Department of Mechanical Engineering

B. V. RAJU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AUTONOMOUS)

(NBA and NAAC Accredited, Approved By AICTE and Affiliated to JNTUH)
Vishnupur, Narsapur, Medak District - 502 313

HEAT TRANSFER (Assignment – 02)

Note: 1. Answer all questions and submit the assignment on or before 15/04/2019.
2. No unauthorized collaboration (Copying) between students is allowed.

1. (a) Explain the development of hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers on a vertical plate in
Natural convection. Also define Rayleigh number and explain its significance in natural convection
(b) A vertical plate of 0.35 m high is maintained at a temperature of 700C is exposed to
atmospheric air at 250C. Calculate the boundary layer thickness at the trailing edge of the plate.
Also find the thickness of boundary layer if this plate were placed in an air stream flowing at a
velocity of 5 m/s over the plate.
2. (a) A vertical plate is maintained at a temperature of 960C is exposed to atmospheric air at 200C.
Estimate the heat transfer coefficient at a distance of 20 cm from the lower edge and average value
over the 20 cm length. .
(b) An air conditioned duct carries air at an average temperature of 100C. The duct size is 300 mm
x 200 mm and is exposed to the surrounding air at 300C .Find the heat gain by the air in the duct
per meter length. Assume 200 mm side is vertical.
3. (a) A 10 cm diameter 6 m long steel pipe at a uniform temperature of 1200C is kept vertically in
still air at 200C. Calculate the heat lost from it. Also calculate the heat lost if the pipe is 0.4 m long.
(b) Engine oil at 600C flows with a mean velocity of 0.15 m/s through a circular tube of 2.5 cm dia.
Calculate (i) Flow Reynolds number, (ii) Hydrodynamic entrance length, (iii) friction factor and
(iv) pressure drop over a 100 m length of tube.
4. (a) Liquid sodium at 1800C flows through a 2.5 cm diameter tube at 3 kg/s. The surface of which is
maintained at 2500 C. Calculate the length of the tube required to heat the sodium up to 2100C.
(b) Ethylene glycol at 400 C flows over a flat plate with a velocity of 8 m/s .The plate is 3m long
and maintained at 1000 C. Calculate the local heat transfer at the end of the plate and average heat
transfer coefficient over the entire length. Also find the rate of heat transfer from the plate per unit
width.
5. Saturated steam at 920C condenses on a 1 m long 20 cm width vertical surface maintained at 800C.
Assuming film condensation find
i. local heat transfer coefficient at the end of the plate
ii. condensate thickness at the bottom of the plate
iii. average heat transfer coefficient
iv. rate of condensate flow at the end of the plate
6. Saturated steam at 1100C condenses on the outside of bank of 64 horizontal tubes of 25 mm outer
diameter, 1m long arranged in 8 x 8 square array. Calculate rate of condensation if the tube surface
is maintained at 1000C. Had the condenser been vertical, what would be the rate of condensation?
7. (a) In a laboratory experiment, a current of 200 A burns out a 30 cm long 1mm diameter nichrome
wire which is submerged horizontally in water at atmospheric pressure. Estimate voltage at
burnout.
(b) Saturated water at 1 atmosphere is boiled in a cylindrical copper vessel having bottom diameter
20 cm maintained at 1100C. Calculate the surface heat flux, peak heat flux and rate of evaporation.
8. (a) Discuss in detail the various regimes in boiling and explain the condition for the growth of
bubbles. What is the effect of bubble size on boiling?
(b) A horizontal platinum wire of 1.27 mm diameter is used as heating element for water at
saturation temperature and atmospheric pressure. Estimate the mean heat transfer coefficient if the
boiling takes in the stable film boiling regime with an excess temperature of 6500C. Assume
emissivity of platinum is unity.
9. (a) Two opposed, parallel infinite plates are maintained at 4000C and 4600C respectively. Calculate
the net radiant heat flux between these plates if one has an emissivity of 0.6 and the other an
emissivity of 0.4.
(b) State and prove Kirchoof’s law. What are the limitations to use it? Also define absorptivity,
reflectivity and transmissivity of radiant energy.
10. (a) A one shell two tube pass steam condenser is having 300 tubes of inner diameter 22mm.
Cooling water enters at 200C at the rate of 400 kg/s. The total heat rejected from steam condensing
at 500C is 250 MW. The overall heat transfer coefficient is 7000 W/m2K. Find (i) the mass of
steam condensed per hour if at hfg at 500C is 2380 kJ/kg (ii) the length of the tube per pass (iii)
effectiveness of heat exchanger and (iv) NTU.
(b) A counter flow heat exchanger is used to cool 0.5 kg/s of oil having Cp = 2 kJ/kg K from 60 0C
to 400C using water entering at 200C with a flow rate of 0.3 kg/s. Assuming U=200 W/m2K,
Calculate the surface area required and effectiveness of the heat exchanger.
11. (a) A cross flow heat exchanger where both fluids are unmixed has a heat transfer area of 12m 2 and
is using to heat air entering at 100C at the rate of 3kg/s by using hot water entering at 800C at the
rate of 0.4 kg/s. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 300 W/m 2K. Calculate the exit
temperature of air and water.
(b) Determine the overall heat transfer coefficient for oil flowing through a pipe having ID 2.5 cm
and OD 3.3 cm having with inside heat transfer coefficient 1200 W/m2Kand inside heat transfer
coefficient of 500 W/m2K. The inside and outside fouling factors are 0.18 x 10-4 m2-0C/W. Find the
% of reduction in overall heat transfer coefficient due to fouling.
12. (a) A multi pass heat exchanger two passes on shell side and four passes on the tube side is
designed for cooling the oil. The oil is passed through the tubes and cooled from 1340C to 530C.
The cooling water passing through the shell enter at 140C and leaves at 320C. Find the heat transfer
rate for the following data. hi(oil) = 268 W/m2K, ho(water) = 962 W/m2K, h (scale on water side) =
2832 W/m2K, no of tubes for pass = 118, length and outer diameter of each tube are 2 m and 2.5
cm thickness of tube = 1.6 mm; Neglect the tube wall resistance.
(b) In a parallel flow double pipe heat exchanger hot water enters at rate of 10 kg/min and at a
temperature of 700C and leaves at 500C. The cold water enters at 250C with a flow rate of
25kg/min. Calculate the area of heat exchanger required if heat transfer coefficients inside and
outside the pipes are 60 W/m2K. If the hot water flow rate is doubled without changing inlet
temperature what is the exit temperature