MIN-305

Class Test

Q1

The defroster of an automobile functions by discharging warm air on the inner surface of the
windshield. To prevent condensation of water vapor on the surface, the temperature of the air
and the surface convection coefficient (T ∞ ,i , h́i) must be large enough to maintain a surface
temperature T s ,i that is at least as high as the dew point (T s ,i ≥T dp).

Consider a windshield of length L = 800 mm and thickness t = 6 mm and driving conditions for
which the vehicle moves at a velocity of V = 70 mph in ambient air at T ∞ ,0 = -15 °C. From
laboratory experiments performed on a model of the vehicle, the average convection coefficient
on the outer surface of the windshield is known to be correlated by an expression of the form
1 VL
NuL =0.030 ℜL Pr 3 , where ℜL = ν . Properties of the ambient air may be approximated as k =
0.8
´
0.023 W/m K, ν = 12.5×10-6 m2/s, and Pr = 0.71. If T dp=10 ° C and T ∞ ,i=50 ° C, what is the
smallest value of h́i (in W/m2 K) required to prevent condensation on the inner surface? Take:
kglass = 1.4 W/m K

Q2

Air at 200 kPa enters a 2-m-long, thin-walled tube of 25 mm diameter at 150°C and 6 m/s. Steam
at 20 bars (Tsat = 485 K) condenses on the outer surface. Determine the outlet temperature of the
air, as well as the rate of heat transfer to the air (in W).
Use: NuD =0.023 ℜ0.8 L Pr
0.4

ρ = 0.774 kg/m3; cp = 1021 J/kg K; μ = 250.7 X 10-7 N-s/m2; k = 0.0373 W/m K and Pr = 0.686