Module 4: Activity No.

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Heat Transfer Exercises Problems

Name: Lupanggo, Paula Mae G.

Student No.: 20151163370
Problem No. 1:
A hollow sphere with inner radius of 7.62 cm; outer radius of 12.7 cm; k = 46.14 W/mK
and inside temperature of 426.7 deg C. If the heat from the sphere is 439.6 W, what is
the outside surface temperature of sphere? If a 1 -in layer of insulation (k = 0.2 W/mK)
is wrapped on the outside surface of the sphere, what will be the outer surface
temperature of magnesia? All other data remain the same.
Given:
r 1=7.62 cm=0.0762m

r 2=12.7 cm=0.127 m

W
k 1=46.14
m−k
T i=426.7 ° C

W =439.6
x=1∈¿ 0.0254 m
W
k 1=0.2
m−k

Solution:
a.
T i−T o
Q=
r 2 −r 1
4 π k1 r1 r 2

( 426.7−T o )
439.6=
0.127−0.0762
4 π ( 46.14 ) ( 0.0762 ) ( 0.127 )
T o=422.72° C

At 1 and 2
r 2−r 1 0.127−0.0762 W
R12= = =0.00905
4 π k 1 r 1 r 2 4 π ( 46.14 ) ( 0.0762 )( 0.127 ) K

At 2 and 3
r 3−r 2 0.1524−0.127 W
R23= = =0.5222
4 π k 2 r 2 r 3 4 π ( 0.2 )( 0.127 )( 0.1524 ) K
∆T
Q=
∑R
( 426.7−T o )
439.6=
0.00905+0.5222
T o=193.16 ° C

Problem No. 2:
A hollow sphere with inner radius of 8 cm, outer radius of 13 cm and inside surface
W
temp of 430 deg C is made of material with thermal conductivity of 46.15 . If the
mK
outside surface temp is 420 deg C, find the heat loss from the sphere in W/m 2 based on
the inside surface area and again based on the outer surface area.

Given:
r 1=8 cm=0.08 m

R=13 cm=0.13 m
W
k =46.15
m−k
T o=193.16 ° C

Solution:
x=R−r=0.13−0.08=0.05 m
Q k ∆ T ∆ T ∆ T 430−420 W
= = = = =9230 2
A x x R 0.05 m
k 46.15