HEAT TRANSFER

OPERATIONS
Steady heat conduction through
composite plain wall
Dr. Muhammad Rizwan

ONE
DIMENSIONAL
STEADY-STATE
CONDUCTION THROUGH COMPOSITE WALL:

The equivalent thermal circuit

approach

can

be

used

to

determine the steady state heat

transfer rate in composite wall

Figure: Equivalent thermal circuit

for a series composite wall

ONE
DIMENSIONAL
STEADY-STATE
CONDUCTION THROUGH COMPOSITE WALL:

The one dimensional heat transfer rate for this wall may be expressed
as:

Alternatively, the heat transfer rate can be related to the temperature

difference and resistance associated with each element:

ONE
DIMENSIONAL
STEADY-STATE
CONDUCTION THROUGH PLANE WALL:
The Composite wall

For composite systems it is often convenient to use overall heat

transfer coefficient, U:

Where,

ONE
DIMENSIONAL
STEADY-STATE
CONDUCTION THROUGH COMPOSITE WALL:

Once the heat transfer rate is known, an unknown surface

temperature at any surface or interface can be determined

The temperature drop across a layer is easily determined by multiplying heat

transfer rate with the thermal resistance of that layer.

Thermal resistance concept is widely used but limited to systems involving

steady state heat transfer with no heat generation within the medium.

ONE
DIMENSIONAL
STEADY-STATE
CONDUCTION THROUGH COMPOSITE WALL:

ONE
DIMENSIONAL
STEADY-STATE
CONDUCTION THROUGH COMPOSITE WALL:

Example 9.3 (Coulson): A furnace is constructed with 0.2m of

fire bricks, 0.1m of insulated bricks and 0.2m of building bricks.
The inside temperature of the furnace is 1200 K and outside
temperature is 330 K. If the thermal conductivities are 1.4, 0.21,
0.7 W/m2.K, respectively, Determine the heat loss per unit area
and the temperature at the junction of fire bricks and insulated
bricks?

STEADY HEAT CONDUCTION IN CYLINDERS:

In pipe, heat flow in the normal direction

to the pipe surface, because pipe thickness
is small and temp gradient is more

Temperature is a function of radius then

Consider a pipe whose length is L

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