Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals & Applications

Fourth Edition (First Printing)

Yunus A. Cengel & Afshin J. Ghajar
McGraw-Hill, 2011

Errata Sheet
Last Update: September 2013

Conversion Factors (Inside Front Cover)

Thermal resistance: Change 1 K/W = 0.52750 F/hBtu to 1 K/W = 0.52750 Fh/Btu

Chapter 1
p. 9, 6th line after the subtitle: Change denoted by W to denoted by W
p. 11, 4th line: Change qavg to qavg
m
p. 13, the term on the right of Eq. (1-17) should be even with the equal sign

p. 22, Table 1-2, last row: Change CU to Cu
p. 49, Prob. 1-29, Answers: Change Answers to 0.0306 m3/s, 5.52 m/s.
p. 53, Prob. 1-86E, 3rd line: Change to
p. 57, Prob. 1-120, last line: Change windchill to wind chill
p. 58, Prob. 1-129, 6th line: Change = 3 mm to = 3 mm
p. 59, Prob. 1-147, 3rd line: Change 1.2 W to 0.12 W

Chapter 2
p. 69, Example 2-1: Change 15.9 W/cm3 to 15.9 W/cm2
1 T T 1 T
p. 77, Eq. 2-43: Change the second term k to 2 k "
r
2
r
p. 100, Eq. 2-66: Vee should be volume vee V
p. 116, Prob. 2-19E, 1st line: Change a 800-W to an 800-W
p. 121, Prob. 2-61, Answer: Change 7079 W to 7389 W
p. 121, Prob. 2-64, Answer: Change 127C to 117C
p. 122, Prob. 2-70E, 6th line: Change 1.25 to 12.5
p. 122, Prob. 2-70E, Answer: Change 46,660 Btu/h to 46,630 Btu/h
p. 124, Prob. 2-88, 2nd line: Change k to k
p. 125, Prob. 2-90, 5th line: Change w/cm3 to W/cm3
p. 127, Prob. 2-128,6th line: Change at after decrease to in and delete surface after ball
bearing. The sentence should read temperature decrease in the ball bearing at a given
p. 127, Prob. 2-128, Answer: Change 12.9 kW to 1.62 kW

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p. 129, Prob. 2-142, Answers: Change Answers to 255.6C, 256.2C
p. 130, Prob. 2-144, Answer: Change 9.0C to 9.1C

Chapter 3
p. 161, 15th line below Eq. 3-50: Change 0.05 W/m2K to 0.05 W/mK
p. 168, line above Eq. 3-72, after corrected fin length, remove (
p. 169, 12th line above Eq. 3-73: Change transferrd to transferred.
p. 170, Table 3-3, in fin equations for the Straight triangular fins, Pin fins of triangular profile,
and Pin fins of parabolic profile (blunt tip): Change l0, l1 and l2to I0, I1 and I2
p. 171, Table 3-4, 1st line, last two columns: Change to in two places
p. 171, Table 3-4, table headings for 2nd and 3rd columns: Change e-xl0 and e-xI1 to e-xI0 and
e-xI1
p. 171, Foot note to Table 3-4: Change Bessel_I(x) to Bessel_I(x)
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p. 174, 5th line after Eq. 3-83: Change L=L=
m to L = 5/m
5
p. 197, Prob. 3-20, Answers: Change Answers to 154 W, 16.7C
p. 200, Prob. 3-37, 7th line: Change 28C to 24C. Do the same in the figure. [This is needed
to avoid negative value for the insulation thickness]

p. 208, Prob. 3-112: Delete Fig. P3-112

p. 211, Prob. 3-131: Place a computer-EES icon to this problem.

p. 211, Prob. 3-135, Answer: Change 555 W to 492 W
p. 221, Prob. 3-216, Last line: Change (d) 3.4 cm to 3.3 cm

Chapter 4
p. 231, Example 4-2: Replace the calculations with the followings. Only change the changed
values
V (D 2 / 4) L D 0.050 m
Lc 0.0125 m
As DL 4 4

hLc (450 W/m 2 K )(0.0125 m)

