1. Calculate the heat transfer per ft length of steel pipe (k=78 BTU/hr.ft.

°F) if its inner

diameter is 10 in and its thickness is 1.5 in. The inside temperature is maintained at
320°F while the outside surface is at 297°F.

2. A mobile phone with a surface area of 11 680 mm² and a thickness of 8.1 mm is
placed on a hot surface at 46°C. If the phone's temperature is normally 27°C,
calculate the heat transfer if the thermal conductivity is 8.75 W/m.K.
3. A 2-in thick chromium pipe (ID = 3in) insulated with 2.90 in thick asbestos (k = 0.111
BTU/hr.ft.°F) conducts water at 86°F. If the surrounding temperature is 50°F,
determine the net heat transfer per ft of pipe.

4. The average rate at which energy is conducted outward through the ground surface
at a place is 50.0 mW ⁄ m2 , and the average thermal conductivity of the near-surface
rocks is 2.00 W ⁄ m K. Assuming surface temperature of 20.0 °C, find the temperature
at a depth of 25.0 km.
5. One face of an aluminum cube of edge 5 meters is maintained at 60 oC and the
other end is maintained at 00C. All other surfaces are covered by adiabatic walls. Find
the amount of heat flowing through the cube in 2 seconds. (Thermal conductivity of
aluminum is 209 W ⁄ m 0C)

6. A metal rod 0.4 m long & 0.04 m in diameter has one end at 373 K & another end at
273 K. Calculate the total amount of heat conducted in 1 minute. (Given K = 385 J ⁄ m
s °C)
SeatWork:Problem 1: A 10 cm thick block of ice with a temperature of 0 °C lies on the upper
surface of 2400 cm² slab of stone. The slab is steam-exposed on the lower surface at a
temperature of 100 °C. Find the heat conductivity of stone if 4000 g of ice is melted in one
hour given that the latent heat of fusion of ice is 80 cal/gm

Given:
Area of slab, A = 2400 cm2
Thickness of ice, d = 10 cm
Temperature difference, Th – Tc = 100 °C – 0 °C = 100 °C
Time of heat transfer, t = 1 hr = 3600 s

SOLUTION:
Amount of heat transfer, Q = m L = 4000 × 80 = 320000 cal
Heat transfer rate, q = Q ⁄ t = 320000 cal ⁄ 3600 s = 89 cal ⁄ s

The formula for heat transfer rate is given as:

q = K A (Th – Tc) ⁄ d

Rearrange the above formula in terms of K.

K = q d ⁄ A (Th – Tc)
= (89 × 10) ⁄ (2400 × 100) cal ⁄ cm s °C
= 3.7 × 10-3 cal ⁄ cm s °C

Hence, the thermal conductivity of stone is 3.7 × 10-3 cal ⁄ cm s °C.

1. A thermodynamic analysis of a proposed Brayton cycle gas turbine yields P= 5 MW of net
power production. The compressor, at an average temperature of Tc = 400°C, is driven by
the turbine at an average temperature of Th = 1000°C by way of an L = 1m-long, d = 70mm -
diameter shaft of thermal conductivity k = 40 W/m K.

(a) Compare the steady-state conduction rate through the shaft connecting the hot turbine to
the warm compressor to the net power predicted by the thermodynamics based analysis.

(b) A research team proposes to scale down the gas turbine of part (a), keeping all
dimensions in the same proportions. The team assumes that the same hot and cold
temperatures exist as in part (a) and that the net power output of the gas turbine is
proportional to the overall volume of the device.

Plot the ratio of the conduction through the shaft to the net power output of the turbine over
the range 0.005 m ≤ L ≤ 1 m. Is a scaled-down device with L = 0.005 m feasible?