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The document provides information about a tutorial on heat transfer using the thermal resistance approach. It includes an example problem about determining the rate of heat loss from a kiln maintained at 40°C with ambient air at -4°C. It also provides discussion questions about heat transfer through materials with different thicknesses and a multi-layer wall example. Suggested homework problems are listed from various heat transfer textbooks.

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Week2 Tutorial

The document provides information about a tutorial on heat transfer using the thermal resistance approach. It includes an example problem about determining the rate of heat loss from a kiln maintained at 40°C with ambient air at -4°C. It also provides discussion questions about heat transfer through materials with different thicknesses and a multi-layer wall example. Suggested homework problems are listed from various heat transfer textbooks.

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MIET1081 Tutorials Semester 1, 2012

Week 2 Tutorial Thermal Resistance Approach Pre Tutorial Preparation 1. An important class of heat transfer problems for which simple solutions are obtained encompasses those involving two surfaces maintained at constant temperatures T1 and T2. The steady rate of heat transfer between these two surfaces is expressed as where S is the conduction shape factor, which has the dimension of length,and k is the thermal conductivity of the medium between the surfaces. The conduction shape factor depends on the geometry of the system only. A 5-m-wide, 4-m-high and 40-m-long kiln used to cure concrete pipes is made of 20-cmthick concrete walls (k=0.9 W/m.oC). The kiln is maintained at 40oC by injecting hot steam into it. The convection heat transfer coefficients on the inner and the outer surfaces of the kiln are 3000 W/m2.oC and 25 W/m2.oC, respectively. Determine the rate of heat loss from the kiln when the ambient air is at -4 oC using the shape factor method.

2. Fill in the gaps


0 2

What is

in terms of

0?

Consider this: 8 7 6 Q 5 4 3 2 0 0.5 1 x 1.5 2


2=

Enter the numerical values: at x = 0, 0 = 3 and so at x = 2,


MIET1081 Tutorials Semester 1, 2012

So

can be defined in terms of

0 as

an equation as:

This is saying the initial value at plus the rate of change over (or multiplied by) the distance it changes. Substitute in the values and check the answer! Now rewrite the conservation of energy in the x-coordinate from: =

in

out

Substitute in

What is your final equation? You have just derived the heat conduction equation in the xdirection ___________________________ In class tutorial problems and discussion

1.

Consider two cold canned drinks, one wrapped in a blanket 10-mm thick and the other placed on a table in the same room. Which drink will warm up faster? What phenomena occurs when the blanket thickness is extremely large, say 100mm?

2. There are many ways to solve heat transfer problems. In the homework problem, we can also use the conventional plane wall method, where you need to determine the correct surface area to use. You should use the outer surface area for outer convection resistance, the inner surface area for inner convection resistance, and the average area for the conduction resistance. 3. A 3.3-m-high and 6.0-m-wide wall consists of a long 18-cm x 30-cm cross-section of horizontal bricks, surrounded by plaster layers. There is also 2-cm-thick rigid foam on the inner side of the wall. The inner and outer temperatures are 22oC

MIET1081 Tutorials Semester 1, 2012

and -4oC and the convection heat transfer coefficients on the inner and the outer surfaces are h1=10W/m2.oC and h2=20 W/m2.oC, respectively. Assuming heat transfer through the wall is one-dimensional and heat transfer by radiation is disregarded calculate the rate of heat transfer through the entire wall. Properties The thermal conductivities are given to be k = 0.72 W/mC for bricks, k = 0.22 W/mC for plaster layers, and k = 0.026 W/mC for the rigid foam.

Suggested Homework Problems: Cengel & Turner 4th Ed: 17-33, 17-51, 17-57 rd Ed: Cengel & Turner 3 17-36, 17-53, 17-59 Cengel & Turner 2nd Ed: 17-35, 17-57, 17-68

Solutions to Wk 1 Tutorial
1.) The inner and outer surfaces of a 0.5-cm-thick glass (k 0.78 W/m.oC) window per unit area (e.g. Area 1m2 are maintained at specified temperatures (Tin 10oC, Tout 3oC). The amount of heat transfer through the glass in 5 h is to be determined.

For 5 hours

2.) The inner and outer surfaces of a 2x2m square silicon plate (k 20 W/m.oC) with thickness of 1m are maintained at 30oC and 20oC respectively. What is the heat transfer rate by conduction and what is the amount of heat transfer through the plate in a 5 hour period? What would the heat transfer be if the plate thickness is doubled?

For 5 hours

if the plate thickness is doubled, then Q is halved and

3.) Integrate the one-dimensional Laplace equation twice to get the general solution.

Assuming the solid material is copper, k 400 W/moC. Solve for the constants by defining either a temperature boundary condition Tleft 100oC Tright 50oC and What heat flux value imposed at the left wall would give the same physical behavior?

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