Bi 0.088 0.1
k 63.9 W/m K
hAs h 450 W/m 2 K
b 0.01059 s -1
c pV c p Lc (7832 kg/m )(434 J/kg K )(0.0125 m)
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T (t ) T 1 T (t ) T 1 95 40
e bt t ln ln 254 s
Ti T b Ti T 0.01059 s -1
850 40

p. 237, Table 4-1, last column for Plane wall: Change ln tan ln 5 Bi to n tan n = Bi
p. 239, Table 4-3, the last four Bessel function values in the last column should be positive, as
shown below:
2.6 0.0968 0.4708

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 2.8 0.1850 0.4097
3.0 0.2601 0.3391
3.2 0.3202 0.2613
p. 247, 4th line of Analysis: Change Fig. 4-17 to Fig. 4-17a
p. 248, 5th line: Change: Qmax= mcp(T -Ti) to Qmax= mcp(Ti -T)
p. 252, 2nd line of last paragraph: Change Fig. 4-29 to Fig. 4-30
p. 253, Figure 4-29(c), top curve: Change Time, t = 0.01 h to Time, t = 10 h
p. 257, Figure 4-36: move the Plane Wall up, it should only cover the pink portion of the Long
Cylinder
p. 278, Prob. 4-12: Replace problem statement with To warm up some milk for a baby, a mother
pours milk into a thin-walled cylindrical container whose diameter is 6 cm. The height of the milk
in the container is 7 cm. She then places the container into a large pan filled with hot water at
70C. The milk is stirred constantly, so that its temperature is uniform at all times. If the heat
transfer coefficient between the water and the container is 120 W/m2K, determine how long it
will take for the milk to warm up from 3C to 38C. Assume the entire surface area of the
cylindrical container (including the top and bottom) is in thermal contact with the hot water. Take
the properties of the milk to be the same as those of water. Can the milk in this case be treated
as a lumped system? Why? Answer: 4.50 min"
p. 279, Prob. 4-24, 1st line: Change is to in
p. 279, Prob. 4-26, last line: Change h. to h
p. 281, Prob. 4-47, Answers: Change 22,270 kJ/m to 22,270 kJ

Chapter 5
p. 309, Fig. 5-20 (lower part volume element of a general interior node of the fin): Change the
right hand side length from L (m )x to from L (m + )x

p. 353, Prob. 5-25: Change the problem statement to: 5-25 Repeat Prob. 5-24 using EES
(or other) software.
p. 358, Prob. 5-55, last line: Change to Answers: (b) T1 = T4 = 93C, T2 = T3 = 86C

p. 359, Prob. 5-60: Change the problem statement to: 5-60 Repeat Prob. 5-59 using EES
(or other) software.

p. 359, Prob. 5-63: Change the problem statement to: 5-63 Repeat Prob. 5-62 using EES
(or other) software.
p. 359, Prob. 5-64, 2nd line: Change Fig. 5-64 to Fig. P5-64
p. 369, Prob. 5-136, 17th line: Change 28C to 20C. Do the same in the problem figure. Also,
3rd line from last: Change t=4s to t=5s
p. 369, Prob. 5-137, 2nd line: Change 3 s to 5 s

Chapter 6
p. 385, Eq. 6-13: Change Viscous to Viscous forces
p. 409, Figure P6-10: Change bottom plate label from Ts,1 to Ts,2
p. 410, Prob. 6-28: 5th line: Change A and B to C1 and C2

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p. 411, Figure P6-45: Change Air to Water

Chapter 7
p. 423, 1st line below Eq. 7-18: Change were to where
p. 424, 4th line below Eq. 7-22: Change NuL = Nux=L or hL = hx=L to Nu = 2Nux=L or h = 2hx=L
p. 439, Figure 7-25: Change the figure caption to Flow patterns for in-line and staggered tube
banks
p. 461, Prob. 7-127, (c): Change 2.5 m to 2.9 m
p. 462, Prob. 7-133: Change Amblent to Ambient

Chapter 8
p. 467, Top right hand side of the page, below page number: Change Chapter 3 to Chapter 8
p. 472, Eq. 8-14: Leave more space between the equation and the unit like that in Eq. 8-15
p. 475, 1st term on the left hand side of Eq. 8-29: Change In to ln
0.16 0.6
D D
p. 492, Eq. 8-78: Change from Fo 0.86 i to Fo 1 0.14 i
Do Do
p. 499, Figure 8-35 (the 3rd figure to the right) in the legend: Change 3 kW/m2 to 16 kW/m2
pp.501-506, The background color for Special Topic section disappears in these pages. Use a
consistent background color in the entire Special Topic section
p. 505, Reference 5, last line: Delete , after No. 8
p. 511, Prob. 8-48, Answers: Change 584 to 582
p. 513, Prob. 8-78: Change problem number to 8-78E
p. 516, Prob. 8-99, 4th line: Delete at after enters
p. 516, Prob. 8-103: Change problem number to 8-103E

