ME 202- Transport Phenomenon

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Heat Transfer

1. Consider the base plate of a 1200-W household iron that has a thickness of L = 0.5 cm, base area
of A = 300 cm2, and thermal conductivity of k = 15 W/m · °C. The inner surface of the base plate
is subjected to uniform heat flux generated by the resistance heaters inside, and the outer
surface loses heat to the surroundings at T= 20°C by convection. Taking the convection heat
transfer coefficient to be h = 80 W/m2 · °C and disregarding heat loss by radiation, obtain an
expression for the variation of temperature in the base plate, and evaluate the temperatures at
the inner and the outer surfaces.

2. Consider a 0.8-m-high and 1.5-m-wide double-pane window consisting of two 4-mm-thick

layers of glass (k = 0.78 W/m · °C) separated by a 10-mm-wide stagnant air space (k = 0.026 W/m
· °C). Determine the steady rate of heat transfer through this double-pane window and the
temperature of its inner surface for a day during which the room is maintained at 20°C while the
temperature of the outdoors is -10°C. Take the convection heat transfer coefficients on the
inner and outer surfaces of the window to be h1 = 10 W/m2 · °C and h2 = 40 W/m2 · °C, which
includes the effects of radiation.
3. The temperature of a gas stream is to be measured by a thermocouple whose junction can be
approximated as a 1-mm-diameter sphere. The properties of the junction are k = 35 W/m · °C,
density(rho)=8500 kg/m3, and Cp = 320 J/kg · °C, and the convection heat transfer coefficient
between the junction and the gas is h = 210 W/m^2 · °C. Determine how long it will take for the
thermocouple to read 99 percent of the initial temperature difference.