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MEHB323 Tutorial Assignment 3 PDF
MEHB323 Tutorial Assignment 3 PDF
MEHB323 Tutorial Assignment 3 PDF
Tr = 528.92C
3. A proposal to store naturally occurred radioactive materials (NORM) in a spherical vessel
constructed from aluminium alloy 2024-T6 with melting point of 775 K. The vessel has a
storage capacity of 0.3 m3 and wall thickness of 15 cm. In order to protect the vessel from
corrosive environment, the outer surface is wrapped by a stainless steel (AISI 304) lining
with melting point of 1670 K. The NORM generates 0.30 MW/m3 of heat uniformly. The
wrapped vessel is to be submerged in oceanic water that is at an average temperature of
16C and provides a uniform convection coefficient of 50 W/m2K. Evaluate all materials
properties at room temperature (27C).
(a) You are required to design the suitable thickness of the stainless steel lining for safe
storing of the NORM.
(b) What is the outer surface temperature of the lining?
This question has no fixed answers. Any value of thickness less than 0.1616 m (which
provides radius of the lining of no more than 0.7269 m) is acceptable. For radius of the
lining at 0.7269 m, the outer surface temperature of the lining is 287.09C
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Hot water
This question has no fixed answers. Some possible combinations of outer diameter and
thickness of the pipe are as following:
(a) Do = 0.0214 m; t = 0.0047 m
(b) Do = 0.0334 m; t = 0.0051 m
(c) Do = 0.04826 m; t = 0.0054 m
5. Given a composite wall as shown below with kB = 1.0W/mK, kC = 1.5W/mK, kD = 2.0
W/mK, L = 1m, T = 25oC, and h = 20 W/m2K. Wall A experiences uniform volumetric
heat generation of q 200W/m 3 . Assuming one-dimensional conduction with constant
properties and steady state condition, determine the surface temperature of wall A labelled
as TA.
Perfect insulation
TA
Wall B
Wall A
Wall
D
Air, T, h
H
Wall C
0.5H
0.5L
TA = 245C
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