Chapter 9
p. 527, 1st line below Eq. 9-16: Change ReL to RaL
p. 541, Eq. 9-55: Change 0.46 to 0.046
p. 550, 13th line from top of the page: Change transfort to transport
p. 552, section heading: Change SCPECIAL to SPECIAL
p. 563, 9th line of the right hand side column: Change For vertical horizontal to For vertical
rectangular
p. 565, Prob. 9-13: Change problem number to 9-13E
p. 567, Prob. 9-37, 8th line: Change the transfer to the heat transfer
p. 568, Prob. 9-39, the line before last: Change 10-h to 15-h
p. 571, 1st line of Problem 9-70: Change radii to diameters
p. 572, Prob. 9-78: Insert a laptop-EES icon to this problem like that in Prob. 9-75.
p. 573, Prob. 9-86, Answer: Change 11.9 to 9.90
p. 575, Prob. 9-112, Answers: Change 1764 to 1762
p. 578, 1st line of Problem 9-131: Change radii to diameters
p. 579, Prob. 9-137, First line: Change 0.5-m-high to 0.9-m-high

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Chapter 10
p. 589, Table 10-1, 2nd column (halfway down): Change 0,0377 to 0.0377
p. 597, Figure 10-19 (top of the left hand side figure): Change Low to High and High to
Low
p. 599, 4th line after Eq. 10-8: Change Ac = p to Ac = p
p. 600, 6th line from the bottom of the page: Change 450< Re < 1800 to 30< Re < 1800
p. 601, 3rd line above Eq. 10-12: Change in the numerator of the equation ( y) to ( y)
p. 603, 3rd line above Eq. 10-22: Change Eq. 10-9 to Eq. 10-9a
p. 606, 1st line: Delete is higher
p. 611, 5th line from top of the page: Change Rohsenow to Rohsenow (1973)
p. 611, Eq. 10-36: Change 22C < Tsat, 100C to 22C < Tsat < 100C
p. 611, Eq. 10-37: Change 255,310 to 255,510
p. 613, Caption for Figure 10-37: Delete upward from the figure caption
p. 613, 6th line below Eq. 10-38: Change l to I
p. 613, 4th line below Eq. 10-38 in the expression for Rel: Change 1 to l
p. 613, 7th line below Eq. 10-38 in the denominator of equation for Fp, the closing parenthesis
after g is missing: change the denominator to gD(l - g)
p. 615, 1st calculation: Leave a space before the second kg/s
p. 617, 15th line of the right hand side column, in the denominator of equation for hvert: change
(Ts - Tsat) to (Tsat - Ts)
p. 617, last line of the right hand side column, in the denominator of equation for hhoriz: change
(Ts - Tsat) to (Tsat - Ts)
p. 618, Equation for hinternal: In the denominator, insert a D into the denominator in the brackets
after (Tsat - Ts)
p. 621, Prob. 10-38, Answers: Change 1609 to 1610 and Change 0.761 to 0.762
p. 621, Prob. 10-39: Change 160C to 155C
p. 623, Prob. 10-69, Answer: Change 12.8 to 12.9
p. 625, Prob. 10-98, Answers: Change 3345 to 8413 and 0.0242 to 0.0608

Chapter 11
Th , out Th , out Th , in Th , out
p. 654, 2nd equation below Eq. 11-33 for if Ch = Cmin: Change to
Th , in Tc , in Th , in Tc , in
p. 655, 1st line below Eq. 11-38: Change ratio to rate
p. 660, Example 11-8, 4th line: Change 1.08 m to 108 m
p. 669, Prob. 11-43, 8th line: Change cp = 2428 kJ/kgK to cp = 2428 J/kgK
p. 672, Figure P11-70: Change the direction of the two black arrows from left to right to right to
left
p. 676, Prob. 11-117: Change to 11-117C
p. 677, Prob. 11-129, Answers: Change 50.6 to 48.0
p. 678, Prob. 11-132, Answer: Change 3.27 to 3.74
p. 680, Prob. 11-156, (c): Change 1380 to 1350

