Heat Transfer chemical and petroleum eng

Multi-Dimensional Unsteady-state Heat Conduction

The Heisler charts are used to obtain the temperature distribution in the infinite plate of
thickness 2L, in the long cylinder, or in the sphere. For the problems in which heat transferred
with more than one dimensional, it is possible to combine the solutions for one-dimensional
systems obtain the solutions for the multidimensional problems.

For the rectangular bar,

or

     
      
 i  bar   i  2 L1  i  2 L2

For short cylinder r,

      r z
      
 i  cylM   i  inf
cyl .
inite  i  inf inite
plate

2L

if C ( )  solution for infinite cylinder

P(x)  solution for infinite plate
S(x)  solution for semi - infinite solid

The general is
Heat Transfer Third Year
Heat Transfer Third Year

Example: A 10cm diameter, 16cm long cylinder with properties: k=0.5 W/m.K and α=5 ×10 -
7
m2/s is initially at a temperature of 20°C. The cylinder is placed in an oven where the
ambient temperature is 500°C, h = 30 W/m2.K. Determine the min and max temperature in the
cylinder 30min after it has been placed in the oven.

Solution

2 L  16  L  x  8cm, t  30  60  1800 sec

min temperature at x  0, r  0
2 r=5cm
max temperature at x  L, r  r0
X=8cm
r0=5cm
1) infinite plate 1
t k
2
 0.14,  0.21 2L=16
L hL

From figure 4.9 0  0.9
i
θ
From figure 4.12,  0.27
θ0
θ θ θ0
   0.27  0.9  0.249
θi θ0 θ i

2) infinite cylinder
k t
 0.33, 2  0.36
hr0 r0
0
From figure 4.10  0.47
i
θ
From figure 4.13,  0.33
θ0
θ θ θ0
   0.33  0.47  0.155
θi θ0 θ i

θ0 θ0 θ0
The min temperature     0.9  0.47  0.423
θi combined
θi plate
θi cylinder

Tmin  500  0.42320  500  297C

θ θ θ
The max temperature     0.249  0.155  0.039
θi combined
θi plate
θi cylinder

Tmax  500  0.03920  500  481C