SVKM’s NMIMS MUKESH PATEL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING Programme: B. Tech (MECH) Year: I Semester: VI Batch: 2013-14 Academic Year: 2014-2015 Subject: Heat Transfer Vee Marks: 190 4 Date: 29/06/2015 Time: 10.00 am to 1.00 pip Durations: 3 (hrs) Je > ant Re-Examination SI Instruction: Candidates should read carefully the instructions printed on the question paper and on the cover of the Answer Book, which is provided for their use. NB: 1) Question No.1 is compulsory. 2) Out of remaining questions, attempt any 4 questions. 3) Inall 5 questions to be attempted. 4) Ali questions catry equai marks. 5) Answer to each new question to be started on a fresh page. 6) Figures in brackets on the right hand side indicate full marks. 7) Assume suitable data if necessary. QN.1 Answer any four from the following questions- 20 (a). State and explain Fourier’s Law of heat conduction, (b) What is critical radius of insulation? (c) Define fin effectiveness . When is the use of fin isnot justified. @_ What is Grashoff number and Biot number? (©) Compare parallel floe and counter flow heat exchanger. (D) Define radiation intensity and radiosity Q.N.2(a) Show that for a thin and long fin , heat transfer from fin tip to the surrounding is given by- 10 Qa VRPEA (Ty-Too) (b) An iron pipe of 20cm inner diameter and with 1.25 cm wall thickness is covered with a 10 0.3cm thick layer of insulation whose outer surface is exposed to 26°C of ambient air. A liquid having temperature 200°C passes through the tube . The heat transfer coefficient of the inner liquid is 698W/m°K . The thermal conductivity of the steel is 75W/mK. Calculate the heat transfer rate and the overall heat transfer coefficient based on outer surface area for this system if the tempcrature at the mid point of the pipe is 170°C. Q.N3(@) A 0.8m high, 1.5m wide double pane window consists of two 4 mm thick layers of glass 10 (k=78W/mK) and is separated by a 10 mm wide stagnant air space (k= 0.026W/mK). The room is at 20°C and the outside air is at -10°C . The heat transfer coefficient are y= 10 Wim?K and hy = 40W/m'K, (b) A thermocouple, the junction of which can be approximated as a Imm diameter sphere is 10 used to measure the temperature of a.gas stream . The properties of the junction are p =8500Kg/m’, Cp = 320 J/Kg K and k= 35WimK. The heat transfer coefficient between the junction and gas is 210W/m'K . Determine how long it will take for the thermocouple to read 99% of the initial temperature difference. QN.A(a) Explain physical significance of Prandtl number, Reynolds number, Nusselt number. 10 fe(e) QNS(a) (b) QN.6(a) co) (c) QN.7(a) (b) ©) ‘Air at 27°C and Latm flows over a flat plate at a velocity of 3mvs. Assume thatthe plate is heated over its entire length to a temperature of 70°C. Calculate the heat transfer in (a) the first 25em of the plate and (b) the first 45cm of the plate, Given are the properties of air at 48.5°C. k= 0.02749WimK , v= 17.36 x 10* m?/s. Cp = 1.006 kJ /KgK and Pr=0.7 With the help of Bukingham 1 — theorem show that for forced convection heat transfer No=CR"Pr* ‘A counter flow double- pipe heat exchanger is to hest water from 20°C to 80°C at a rate of 1.2Kq/s. The heating is to accomplished by geothermal fluid available at 160°C at a mass flow rate of 2Kg/s. The inner tube is thin -walled and has a diameter of 1.Sem. If the overall heat transfer coefficient of the heat exchanger is 640W/m’K. Determine the length of the heat exchanger required to achieve the desired heating. Take Cy of water is 4.18 ki/Kg K and C, of geothermal fluid is 4.31 k/Kg K. Define the properties emissivity and absorptivity. When ste these two properties equal to each other? fitters? Explain KirchhofP's law. Give classification of heat exchangers. ‘A cotinter flow heat exchanger is to heat air entering at 400°C with a flow rate of 6Kg/s by the exhaust gas entering at $00°C with a flow rate of 4Kg/s. The overall heat transfer coefficient is 100W/m°K and the outlet temperature of air is 550°C . Specific heat of air for both air and exhaust gas can be taken as 1100 1/ Kg K . Caloulate (1) the heat transfer area needed and (2) the number of transfer units. ‘What is effectiveness of heat exchanger ? What is NTU? 10 10 10 06 96 08 06 10 04