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Chapter 12
p. 691, Example 12-1, the denominator of the last equation: Change 1.43878 104 mK to
1.43878 104 mK
p. 696, Eq. 12-15: Change the color of black integrals to orange
p. 722, 2nd line of Problem 12-18: Change lightbulb to light bulb
p. 723, Prob. 12-28, Answers: Change Answers to (a) 491,300 kW, (b) 125.5 kW
p. 724, Prob. 12-44, 3rd line: Change 2.87 10-5 to 2.87 105
p. 724, Figure P12-44: Change Eb =2.87 10-5 to Eb =2.87 105
p. 724, Prob. 12-51, Answers: Change Answers to 0.513, 29.1 kW/m2
p. 727, Prob. 12-82, Answers: Change $39 to $40
p. 729, Prob. 12-103, 6th line: Change 200 to 2000

Chapter 13
p. 748, 5th line above Eq. 13-21: Change I to i
1 1
p. 753, Table 13-3, Eq. 13-40, the first term in the denominator: Change to
2 1
p. 770, 3rd line: Change (Figs. 12-36 and 12-37) to (Figs. 13-36 and 13-37)
p. 781, Prob. 13-21: Change L = D to L = D
p. 781, Prob. 13-28: Replace problem statement with A solid sphere of 1 m diameter at 600 K is
kept in an evacuated equilateral triangular enclosure (a tetrahedron) whose side length is L.
Note that for the sphere to touch the tetrahedrons surfaces, the tetrahedrons side length should
be L D 6 . The emissivity of the sphere is 0.45 and the temperature of the enclosure is 420 K.
If heat is generated uniformly within the sphere at a rate of 3100 W, determine (a) the view factor
from the enclosure to the sphere and (b) the emissivity of the enclosure.
p. 781, Figure P13-28: Change 2 m to L (3 times)
p. 784, Prob. 13-58, last line: Change determined to determine.
p. 785, Prob. 13-58: Delete the answer.
p. 786, Prob. 13-73, 1st line: Change 0.20 to 0.10 (This is needed because shield has a
diameter of 0.20 m)
p. 790, Prob. 13-110, Answers: Change 5.2 to 12.7
p. 790, Prob. 13-111, Answer: Change 1066 to 1058

Chapter 14
drA d
p. 802, Eq. 14-13 for Mass basis: Change to A
dx dx
p. 802, Eq. 14-14: Change to
p. 808, Example 14-2, 7th line: Change 62,900 bar to 62,000 bar

p. 810, 1st equation in the analysis portion of Example 14-4: Change to

p. 811, 5th line above Eq. (14-21): Change m diff , A to m diff , A

p. 812, 6th line above Eq. 14-29. Change: to .

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p. 818, Table 14-11, 4th line (both columns). Change to and mass to mass.
p. 822, 7th line before Eq. 14-40: Change molecularmass to molecular mass
p. 822, 6th line before Eq. 14-40: Change themass to the mass
D AB P D PA
p. 826, Eq. 14-60, 1st term on the right side. Change: to AB
L Ru T L Ru T
p. 831, 4th line: Change ear-lier to earlier.
C A
p. 833, Expression below Figure 14-44: Change DAB hmass ( wA,s wA, ) to
y y0

wA
DAB hmass ( wA,s wA, )
y y0

wA
p. 835, Eq. 14-82: Change j A,s DAB hmass ( wA,s wA, ) to
y y0

wA
j A,s DAB hmass ( wA,s wA, )
y y0

p. 838, Table 14-13, first two lines of the second column. Change: Sc > 0.5 to Sc > 0.6 (two
places).
p. 848, 2nd Column, 4th line: Change Le = 1 to Le2/3 1
p. 849, Prob. 14-14, Answer: Change 0.144 to 0.143
p. 849, Prob. 14-16E, Answer: Change 1.7 percent to 1.6 percent
p. 852, Prob. 14-50, Answer: Change 2.871015 kg/s to 1.151014 kg/s
p. 854, Prob. 14-71, Answer: Change 0.00011 mm to 0.0011 mm.
p. 856, Prob. 14-95, Answer: Change 2827 days to 1702 days
p. 859, 5th line of Problem 14-136. Change: water has uniform temperature to water has
a uniform temperature .
p. 861, Prob. 14-157E, Answers: Switch the answers for parts (a) and (b).