1.

One face of a copper plate 3 cm thick is maintained at 4000C, and the other face is
maintained at 100◦C. How much heat is transferred through the plate? k= 370 W/m ◦C .
2. Air at 20 0C blows over a hot plate of 50 x75 cm maintained at 250 0C. Assume h=25 W/m2. 0C,
Calculate heat transfer.
3 Assume above plate in example 2 is made of carbon steel of 2 cm thickness loses 300 W from
the plate surface by radiation, calculate the inside plate temperature.
4. An electric current is passed through a wire 1 mm in diameter and 10 cm long. The wire is
submerged in liquid water at atm. pr., and the current is increase until the water boils. The
water temp is maintained at 1000C. How much electric power must be supplied to wire to
maintain surface temp of wire at 1140C. Assume h=5000 W/m2. 0C
5. Two infinite black plates at 8000C and 3000C exchange heat by radiation. Calculate the heat
transferred per unit area. Stefan-Boltzmann constant = σ = 5.669×10−8 W/m2 .K4.
6. A horizontal steel pipe having a diameter of 5 cm is maintained at temp of 500C in a large
room where the air temp is 200C. The surface emissivity of steel may be taken as 0.8. Calculate
heat lost by pipe per unit length. h=6.5 W/m2. 0C
7. A truncated cone 30 cm high is constructed of aluminum. The diameter at the top is 7.5 cm,
and the diameter at the bottom is 12.5 cm. The lower surface is maintained at 93◦C; the upper
surface, at 540◦C. The other surface is insulated. Assuming one- dimensional heat flow, what is
the rate of heat transfer in watts?
8. A certain superinsulation material having a thermal conductivity of2 × 10−4W/m ·◦C is used
to insulate a tank of liquid nitrogen that is maintained at −196◦C; 199 kJ is required to vaporize
each kilogram mass of nitrogen at this temperature. Assuming that the tank is a sphere having
an inner diameter (ID) of 0.52 m, estimate the amount of nitrogen vaporized per day for an
insulation thickness of 2.5 cm and an ambient temperature of 21◦C. Assume that the outer
temperature of the insulation is 21◦C.
 k= 370 W/m ◦C
Air 20o C Radiation
Dia=1mm
h=25 W/m2. 0C 300 W
1140C L=10 cm
Air 400o C
3cm 75cm *50cm
250o C
1000C
Air 100o C h=2500 W/m2. 0C

σ = 5.669×10−8 W/m2 .K4

h=6.5 W/m2. 0C
Air 200C k=2 × 10−4 W/m ·◦C
21◦C.
8000 3000 h= 30 cm
C C r1=7.5 cm Dia=5 cm
r2-12.5 cm 50o C 199 kJ/kg for nitrogen
evaporation
Emisivity
=0.8
−196◦C

k=204 W/m ·◦C ID=0.52 m

7. A truncated cone 30 cm high is constructed of aluminum. The diameter at the top is 7.5 cm, and the
diameter at the bottom is 12.5 cm. The lower surface is maintained at 93◦C; the upper surface, at 540◦C.
The other surface is insulated. Assuming one- dimensional heat flow, what is the rate of heat transfer in
watts?

8. A certain superinsulation material having a thermal conductivity of2 × 10−4W/m ·◦C is used to insulate
a tank of liquid nitrogen that is maintained at −196◦C; 199 kJ is required to vaporize each kilogram mass of
nitrogen at this temperature. Assuming that the tank is a sphere having an inner diameter (ID) of 0.52 m,
estimate the amount of nitrogen vaporized per day for an insulation thickness of 2.5 cm and an ambient
temperature of 21◦C. Assume that the outer temperature of the insulation is 21◦C.

k=2 × 10−4 W/m ·◦C

21◦C.
199 kJ/kg for nitrogen
evaporation
−196◦C
ID=0.52 m
1. One face of a copper plate 3 cm thick is maintained at 400◦C, and the other
face is maintained at 100◦C. How much heat is transferred through the
plate? Assume for copper, k= 370 W/m ◦C at 250 ◦C.

Using Fourier’s Law

Air 400o C Air 100o C

3cm
2. Air at 20 0C blows over a hot plate of 50 x75 cm maintained at 250 0C.
Assume h=25 W/m2. 0C, Calculate heat transfer.

Air 20o C Radiation

h=25 W/m2. 0C 300 W

75cm *50cm
250o C
2. Air at 20 0C blows over a hot plate of 50 x75 cm maintained at 250 0C.
Assume h=25 W/m2. 0C. Assume plate is made of carbon steel of 2 cm thickness
loses 300 W from the plate surface by radiation, calculate the inside plate
temperature. Assume k=25 W/m2 . 0C.
The heat conducted through the plate must be equal to the sum of
convection and radiation heat loss

The inside temperature is therefore Ti=250+3.05=253.05 0C.

4. An electric current is passed through a wire 1 mm in diameter and 10 cm long.
The wire is submerged in liquid water at atm. pr., and the current is increase until
the water boils. The water temp is maintained at 1000C. How much electric
power must be supplied to wire to maintain surface temp of wire at 1140C.
Assume h=5000 W/m2. 0C
Dia=1mm
The total convection loss is given by
L=10 cm
1140C

1000C
h=2500 W/m2. 0C
5. Two infinite black plates at 8000C and 3000C σ = 5.669×10−8 W/m2 .K4
exchange heat by radiation. Calculate the heat
transferred per unit area. Stefan-Boltzmann
constant = σ = 5.669×10−8 W/m2 .K4. 8000 3000
C C
6. A horizontal steel pipe having a diameter of 5 cm is maintained at temp of
500C in a large room where the air temp is 200C. The surface emissivity of steel
may be taken as 0.8. Calculate heat lost by pipe per unit length. h=6.5 W/m2. 0C

The total heat loss is due to convection and radiation

h=6.5 W/m2. 0C

Air 200C

Dia=5 cm
50o C
Emisivity
=0.8
8. A certain superinsulation material having a thermal conductivity 2 × 10−4 W/m ·◦C is used to
insulate a tank of liquid nitrogen that is maintained at −196◦C; 199 kJ is required to vaporize
each kilogram mass of nitrogen at this temperature. Assuming that the tank is a sphere having
an inner diameter (ID) of 0.52 m, estimate the amount of nitrogen vaporized per day for an
insulation thickness of 2.5 cm and an ambient temperature of 21◦C. Assume that the outer
temperature of the insulation is 21◦C.
𝑑𝑇 k=2 × 10−4 W/m ·◦C
q= −𝑘𝐴 𝑑𝑟 Area of Sphere = 4П 𝑟2
𝑑𝑇 Air = 21◦C.
q= −𝑘4П𝑟2 𝑑𝑟
𝑑𝑟
𝑞 = −4П𝑘𝑑𝑇 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒
𝑟2

−4П𝑘(𝑇0 − 𝑇𝑖) 199 kJ/kg for

𝑞= nitrogen evaporation
1 1
𝑟𝑖 − 𝑟𝑜 −196◦C
−4П (2 × 10−4)(21 + 196) ID=0.52 m
𝑞=
1 − 1
0.26 0.285

1.617
𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 = = 0.813 x 10-5 kg/s = 0.702kg/day
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7. A truncated cone 30 cm high is constructed of aluminum. The
diameter at the top is 7.5 cm, and the diameter at the bottom is 12.5
cm. The lower surface is maintained at 93◦C; the upper surface, at
540◦C. The other surface is insulated. Assuming one- dimensional heat
flow, what is the rate of heat transfer in watts? 540◦C
k=204 W/m ·◦C

93◦C