EIT HEAT TRANFER REVIEW PRACTICE PROBLEMS

(Note: The correct answers are underlined)

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Heat is generated in a long 0.3-cm-diameter cylindrical electric heater at a rate of 150 W/cm3. The heat flux at the surface of the heater in steady operation is (a) 42.7 W/cm2 (b) 159 W/cm2 (c) 150 W/cm2 (d) 10.6 W/cm2 (e) 11.3 W/cm2 Heat is lost through a brick wall (k = 0.72 W/m.oC), which is 4 m long, 3 m wide, and 25 cm thick at a rate of 500 W. If the inner surface of the wall is at 22 oC, the temperature at the mid plane of the wall is (a) 0 oC (b) 7.5 oC (c) 11.0 oC (d) 14.8 oC (e) 22 oC A 10-m-long 5-cm-outer-radius cylindrical steam pipe is covered with 3-cm-thick cylindrical insulation (k = 0.05 W/m.K). If the rate of heat loss from the pipe is 1 kW, the temperature drop across the insulation is (a) 163 oC (b) 600 oC (c) 48 oC (d) 79 oC (e) 150 oC Heat is generated in a 3-cm-diameter spherical radioactive material uniformly at a rate of 15 W/cm3. Heat is dissipated to the surrounding medium at 25 oC with a heat transfer coefficient of 120 W/m2.oC. The surface temperature of the material in steady operation is (a) 56 oC (b) 84 oC (c) 494 oC (d) 650 oC (e) 108 oC Steel balls at 140 oC with a specific heat of 0.50 kJ/kg.K are quenched in an oil bath to an average temperature of 85 oC at a rate of 35 balls per minute. If the average mass of steel balls is 1.2 kg, the rate of heat transfer from the balls to the oil is (a) 33 kW (b) 1980 kW (c) 49 kW (d) 30 kW (e) 19 kW

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A hot surface at 80 oC in air at 20 oC is to be cooled by attaching 10-cm-long and 1-cm-diameter cylindrical fins. The combined heat transfer coefficient is 30 W/m2.oC, and heat transfer from the fin tip is negligible. If the fin efficiency is 0.75, the rate of heat loss from 100 fins is (a) 325 W (b) 707 W (c) 566 W (d) 424 W (e) 754 W Air at 20 oC flows over a 4-m-long and 3-m-wide surface of a plate whose temperature is 80 oC with a velocity of 5 m/s. The rate of heat transfer from the laminar flow region of the surface is (a) 950 W (b) 1037 W (c) 2074 W (d) 2640 W (e) 3075 W { For air use k = 0.02735 W/m.K, Pr = 0.7228, = 1.79810-5 m2/s } Air at 20 oC flows over a 4-m-long and 3-m-wide surface of a plate whose temperature is 80 oC with a velocity of 5 m/s. The rate of heat transfer from the entire surface is (a) 7383 W (b) 8985 W (c) 11231 W (d) 14672 W (e) 20402 W -5 { For air use k = 0.02735 W/m.K, Pr = 0.7228, = 1.79810 m2/s } Consider a horizontal 0.7-m-wide and 0.85-m-long plate in a room at 30 oC. Bottom side of the plate is insulated while the top side is maintained at 0 oC. The rate of heat transfer from the room air to the plate by natural convection is (a) 36.8 W (b) 43.7 W (c) 128.5 W (d) 92.7 W (e) 69.7 W 5 2 { For air use k = 0.02476, Pr = 0.7323, = 1.4710 m /sec }

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#10. Water enters a 5-mm-diameter and 13-m-long tube at 45 oC with a velocity of 0.3 m/s. The tube is maintained at a constant temperature of 5 oC. The exit temperature of of water is (a) 7.5 oC (b) 7.0 oC (c) 6.5 oC (d) 6.0 oC (e) 5.5 oC { For water use k = 0.607 W/m.K, Pr = 6.14, = 0.89410 6 m2/s, Cp = 4180 kJ/kg.oC, = 997 kg/m3} #11. Air at 110 oC enters an 18-cm-diameter and 9-m-long duct at a velocity of 3 m/s. The duct is observed to be nearly isothermal at 85 oC. The rate of heat loss from the air in the duct is (a) 375 W (b) 510 W (c) 936 W (d) 965 W (e) 987 W 5 2 { For air use k = 0.03095 W/m.K, Pr = 0.7323, = 2.30610 m /sec, = 0.875 kg/m3 }
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#12. A counter-flow heat exchanger is used to cool oil (cp = 2.20 kJ/kg.K) from 110 oC to 85 oC at a rate of 0.75 kg/s by cold water (cp = 4.18 kJ/kg.K) tht enters the heat exchanger at 20 oC at a rate of 0.6 kg/s. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 800 W/m2.oC, the heat transfer area of the heat exchanger is (a) 0.745 m2 (b) 0.760 m2 (c) 0.775 m2 (d) 0.790 m2 (e) 0.805 m2 #13. A heat exchanger is used to heat cold water entering at 8 oC at a rate of 1.2 kg/s by hot air entering at 90 oC at a rate of 2.5 kg/s. The highest rate of heat transfer in the heat exchanger is (a) 205 kW (b) 411 kW (c) 311 kW (d) 114 kW (e) 78 kW #14. Consider a 4-cm-diameter and 6-cm-long cylindrical rod at 1000 K. If the emissivity, of the rod surface is 0.75, the total amount of radiation emitted by all surfaces of the rod in 20 minutes is (a) 43 kJ (b) 385 kJ (c) 434 kJ (d) 513 kJ (e) 684 kJ 8 2 4 { = Stefan-Boltzmann constant = 5.6710 W/m .K } #15. A 30-cm diameter black ball at 120 oC is suspended in air, and is loosing heat to the surrounding air at 25 oC by convection with a heat transfer coefficient of 12 W/m2.K, and by radiation to the surrounding surfaces at 15 oC. The total rate of heat transfer from the black ball is (a) 322 W (b) 595 W (c) 234 W (d) 472 W (e) 2100 W #16 A solar flux of 1400 W/m2 directly strikes a space vehicle surface which has a solar absorptivity of 0.4 and thermal emissivity of 0.6. The equilibrium temperature (rate of energy absorbed is equal to the rate of energy emitted) of this surface in space at 0 K (a) 300 K (b) 360 K (c) 410 K (d) 467 K (e) 510 K

