CL 204 Heat Transfer Operation

Assignment-1 Section-3

1. Derive three dimensional heat conduction equation for cylindrical and spherical coordinates.
2. Derive one dimensional steady state heat transfer and temperature profile equation for flat plate with
thickness L and its surface are exposed to temperature T1 and T2. where thermal conductivity of material is
function of temperature i.e. k=k0*(1+*T+T2).
3. A temperature difference of 110C is impressed across a fiberglass layer of 11 cm thickness. The thermal
conductivity of the fiberglass is 0.035 W/m C. Compute the heat flux.
4. The temperatures on the faces of a plane wall 10 cm thick are 380C and 90C. The wall is constructed of a
special glass with the following properties: k = 0.83 W/mC, = 3200 kg/m3, CP = 0.89 kJ/kgC. What is
the heat flow through the wall at steady-state conditions?
5. A certain insulation has a thermal conductivity of 12 W/m C. What thickness is necessary to effect a
temperature drop of 350 C for a heat flow of 95.54 cal/(s.m2)?
6. Water flows at the rate of 2.5 kg/s in a 4.2-cm-diameter tube having a length of 3 m. A constant heat flux is
imposed at the tube wall so that the tube wall temperature is 70C higher than the water temperature.
Calculate the heat transfer and estimate the temperature rise in the water. The water is pressurized so that
boiling cannot occur.
7. Boiling water at 1 atm may require a surface heat flux of 6.4 104 Btu/hft2 for a surface temperature of
350F. What is the value of the heat-transfer coefficient?
8. One side of a plane wall is maintained at 100C, while the other side is exposed to a convection environment
having T = 30C and h = 15 W/m2 C. The wall has k = 2 W/m C and is 40 mm thick. Calculate the heattransfer rate through the wall.
9. A vertical square plate, 55 cm on a side, is maintained at 100C and exposed to room air at 25C. The
surface emissivity is 0.85. Calculate the total heat lost by both sides of the plate.
10. A woman informs her engineer husband that hot water will freeze faster than cold water. He calls this
statement nonsense. She answers by saying that she has actually timed the freezing process for ice trays in
the home refrigerator and found that hot water does indeed freeze faster. As a friend, you are asked to settle
the argument. Is there any logical explanation for the womans observation?

11. An 1000-W iron is left on the iron board with its base exposed to the air at 20C. The convection heat
transfer coefficient between the base surface and the surrounding air is 35 W/m2K. If the base has an
emissivity of 0.6 and a surface area of 0.04 m2, determine the temperature of the base of the iron. The figure
is given below:

12. Consider a flat-plate solar collector placed horizontally on the flat roof of a house. The collector is 6 ft wide
and 15 ft long, and the average temperature of the exposed surface of the collector is 100F. The emissivity
of the exposed surface of the collector is 0.9. Determine the rate of heat loss from the collector by
convection and radiation during a calm day when the ambient air temperature is 70F and the effective sky
temperature for radiation exchange is 50F. Take the convection heat transfer coefficient on the exposed
surface to be 2.5 Btu/hft2F