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USN 10ME63 Sixth Semester B.E. Degree Examination, June/July 2015 Heat and Mass Transfer Time: 3 hrs. Max sesh Note: 1. Answer any FIVE full questions, selecting x ‘atleast TWO questions from each part. 9: 2. Use of heat transfer data hand book permitted. 2 PART~A & ‘State the laws governing three basic modes of heat transfer. y (06 Marks) fi 'b, A fumace has a composite wall constructed of a refractory for the inside layer and ‘n insulating material on the outside. The total wal thie ited to 60 cms, The mean temperature of the gases within the furnace is 850°C, smal air temperature is 30°C tnd the temperature of the interface of the two ma f the firmace wall is $00*C. The thermal conductivities of reftactory and insu terials are 2 and 0.2 Wim-K respectively. The coefficients of heat transfer the gases and retactory surfice is 200 W/m’-k and between outside surface is 40 Wim'-k, Find : ') The required thickness ofeach material ii) The rate of heat loss, (08 Marks) ©. A small electric heating 1.82 mm diameter wire with 0.71 mm: think insulation, K (insulation) = 0. K, and hy = 34.1 W/m?-k. Determine the eritical thickness of insulation for thiseMo/and change in heat transfer rate if critical thickness was used. Assume the tempera@e difference between surface of wire and surrounding air remain unchanged. & (06 Marks) Derive an xgresing he temperature distribution fora short fin of uniform cross section without insu ing from fundamental energy balance equation. (10 Marks) b mola unt of heat transferred through an iron fin of thickness Smm, height 50 100 cms. Also determine the temperature of the centre of the fin end of the re SS Assuming stmoophere tenperaure of 26°C. Take K'~ 80 Win K, Hen? ~ K, Base fin temperature = 108°C. (lo Marks) x physical significance of : Biot number Di Fourier numbers (omar) , A steel ball of $ em diameter at 450°C is suddenly placed in a controlled environment of 100°C, Considering the following data, find the time required for the ball to attain a temperature of 150°C, = 450 Jkg-K, k= 35 Wim-K, h=10W/m'—K, p—8000 kg/m’. (omar) c. Along 15 cm diameter cylindrical shaft made of SS 314 (k = 14.9 Wim-k, p= 7900 kg/m’) allowed to cool slowly in a chamber of 150°C with an average heat transfer coefficient of 85 Wim’ — K. Determine = ’) Temperature of the centre of the'shaft 25 minutes after the start of cooling process. fi) Surface temperature at that time ‘ii) Heat transfer/unit length of shaft during this time period. (lo Marks) your answer, compulsrly draw dinganal cross lines onthe remaining bank pages reveling of entiation, appeal o evaluator aed fox equines writen ep. 428 $0, wil be wet as malpractice, completing armani an taf? 10ME63 4. Explain the significance of following non dimensional mumbers {) Prandtl number ii) Grashoff number 4ii) Nusselt number. (06 Marks) b. A steam pipe 5 cm in diameter is lagged with insulating material of 2.5 cm thick. The surface temperature is 80°C and emissivity of the insulating material surface is 0.93, Find the total heat loss from 10 m length of pipe considering the heat loss by natural convec ‘and radiation. The temperature of the air surrounding the pipe is 20°C. Also find the oy heat transfer co-efficient. ¢. Anhot plate 1 mx 0.5 mat 130°C is kept vertically in stil air at 20°C, Find: > i) heat transfer co-efficient i) heat lst to surroundings. eMac PART-B 4. For flow over flat plate, discuss concepts of velocity and th layer with sketches. v (04 Marks) b. Air at a fie stream temperature Ts and velocity Us flows ov plate maintained at a transfer co-efficient when the flow direction is along SQaQ@)side und 25 em side. Assume laminar flow over entire plate (06 Marks) © Hot air at atmospheric pressure and 80°C enters af@m long uninsulated square duct of cross section 0.2m x 0.2'm that passes through the attic of whhouse at a rate at 0.15 m’/s, The duct is observed to be nearly isothermal at ine the exit temperature of the air 1nd the rate of heat loss from the duct to (10 Marks) 4. Derive an expression for LMTD aeepiier flow heat exchanger, State the assumptions made. (10 Mar) b. 8000 kp/ir of air at 103°C is Hy passing it through a counter flow heat exchanger. Find the exit ranch ter enters at 15°C and flows at a rate of 7500 ky. The ‘constant temperature Ty, Dimensions of the flat plate ‘ef 25 cm. Compare the heat hheat exchanger has heat “area equal 10 20 mand the overall heat transfer co-efficient corresponding to this 145 Wim’. k. Take Cp of air'= f ki”kg —K and that of water (Cow) = 4.18 kVkg = (lo Marks) a. With a neat diags{@> explain the typical boiling curve for water at | atm pressure, (08 Marks) b. State and ick’s law of diffusion. (04 Marks) A tube o| outside diameter and 1.5 m long is used for condensing steam at 40 KPa. Cale ‘average heat transfer coefficient when the tube is: i) horizontal ii) vertical and ‘temperature is mentioned at SO°C. (08 Marks) briefly concept of black body with an example, (oars) Tate and explain : ‘) Planck's law Kirchof?'s law ‘Wiens displacement law iv) Lambert's cosine law. (08 Marks) ©. Two parallel plates, each of 4 m’ area, are large compared to a gap of 5 mm separating them. ‘One plate has a temperature of 800 K and surface emissivity of 0.6, while the other has a temperature of 300 K and a surfuce emissivity of 0.9. Find the net energy exchange by radiation between them. Ifa polished metal sheet of surface emissivity 0.1 on both sides is ‘now located centrally Between the two plates, what will be its steady state temperature? How the heat transfer would be altered? Neglect the convection and edge effects if any, Comment ‘upon the significance ofthis exercise (10 Nar) 2o0f2

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