Heat Transfer

1. A tank contains 25 liters of lubricating oil having a relative density of 0.9 and temperature of
10°C. The oil is heated for 15 minutes by a 2.16 kW electric heater. Determine the final
temperature (⁰F) of the oil assuming heat loss through the tank as 160 Watts. (Cv=2 kJ/kg-K)
a. 100 b.122
c. 50 d. 323

2. Calculate the heat transfer per hour through a solid brick wall 6 m long, 2.9 m high, and 225
mm thick, when the outer surface is at 5⁰C and the inner surface 17⁰C, the coefficient of thermal
conductivity of the brick being 0.6 W/m-K.
a. 2,004.48 kJ/h b. 3,004.48 kJ/h
c. 2,400.48 kJ/h d. 3,400.48 kJ/h

3. A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner of firebrick 20 cm thick followed by insulating

brick 15 cm thick and an outer wall of steel 1 cm thick. The surface temperature of the wall
adjacent to the combustion chamber is 1,200⁰C while that the outer surface of steel is 50⁰C. The
thermal conductivities of the wall material in W/m-K are: firebrick, 10; insulating brick, 0.26; and
steel, 45. Neglecting the film resistances and contact resistance joints, determine the heat loss
per sq. m. of wall area.
a. 1.93 W/m2 b. 2.93 W/m2
c. 1.55 W/m2 d. 2.55 W/m2

4. Calculate the energy transfer rate across 6 in. wall of firebrick with a temperature difference
across the wall of 50⁰C. The thermal conductivity of the firebrick is 0.65 Btu/hr-ft-⁰F at the
temperature interest.
a. 285 W/m2 b. 369 W/m2
c. 112 W/m2 d. 429 W/m2

5. A cold storage compartment is 4.5 m long by 4 m wide by 2.5 m high. The four walls, ceiling
and floor are covered to a thickness of 150 mm with insulating material which has a coefficient
of thermal conductivity of 5.8x10-2 W/m-K. Calculate the quantity of heat leaking through the
insulation per hour when the outside and inside face temperatures of the material is 15⁰C and -
5⁰C, respectively.
a. 2,185.44 kJ/h b. 1,185.44 kJ/h
b. 3,185.44 kJ/h d. 4,185.44 kJ/h

6. One insulated wall of a cold storage compartment is 8 m long by 2.5 m high and consists of
an outer steel plate 18 mm thick and an inner wood wall 22.5 mm thick. The steel and wood are
90 mm apart to form a cavity which is filled with cork. If the temperature drop across the
extreme faces of the composite wall is 15⁰C. Calculate the heat transfer per hour through the
wall and the temperature drop across the thickness of the cork. Take the coefficients of thermal
conductivity for steel, cork and wood as 45, 0.045 and 0.18 W/m-K, respectively.
a. 408.24 kJ/h ; 12.12⁰C b. 708.24 kJ/h ; 11.12⁰C
c. 608.24 kJ/h ; 13.12⁰C d. 508.24 kJ/h ; 14.12⁰C