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    This document contains a tutorial on heat transfer with 4 questions. Question 1 calculates heat loss from a single glazed window and then a double glazed window. Question 2 calculates heat loss from a lagged pipe delivering steam. Question 3 calculates the heat transfer rate through a glass tube wall. Question 4 calculates the heat loss through a roof with different layers and estimates how long ice on the roof would take to melt.

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    Heat Transfer - Tutorial 1

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    This document contains a tutorial on heat transfer with 4 questions. Question 1 calculates heat loss from a single glazed window and then a double glazed window. Question 2 calculates heat loss from a lagged pipe delivering steam. Question 3 calculates the heat transfer rate through a glass tube wall. Question 4 calculates the heat loss through a roof with different layers and estimates how long ice on the roof would take to melt.

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    HeatTransferTutorial1

    HeatTransferTutorial1
    Rememberyour``EquationsandSymbols''handoutyouwillneedtorefertoittoanswerthese
    questions.
    Question1
    1.
    Windowsareknowntobeamajorsourceofheatlossfrombuildingsanditmakeseconomic
    sensetotrytominimisethisheatloss.Usingthetwoassumptionsgivenbelowcalculatethe
    heatlossfromawindowofsurfacearea2.5m2whentheoutsidetemperatureis5oCandthe
    roomisheatedto20oC.Commentontherelativemagnitudeoftheanswersyouobtain.
    (a)
    Theonlythermalresistanceisduetothepaneofglass.
    (b)
    Boundarylayersofthickness2mminsidetheroomand1mmoutsidetheroompresent
    additionalthermalresistances.
    2.
    Itisdecidedthattheheatlossfromasingleglazedwindowistoohighanddoubleglazingis
    installedinthewindow.Whatwouldnowbetheheatlossfromthewindowusingthesecondset
    ofassumptions?Commentontheeffectivenessofthedoubleglazing.
    Data
    Thicknessofglass=4mm
    Thicknessofairgapindoubleglazingunit=15mm
    Thermalconductivityofglass=1.05

    Thermalconductivityofair=0.03
    Question2
    A50mlengthofpipeisusedtodeliversteamfromaboilerhousetoanoperatingplant.Thepipeis
    laggedandthelaggingiscoveredwithathinlayerofmetaltoprotectitfromdamage.Thisouter
    coveringhasasurfacetemperatureof50oCandanemissivityof0.65.Thetotaldiameterofthelagged
    pipeis245mm.
    Calculatethetotalheatlossbyradiationandconvectionfromthispipetoairat5oC.Wouldyou
    recommendthattheinsulationthicknessbeincreased?
    Data
    Thelossbynaturalconvectionfromthesurfaceofapipeisgivenby:

    NotethatthiscorrelationgivestheheatlossinWattsif isindegreesCentrigradeorKelvin,areain
    squaremetresanddisinmetres.ThenumericalconstanthasunitsofWm1.75K1.25.
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    Question3
    Insteadyradialconduction,thetemperatureprofileisnotlinear.Theappropriateequationforheat
    transferrateis
    ,andtheareaforheattransferisnow
    .Showthattheheat
    transferratethroughaglasstubewall,with5mmthicknessandinnerradiusof12mm,andlengthof
    1m,innertemperature40oCandoutertemperature30oCis189W.
    Question4
    Aflatroofisconstructedof2mmofasphaltlaidonto15mmofwood,beneathwhichthereisa20
    mmlayerofinsulationanda10mmlayerofplasterboard.(Thethermalconductivitiesofthese
    materialsaregivenbelow.)Ontopoftheroofa10mmthicksheetoficehasformedthathasjust
    startedtomelt.Thesurroundingairtemperatureis5oC.
    a)
    Calculatetherateatwhichheatislostthroughthisroofperunitareaiftheinsidetemperatureis
    21oCandthemeltingiceisat0oC.
    b)
    Assumingalltheenergytomelttheicemustbeconductedthroughtheroof,estimatehowlong
    theicewillremain.
    c)
    Wouldyouexpecttheicetotakemoreorlesstimetomeltthanyouhavecalculated?(Comment
    onfactorsthatwouldlengthenorshortenthemeltingtimeandsupportyourargumentswith
    roughcalculationswhereappropriate.)

    DavidBalmer
    Lastmodified:TueSep114:15:22BST

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