cm-internal diameter (Fig. 2). The
tube is equipped with an electric resistance heater that provides uniform heating throughout the
surface of the tube. The outer surface of the heater is well insulated, so that in steady operation all
the heat generated in the heater is transferred to the water in the tube. If the system is to provide
hot water at a rate of 10 L/min, determine required heat flux on the inner surface of the pipe. The
maximum resistance temperature of the pipe material is 75 oC. Ignore the conductive resistance of
the pipe.

3) A plate 0.3 m high and 0.1 m wide is located vertically on a wall surface in enclosed room. In an
experiment, the plate is heated by an electrical heater (0.3 m×0.1 m) positioned between the plate
and wall. The temperature of the plate adjacent to the heater is maintained at 100 oC. The power
supplied to electric heater is 50 W. Assume: The wall (plate located) is perfectly adiabatic. The air
and wall temperatures in the room are the same. Emissivity of the plate and wall surfaces are 0.98
and 1 respectively. Determine the convective heat transfer coefficient on the plate surface. plate
thickness is 12 mm and kplate=16 W/mK.

4) A current of 200 A is passed through a stainless steel wire 3 mm in diameter. The length of the
wire is 1 m. The wire is submerged in a liquid at 110 oC and generates power of 3.960 KW. The
convective heat transfer coefficient is 4 w/m2/K. The surface temperature of the wire is measured
215 oC. Determine the center temperature of the wire. Where k=19 W/mK.

5) Derive the differential equation to determine the temperature time variation of a small copper ball
with time for the cooling period in an enclosed room. Account the radiative heat transfer in the
analysis. Consider the h, Tair, Twall are constant. Assume the Bi<0.1.

Figure 1 Details for Question-1 Figure 2 Details for Question-2

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free convection on a long horizontal cylinder (external)

free convection on a vertical plate

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Heat Transfer final exam questions

6) Hot and cold plates are separated by a metal support as seen in the Figure-1. The metal support is a tubular metal
piece. Determine the minimum support outer radius (L) that is required to reduce heat loss of the hot plate
through the support below 15 W. Where r1=10 mm, L=5 cm, kpipe=30 W/mK

7) Figure-1 shows the part of a set of radial aluminium fins (k=180 W/mK). There are 108 fins which are
fitted on a coolant pipe. The pipe dissipates 1 KW by convection to the surrounding air which is at 20 oC
and h=15 W/m2K. Each fins 100 mm long, 30 mm high and 5 mm thick. If the base temperature of the fins
does not exceed 120 oC, calculate the tip temperature of the fins.

8) A current of 200 A is passed through a stainless steel wire 3 mm in diameter. The length of the wire is 1 m. The
wire is submerged in a liquid at 110 oC and generates power of 3.960 KW. The convective heat transfer
coefficient is 4 w/m2/K. The surface temperature of the wire is measured 215 oC. Determine the center
temperature of the wire. Where k=19 W/mK.
9) Derive the expression of critical insulation thickness for the isolation of a spherical tank.
10) Derive the differential equation to obtain the temperature time variation of a small piece of cake for the heating
period in an in a microwave oven. where h, Toven, Qgenerated are constant and assume the Bi<0.1.

Hot Plate (100 oC)

r1
r2 support
L

Cold Plate (25 oC)

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Fluid mechanics II make-up exam questions

1) A solid shaft is located at the center of a horizontal stationary pipe. The gap
between the shaft and pipe is filled with a liquid. The shaft is drawn to the left with a
constant speed.
Assume the flow is laminar, steady , incompressible and fully developed.
For 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑⃗ 𝑃 = 0
-Determine velocity vector of the flow (30 Points)
-Determine the expression for the viscous force acting on the shaft surface. (20 Points)

2) - Obtain the stream and the potential functions of the flow

for 𝜒= 𝑈𝑧+ (20 Points)
- Plot the velocity vector at the point of x=1 and y=0 . Where U=2 and q=2.
(30 points)

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KOU, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Heat Transfer final exam questions

11) A cryogenic fluid flows through a long tube of 20-mm diameter (Fig. 1). The outer surface of the tube is diffuse
and gray with  =0.02 and T =77 K. This tube is concentric with a larger tube of 50-mm diameter, the inner
1 1

surface of which is diffuse and gray with _ =0.05 and T =200 K. The space between the surfaces is evacuated.
2 2

Calculate the heat gain by the cryogenic fluid per unit length of tubes.

12) Water is to be heated from 15°C to 65°C as it flows through a 3-cm-internaldiameter 5-m-long tube (Fig. 2). The
tube is equipped with an electric resistance heater that provides uniform heating throughout the surface of the
tube. The outer surface of the heater is well insulated, so that in steady operation all the heat generated in the
heater is transferred to the water in the tube. If the system is to provide hot water at a rate of 10 L/min, determine
the power rating of the resistance heater. Also, estimate the inner surface temperature of the pipe at the exit.

1) Figure-1 shows the part of a set of radial aluminium fins (k=180 W/mK). They are fitted on a coolant
pipe. The pipe dissipates 1 KW by convection to the surrounding air which is at 20 oC and h=15
W/m2K. Each fins 100 mm long, 30 mm high and 5 mm thick. Estimate the number of fins required to
ensure at the base temperature does not exceed 120 oC.

2) --Calculate the heat loss by convection and conduction per meter length of the insulated
pipe shown in the Figure 2. (20 Points)
--Discuss the corresponding heat loss for five times thicker insulation thickness. (30 points)

3) Air at 4ºC ( k = 0.024 W/mK) adjacent to a wall 3 m high and 0.15 m thick made of brick with k = 0.3
W/mK, the inside temperature of the wall is 18 ºC, the outside wall temperature 12 ºC. Calculate the Nusselt
number.

4) Derive the equation of the overall heat transfer coefficient (K) for the horizontally located triple pane
window shown in Figure 4.

5) Derive the equation of heat transfer through a flat wall. Where k depends on temperature as k(T) = a + bT

Figure 1 Details for Question-1 Figure 2 Details for Question-2

 T1, h1

T1, h1

Figure 3 Details for Question-3 Figure 4 Details for Question-4

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