SRM UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Ramapuram Campus, Chennai 600 089. DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MODEL EXAMINATION Sub Code: ME0305 Sub Name: HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER Date: Year/Sem : IV /VII Time : 3 hrs Total Marks : 100

Part A Answer ALL Questions 1. What is Fouriers law of heat conduction? 2. What is critical thickness of insulation? 3. State Stefan Boltzmann law and Plancks law. 4. What is radiation shield? 5. Mention the differences between free and forced convection. 6. What is the importance of boundary layer? 7. What is pool boiling? 8. What are the modes of heat transfer present in steam generator? 9. Give two examples of convective mass transfer. 10. State Ficks law of diffusion and give its expression.

(10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

Part B 11. a. i. Describe the mechanism of thermal conduction in solids.

(5 x 16 = 80 Marks)

ii. A furnace consists of 23 cm of fire brick having thermal conductivities of 0.72 and 0.27 W/mK respectively. Calculate the rate of heat loss per square meter when the temperature difference between the inner and outer surface is 650C. (OR) b. A hollow sphere has an inside surface temperature of 300C and an outside surface temperature of 30C. If K = 18 W/mK, calculate (1) The heat loss by conduction for an inside diameter of 5 cm and an outside diameter of 15 cm. (2) The heat loss by conduction if equation for a plane wall of area equal to the mean of the inside and outside surfaces is assumed to apply to the sphere.

12. a. i. Write a note on unsteady state conduction. (6 Marks) ii. One pipe 40 cm diameter carrying steam at 120C and another pipe 20 cm diameter carrying the water at 10C are taken under ground. They run parallel to each other for 50 m length with the centre distance between them 80 cm. Assuming the ground is infinite medium and neglecting the resistance of the pipe materials. Find the heat transfer rate between the two pipes per hour K (for soil) = 0.24 W/mC. (10 Marks) (OR) b. An iron plate (k = 60 W/m K, c = 0.46 kj/kg K, p = 7850 kg/m3 and a = 1.6 x 10-5 m2/s) of 50 mm thickness is initially at 225C. Suddenly, both surfaces are exposed to an ambient temperature of 25C with a heat transfer coefficient of 500 W/m2 K. Calculate (a) the centre temperature at 2 min after the start of cooling (b) the temperature at a depth 1 cm from the surface at 2 min after the start of cooling and (c) the energy removed from The plate per sq.m. during this time. 13. a. A chemical having specific heat of 3.3 kj/kgK flowing at the rate of 20,000 kg/h enters a parallel flow heat exchanger at 120C. The flow rate of cooling water is 50,000 kg/h with an inlet temperature of 20C. The heat transfer area is 10 m2 and the overall heat transfer coefficient is 1050 W/m2K. Find (i) the effectiveness of the heat exchanger, (ii) the outlet temperatures of water and chemical. Take for water cp = 4.186 kj/kgK. (OR) b. i. Write short note on significance of non dimensional numbers in convection. (6 Marks) ii. Air at 25C at the atmospheric pressure is flowing over a flat plate at 3 m/sec. If the plate is 1 m wide and the temperature tw = 75C. Calculate the following at a location of 1 cm from leading edge. (i) Hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness (ii) Local friction coefficient (iii) Thermal boundary layer thickness (iv) Local heat transfer coefficient. (10 Marks) 14. a. A long steel rod 20 mm in diameter is to be heated from 427C to 538C. It is placed concentrically in a long cylindrical furnace which has an inside diameter of 160 mm. The inner surface of the furnace is at a temperature of 1093C and has an emissivity of 0.85. If the surface of the rod has an emissivity of 0.6, estimate the time required for the heating operation. Take the density of steel as 7800 kg/m3 and its specific heat 0.67 kj/kg K. (OR) b. A square room 3 m x 3 m a floor heated to 27C and has a ceiling at 10C. The walls are assumed to be perfectly insulated. The height of the room is 2.5 m and the emissivity of all surfaces is 0.8. Find (I) the net heat exchange between the floor and ceiling (2) wall temperature. Assume shape factor of ceiling to floor as 0.25. 15. a. Dry air at 1 atm blow across a thermometer enclosed in a dampened cover. The wetbulb temperature recorded is 18.3C. Calculate the temperature of dry air. Had the stream been at 32.2C while the wet-bulb temperature remains at 18.3C, calculate the relative humidity of the air stream. Given : D = 0.26 x 10-4 m2/S (for airwater vapour system), a = 0.221 x 10-4 m2/s (for air) and cp = 1.004 kj/kg K. (OR) b. It is desired to generate 100 kg/h of saturated steam at 100C using a heating element of copper of surface are 5 m2. Calculate the convective heat transfer coefficient, the temperature of the heating surface and critical heat flux.