FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

FEA LAB REPORT

DUCT/DUCTLESS PIPE
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering [I & ME], Semester-6

Raja Muhammad Zeeshan [IME – 021]

 Finite Element Modeling & Analysis of Heat Conduction
In a Ducted & Ductless Cylinder

Temperature distribution in the cylinder with & without the duct.

A ducted cylinder is
one having a duct for
fluid to pass in order
to absorb heat energy
to keep the cylinder
under desired
temperature limits, the
fluid takes away the
heat, however in a
ductless cylinder ducts
are not present and so
the temperature passes
from the internal
surface to external via
material which may
raise the material’s
temperature above
desired limitation and
therefore may harm
cylinder.

In lab experiment
where the inner
surface was kept at a
temperature of 200
degree Celsius and
outer surface at 15
degree Celsius for
both ducted ductless
cylinder with thermal
conductivity
10W/m/oC, and 1000
W/m2 heat flux
removal rate for
ducted cylinder, the
following results
clearly show that the
minimum temperature
in ducted cylinder is
less than the
temperature kept at
outer surface which
indicates that the heat
removal kept the
temperature of the
cylinder below the
room temperature and
that the temperature distribution is such that the temperature drops rapidly as moved along from inner to outer
surface. Whereas in case of ductless cylinder the minimum temperature is room temperature which was applied in
program which indicates that if minimum temperature was not restricted the minimum temperature in ductless
cylinder would have been higher. The temperature distribution also indicates a uniform decreasing trend as moved
along from inner surface to outer surface.

Therefore it can be concluded that in order to keep the temperature of cylinder within a desired limit, ducted
cylinders with appropriate heat flux removal rate should be used.

Comparing the solution without the duct with the

theoretical solution given by equation:

 To calculate temperature at center of line L3

 Substitute to find T(r)
o T1 = 200 degree Celsius
o T2 = 15 degree Celsius
o r1 = 1 m
o r2 = 2 m
o r = 1.5 m
 T(r) at r = 1.5 m = 91.78 oC

Following the temperature line along line L3, It can be checked that
at distance = 0.5 m,The temperature T(r) is same as calculated theoretically.
The amount of heat generated
in the core of the vessel is such
that the maximum heat flux
through its inner surface is
5000 W/m2. If the maximum
allowable temperature in the
vessel is 250°C, what will be
the required heat extraction
rate through each duct?

The solution to above question

was obtained by hit and trial
method, different values of heat
flux removal rates were used and
temperature at the inner surface
for each value was checked via
nodal solution, the value that
kept the temperature at inner surface
almost near to 250 degree Celsius was
then determined. Value of ‘q’ came out
to be 3315 W/m2. The inner surface
temperature for this value of q, was 249
o
C.

In order to further reduce the

temperature at much higher value of ‘q’
can be used to keep the temperature in
control or viceversa.

EXTRA WORK:

 First and Second Experiment both

were repeated with fine meshing, for
temperature distribution, the
experiment was repeated using a
higher value of thermal
conductivity.
 For Second experiment the heat flux
removal rate to keep the temperature
near or equal to 250 oC at inner
surface increased due to fine
meshing and required rate came out
to be 3352 W/m2
 For each work, thermal gradient flux
and temperature line plot along line
L3 were plotted to compare results.