Name of Student……………………… Registration Number…………………….

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal

Department of Chemical Engineering

Sub Name: Heat Transfer Major Time allowed: 3 hours

Subject Code: PCCH-522 2-5 pm Date: 18.06.2021
Name of Teacher: Dr. Kamlesh Kumari Maximum Marks: 50
Note: Attempt all questions. Assume missing data, if any.

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PART A
Q No COs Marks
1 1. What do you understand by steady state and unsteady state heat

transfer? Give examples.

2. In which regime boiling is desirable and why?

3. Write down physical significance of Nusselt’s number. How it is

different from Biot number?

4. Draw a Heisler’s chart and state its applicability. CO1 60%

5. What do you understand by the terms radiosity and irradiation.

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6. What are the common causes of fouling in a heat exchanger? How
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does fouling affect heat transfer and pressure drop?

7. How will you account for the effect of liquid head in evaporator

design?

8. What are the main reasons of providing baffles in a shell-and-tube 1=

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heat exchanger?

9. What is the advantage of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger over a

double-pipe heat exchanger?

10. Draw labelled temperature (for calculation of LMTD) profiles for a

condenser and a reboiler.

 PART B
2 a) An asbestos pad, square in cross-section, measures 0.05 m on a side 5
and increases linearly to 0.1 m on the side at the other end (see the
Figure). The length of the pad is 0.15 m.

If the small end is held at 600 K and the larger end at 300 K. What
will be the heat flow rate if the other four sides are insulated ?
Assume one directional heat flow. Thermal conductivity of asbestos
is 0.173 W/m.K.
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OR

Derive a relation to find out the temperature profile in a slab

generating heat at steady state when the two conducting surfaces are
maintained at different temperatures.

2 b) A diecast component has a mass of 1.2 kg and density 7150 kg/m3 with 5
surface area of 0.075m2. The thermal conductivity of the material is 95
W/mK and the specific heat is 385 J/kg K. it comes out of the machine at
345 OC and is exposed to air at 20 OC with a convective heat transfer
coefficient of 56.8 W/m2K. Determine (i) the temperature of the part after 5
min., (ii) the time required to reach 50 OC, (iii) the time constant and (iv)
the value of convective heat transfer coefficient upto which the lumped
parameter model can be used.
3 a) How does a fin enhance heat transfer at a surface? Mention the
common types of fins and discuss the comparative advantages of
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fins of different geometry.
b) What do you mean by ‘optimum insulation thickness’? What are the
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important factors that should be taken into amount while 2
determining this thickness?
c) A 0.73 mm diameter nichrome heating wire carries a current of 8.3 CO2 50%
amperes. The wire has an electric resistance of 2.625 ohm/m. Air
 flows across the heated wire at a velocity of 10 m/s. If the bulk air CO3 40%
temperature is 27 OC and the pressure is essentially atmospheric,
what will be the temperature of the wire at steady state? Wire
diameter is 7.24×10-4 m. 5

The properties of air at bulk temperature of 27 °C and 1 atmosphere

pressure are

1.1774 kg/m3 , Cp = 1.0057 KJ/kg · °C, µ = 1.983 ×10-5 kg/m · s , k

= 0.02624 W/m · °C.

Use following correlation:

PART C

4 a) Calculate the energy required to boil water in a pan of 0.35 m in diameter 5

which is maintained at 115 °C. Also estimate the rate of evaporation and
critical heat flux.

The properties of saturated water at the 100°C are ρ = 958 kg/m3 , Cp

=4217 J/kg °C, Pr = 1.76 , µ= 280× 10-6 N.s/m2.

4b) Write notes on : (1) Radiation exchange between large parallel gray planes.
(2) Radiation shape factor
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OR
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Calculate the radiation heat exchange for unit area between two parallel
infinite walls, the temperature of which are 400oC and 100oC if
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(a) both are black surfaces

(b) wall at 400oC is black body and wall of 100oC is grey 5

with emissivity of 0.5

(c) both walls are grey with emissivities of 0.8 and 0.5
respectively

Assume Stefan-Boltzmann constant as 4.92 x 10-8 kcal/hr.m2.K4

5a) Classify heat exchangers. With the help of a neat sketch, explain the
working and construction of a 2-4 shell and tube heat exchanger.
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5b) An aqueous solution of a solute is concentrated from 5% to 20% (mass
basis) in a single-effect short-tube evaporator. The feed enters the
evaporator at a rate of 10 kg/s and at a temperature of 300 K. Steam is
available at a saturation pressure of 1.3 bar. The pressure in the vapor
space of the evaporator is 0.13 bar and the corresponding saturation
temperature of steam is 320 K. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is
5000 W/(m2.K), calculate the
(a) steam economy
(b) heat transfer surface area. 5
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Heat of vaporization
Enthalpy (kJ/kg) CO3 70%
(kJ/kg)

Saturated steam (1.3

------ 2000
bar; 380 K)

Saturated steam
2200 ------
(0.13 bar; 320 K)

Feed (5% ; 300 K) 80 ------

Concentrated liquor
400 ------
(20% ; 325 K)