PRIMER TALLER I DE TRANSFERENCIA DE CALOR I.

PROFESOR: JAVIER BONILLA

1) The walls of a refrigerator are typically constructed by sandwiching a layer of insulation between sheet
metal panels. Consider a Wall made from fiberglass insulation of termal conductiviy 1 = 0,046
and thickness = 50 and Steel panels, each of termal conductivity = 60 and thickness
= 3 . If the Wall separates refrigerated air at , = 4 from ambient air at , = 25 , what
is the heat gain per unit surface area? Coefficients associated with natural convection at the inner and
outer surfaces may be approximated as = 0 = 5 2
2) A technique for measuring convection heat transfer coefficients involvesbonding one surface of a thin
metallic foil to an insulating material and exposing the other surface tothe fluid flow conditions of
interest.

By passing an electric current though the foil, heat is dissipated uniformly within the foil and the

corresponding flux
, may be referred from related voltaje and current measurements. If theinsulation
thickness L and termal conductivity are known and the fluid, foil, and insulation temperatures ( , ,
) are measured, the convection coefficient may be determined. Consider conditions for which = =

25 ,
= 2000 2, L= 10 mm, and = 0,04
3) A pipe in a manufacturing plant is transporting superheated vapor at a mass flow rate of 0,3 kg/s. The
pipe is 10 m long, has an inner diameter of 5 cm and pipe Wall thickness of 6 mm. The pipe has a termal
conductivity of 17 , and the inner pipe surface is at a uniform temperatura of 120 . The
temperatura drop between the inlet and exit of the pipe is 7 , and the constant presure specific heat of

vapor is 2190 If the air temperature in the manufacturing plant is 25 , determine the heat
transfer coefficient as a result of convection between the outer pipe surface and the surrounding air.