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T.E. (Mech.) (Semester - V) (Re) Examination, May/June 2016

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Duration: 3 Hours Total Marks: 100

Instructions: 1) Answer any five questions selecting atleast one question

from each Module.
2) Relevant tables, charts and data book permitted.
3) Assume missing data, if any.

MODULE-I

1. a) What are applications' of engineering heat-transfer? Also explain why heat

transfer by conduction is better in metallic solids? 6
b) Discuss the analogy between flow of heat and electricity also write down
only formulae for thermal resistances due to conduction heat flow through
plane wall, cylinder and a sphere. 6
c) Determine the rate of heat flow through a spherical boiler wall which is 2.5 m
in diameter and 2.2 cm thick steel ( K = 58 W/mK). The outside surface of the
boiler wall is covered with asbestos ( K = 0.118 W/mK) 5 mm thick. The
temperature of outer surface and that of fluid inside are 50° C and 310° C
respectively. Take inner film resistance as 0.0022 KI'N. 8

2. a) What is economic thickness of insulation? Obtain an expression for critical

radius of insulation for cylinder. 7
b) Explain the physical concepts of the following terms and write their units.
i) Thermal diffusivity
ii) Thermal conductance
iii) Heat flux
iv) Thermal storage capacity
v) Heat transfer coefficient. 5
c) There is a uniform rate of heat generation of 500 MW/m3 within a stainless
steel plate having K = 21 W/mK and 1 cm thick. The temperature on either
side of the plate are maintained at 100° C calculate
i) The temperature on the center line.
ii) Temperature at one quarter of the thickness from the surface.
jji) Draw the temperature profile. 8
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MODULE-II

3. a) What is extended surface? How fins are classified? Mention briefly on heat
sinks. S
b) Derive an equation for temperature dIstribution through a fin of uniform
rectangular cross sectional area. 8
c) Draw an equivalent thermal circuit for lumped capacitance solid (analogous
electric network) and hence obtain an expression for transient response of
. the body. In this expression write on the quantity representing thermal time
constant. 7

4. a) Write on LMTD and correlation factor. Draw the temperature profiles for
counter flow heat exchanger and condenser. S
b) Derive an expression for LMTD of a counter flow heat exchanger. S
c) A counter flow double pipe heat exchanger using super heated steam is used
to heat the water flowing at the rate of 10500 Kg/hr. The steam enters the
neat-exchanqer at 195 C and leaves at 140 C. The inlet and exit temperatures
0 0

of water are 29 C and 79 C respectively. If over all heat transfer coefficient

0 0

from steam to water is 820 W/m20 C calculate the heat transfer area. 7

MODULE-III

5. a) Explain the following dimensionless entities with their physical significances.

i) Reynold's Number
ii) Grashoff's Number
iii) Prandtl's Number
iv) Stanton Number. 8
b) Show that by dimensional analysis for forced convection Nu = ~ (Re, Pr). 6
c) Write down the empirical co-relations for horizontal, vertical plates and cylinder
in natural convection. 6
6. a) Explain the effect of buoyancy through the Grashoff's number and hence
discuss the physical mechanism of natural convection. 7
b) Define and explain the following terms:
i) Momentum thickness.
ii) Energy thickness
iii) Boundary layer thickness. 6

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c) A surface condenser consists of thin walled circular tubes (each tube is 22.5
mm in diameter and 5 m long) arranged in parallel through which water flows.
If the mass flow rate of water tube is 0.8 Kg/s and its inlet and outlet
temperatures are. known to be 210 C and 290 C respectively, calculate the
average heat transfer coefficient associated with flow of water. Take
thermophysical properties of water at 250 C as p = 997.65 Kg/m3,
f.! = 0.862 x 10-3 Kg/ms K = 0.'6078 W/mo C, Cp = 4.178 kJ/KgOC. 7

MODULE-IV

7. a) Define emissive power of radiation and hence describe the electromagnetic

spectrum of radiation. 6
b) Define shape factor or configuration factor and obtain an expression for
radiation exchange between black bodies separated by a non-absorbing
medium: 8
c) Two parallel, infinite gray surfaces are maintained at temperature of 1270 C
and 2270 C respectively. If the temperature of the hot surface is increased to
3270 C, by what factor is the net radiation exchange per unit area is increased.
Assume the emissivities of colder and hotter surfaces to be 0.9 and 0.7
respectively. 6

8. a) Write a short notes on "Radiation shields and gas radiation. 8

b) Define Fick's law of diffusion hence discuss its analogy with heat and
momentum transport mechanisms. 6
c) Estimate the rate of diffusion of water from the bottom of a test tube 1.8 cm in
diameter and 18 cm long into dry atmospheric air at 250 C. The partial pressure
of water vapour at water surface level. is 3.169 KPa and partial pressure at
the top of the tube is zero. 6

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