CHE463 HEAT TRANSFER

ASSIGNMENT 1
Answer all the questions.
1. An aluminum pan whose thermal conductivity is 237 W/mC has a lat !ottom with diameter
1" cm and thic#ness $.% cm. &eat is transerred steadily to !oilin' water in the pan throu'h
its !ottom at a rate o ($$ W. ) the inner surace o the !ottom o the pan is at 1$"C*
determine the temperature o the outer surace o the !ottom o the pan. +Answer, 1$".7-C.
2. A heat lu/ meter attached to the inner surace o a 3 cm thic# reri'erator door indicates a
heat lu/ o 2" W/m
2
throu'h the door. Also* the temperatures o the inner and the outer
suraces o the door are measured to !e 7C and 1"C* respectively. 0etermine the avera'e
thermal conductivity o the reri'erator door. +Answer, $.$13( W/mC.
3. 2or heat transer purposes* a standin' man can !e modeled as a 3$ cm diameter* 17$ cm
lon' vertical cylinder with !oth the top and !ottom suraces insulated and with the side
surace at an avera'e temperature o 3%C. 2or a convection heat transer coeicient o 2$
W/m
2
C* determine the rate o heat loss rom this man !y convection in an environment at
1(C. +Answer, "13 W.
%. A %$ cm lon'* ($$ W electric resistance heatin' element with diameter $." cm and surace
temperature 12$C is immersed in 7" #' o water initially at 2$C. 0etermine how lon' it will
ta#e or this heater to raise the water temperature to ($C. Also* determine the convection
heat transer coeicients at the !e'innin' and at the end o the heatin' process. 3he speciic
heat o water at room temperature is %.1( 4/#'C. +Answer, $.$$-"3 h* 127% and 31("
W/m
2
C.
". Consider a person standin' in a room maintained at 2$C at all times. 3he inner suraces o
the walls* loors and ceilin' o the house are o!served to !e at an avera'e temperature o
12C in winter and 23C in summer. 0etermine the rates o radiation heat transer !etween
this person and the surroundin' suraces in !oth summer and winter i the e/posed area*
emissivity and the avera'e outer surace temperature o the person are 1.- m
2
* $.1" and
32C* respectively. +Answer, (%.2 W and 177.2 W.
-. A " cm diameter spherical !all whose surace is maintained at a temperature o 17$C is
suspended in the middle o a room at 7$C. ) the convection heat transer coeicient is 12
W/m
2
C and the emissivity o the surace is $.(* determine the total rate o heat transer rom
the !all. +Answer, 1(.21 W.
7. Consider steady heat transer !etween two lar'e parallel plates at constant temperatures o
31 5 21$ 6 and 32 5 1"$ 6 that are 7 5 2 cm apart. Assumin' the suraces to !e !lac#
+emissivity 5 1.* determine the rate o heat transer !etween the plates per unit surace area
assumin' the 'ap !etween the plates is +a. illed with atmospheric air +k 5 $.$1171 W/mC.*
+!. evacuated* +c. illed with i!er'lass insulation +k 5 $.$3- W/mC.. +Answer, "11 W/m
2
*
372 W/m
2
and 2"2 W/m
2
.