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Solutions To Exercise Five - Unsteady Heat Transfer
Solutions To Exercise Five - Unsteady Heat Transfer
Solutions To Exercise Five - Unsteady Heat Transfer
hLc 12 W mo C
Bi 2 o 0.008333 m 0.00023 0.1
k m C 429 W
Since the Biot number is less than 0.1, we can use the lumped parameter analysis. In such an
analysis, the time to reach a certain temperature is given by the following equation.
1 T T hA h
t ln b
b Ti T c p V c p Lc
From the data in the problem we can compute the parameter, b, and then compute the time for
the ratio (T – T)/(Ti – T) to reach the desired value.
h 12 W m3 kgo C 1 1J 0.0005386
b
c p Lc m C 10,500 kg 235 J 0.00833 m W s
2 o s
For this problem we have Ti =0oC, T = 33oC, and T = 25oC. The required time for the sphere is
thus found as follows.
1 T T s 25o C 33o C
t ln ln o 2428 s for sphere
b Ti T 0.0005386 0 C 33o C
Repeating the same calculations for the cube, without intermediate comments gives.
V L3 L 5 cm 0.05 m
Lc 0.08333 m
A 6 L2 6 6 6
Since this is the same value as Lc for the sphere, the results will be exactly the same. Lumped
parameter analysis is applicable and the time to reach 25 oC is 2428 s for cube.
hLc 12 W mo C
Bi 2 o 0.008108 m 0.00023 0.1
k m C 429 W
Since the Biot number is less than 0.1, we can use the lumped parameter analysis.
h 12 W m3 kg o C 1 1J 0.0005998
b
c p Lc m C 10,500 kg 235 J 0.008108 m W s
2 o s
For this problem we have Ti =0oC, T = 33oC, and T = 25oC. The required time for the sphere is
thus found as follows.
1 T T s 25o C 33o C
t ln ln o 2363 s for prism.
b Ti T 0.0005998 0 C 33o C
2. Cylindrical brass pellets (k = 64.1 Btu/h ft· oF, = 532 lbm/ft3, and cp = 0.092 Btu/lbm·oF) that
are 2-in in diameter and 1 in long initially at 250oF are quenched in a water bath at 120oF for
a period of 2 minutes. If the convection heat transfer coefficient is 42 Btu/h ft 2·oF,
determine the temperature of the balls after quenching
First we compute the characteristic length and the Biot number to see if the lumped parameter
analysis is applicable.
LD 2
V 4 1 1 ft
Lc 0.25 in 0.02083 ft
A D 2 2 4 2 4 12 in
2 DL
4 L D 1 in 2 in
hLc 42 Btu h ft o F
Bi 0.02083 ft
64.1 Btu
0.014 0.1
k h ft 2 o F
Since the Biot number is less than 0.1, we can use the lumped parameter analysis. The
temperature after a time, t, is given by the following equation.
hA h
T T Ti T e bt b
c p V c p Lc
From the data in the problem we can compute the parameter, b, and then compute the
temperature after 2 minutes.
From the problem data we have T = 120oF and Ti = 250oF. The temperature after a quenching
time of 2 minutes is found as follows.
0.6865
T T Ti T e bt o
o
120 F 250 F 120 F e o
min
2 min = 153oF
3. A 35-cm diameter cylindrical shaft made of stainless steel 304 (k = 14.9 W/m·oC, = 7900
kg/m3, cp = 477 kJ/kg·oC) comes out of an oven at a uniform temperature of 400oC. The
k 14.9 W m 2 o C 1
1.42
hro mo C 60 W 0.175 m
t
k t
c p ro2
ro2
60 W m3 o
kg C 20 min 60 s 1 J
0.155
m C 7900 kg 377 J 0.175 m 2 min W s
o
T T Ti T 0 150 o C 400 o C 150 o C 0.92
T = 380oC