Assignment-1 (Heat Transfer)

BY YOGESH TYAGI SIR

1. Consider a large plane wall of thickness L = 0.4 m, thermal conductivity k 2.3 W/m
°C, and surface area A=20 m2. The left side of the wall is maintained at a constant
temperature of T1 = 80°C while the right side loses heat by convection to the
surrounding air at T2 = 15°C with a heat transfer coefficient of h 24 W/m2°C.
Assuming constant thermal conductivity and no heat generation in the wall
evaluate the rate of heat transfer through the wall.

Ans: 6. 030 KW

2. Consider a solid cylindrical rod of length 0.15 m and diameter 0.05 m. The top and
bottom surfaces of the rod are maintained at constant temperatures of 20°C and
95°C, respectively, while the side surface is perfectly insulated. Determine the rate
of heat transfer through the rod if it is made of (a) copper, k 380 W/m · °C, (b) steel,
k 18 W/m · °C, and (c) granite, k 1.2 W/m · °C
Ans: (a) 373.1 W (b) 17.7 W (c) 1.2 W

3. A spherical container of inner radius r1 = 2 m, outer radius r2= 2.1 m, and thermal
conductivity k 30 W/m · °C is filled with iced water at 0°C. The container is gaining
heat by convection from the surrounding air at T = 25°C with a heat transfer
coefficient of h 18 W/m2°C. Assuming the inner surface temperature of the
container to be 0°C , evaluate the rate of heat gain to the iced water.
Ans: 23.46 KW

4. Water flows through a pipe at an average temperature of T 50°C. The inner and
outer radii of the pipe are r1 6 cm and r2 6.5 cm, respectively. The outer surface of
the pipe is wrapped with a thin electric heater that consumes 300 W per m length
of the pipe. The exposed surface of the heater is heavily insulated so that the entire
heat generated in the heater is transferred to the pipe. Heat is transferred from the
inner surface of the pipe to the water by convection with a heat transfer coefficient
of h 55 W/m2 · °C. Assuming constant thermal conductivity and one-dimensional
heat transfer, express the mathematical formulation (the differential equation and

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 Assignment-1 (Heat Transfer)
BY YOGESH TYAGI SIR
the boundary conditions) of the heat conduction in the pipe during steady
operation. Do not solve.
Ans: 734.6 W/m2
5. An uninsulated steam pipe passes through a room in which the air and walls are at
25°C. The outside diameter of the pipe is 70 mm, and its surface temperature and
emissivity are 200°C and 0.8, respectively If the coefficient associated with free
convection heat transfer from the surface to the air is 15 W/m2 K, what is the rate
of heat loss from the surface per unit length of pipe?
Ans: 998 W/m

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