#17. Solar radiation is incident on an opaque surface at a rate of 400 W/m2. The emissivity of the surface is 0.65 and the absorptivity to solar radiation is 0.85. The convection coefficient between the surface and the environment at 25 oC is 6 W/m2.oC. If the surface is exposed to atmosphere with an effective sky temperature of 250 K, the equilibrium temperature of the surface is (a) 281 K (b) 298 K (c) 303 K (d) 317 K (e) 339 K
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#18. Consider two concentric spheres forming an enclosure with diameters of 12 cm and 18 cm and temperatures 300 K and 500 K, respectively. Assuming that the two surfaces are blackbody, the net radiation exchange between the two spheres is (a) 21 W (b) 140 W (c) 160 W (d) 1275 W (e) 3084 W #19. Consider a two-surface enclosure with T1 = 550 K, A1 = 0.25 m2, 1 = 0.65, T2 = 350 K, A2 = 0.40 m2, and 2 = 1.0. If the view factor F2-1 = 0.55, the net rate of radiation heat transfer between the surfaces is (a) 460 W (b) 539 W (c) 648 W (d) 772 W (e) 828 W #20. Heat is lost through a brick wall (k = 0.72 W/m.oC), which is 4 m long, 3 m wide, and 25 cm thick at a rate of 500 W. If the inner surface of the wall is at 22 oC, the temperature at the mid plane of the wall is (a) 0 oC (b) 7.5 oC (c) 11.0 oC (d) 14.8 oC (e) 22 oC #21. A person standing in a room loses heat to the air in the room by convection and to the surrounding surfaces by radiation. Both the air in the room and the surrounding surfaces are at 20 oC. The exposed surfaces of the person is 1.5 m2 and has an average temperature of 32 oC, and an emissivity of 0.90. If the rates of heat transfer from the person by convection and radiation are equal, the combined heat transfer coefficient is (a) 0.008 W/m2.oC (b) 3.0 W/m2.oC (c) 5.5 W/m2.oC (d) 8.3 W/m2.oC (e) 10.9 W/m2.oC #22. Water enters a 5-mm-diameter and 13-m-long tube at 45 oC with a velocity of 0.3 m/s. The tube is maintained at a constant temperature of 5 oC. The exit temperature of of water is (a) 7.5 oC (b) 7.0 oC (c) 6.5 oC (d) 6.0 oC (e) 5.5 oC { For water use k = 0.607 W/m.K, Pr = 6.14, = 0.89410 6 m2/s, Cp = 4.180 kJ/kg.oC, = 997 kg/m3} #23 Kitchen water at 10 oC flows over a 10-cm diameter pipe with a velocity of 1.1 m/s. Geothermal water enters the pipe at 90 oC at a rate of 1.25 kg/s. For calculation purposes, the surface temperature of the pipe may be assumed to be 70 oC. If the geothermal water is to leave the pipe at 50 oC, the required length of the pipe is (a) 1.1 m (b) 1.8 m (c) 2.5 m (d) 4.3 m (e) 7.6 m { For both water streams, use k = 0.631 W/m oC, Pr = 4.32, = 0.65810 6 m2/s, Cp = 4179 J/kg. oC }

#24 Plates A and B are cooled by blowing air as shown in the figure. Assume that both the plates are at the same constant surface temperature, and the flow remains laminar over Plate A. Uo, The total heat transfer rate from Plate B will be (a) the same as that from Plate A (b) less than that from Plate A (c) more than that from Plate A

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#25. A 3-m2 black surface at 1400 oC is losing heat to the surrounding air at 35 oC by convection with a heat trnsfer coefficient of 16 W/m2.oC, and by radiation to the surrounding surfaces at 15 oC. The total rate of heat transfer from the surface is (a) 5105 W (b) 2940 W (c) 3779 W (d) 8819 W (e) 5040 W

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