PROBLEMS

1. Insulation in a Cold Room. Calculate heat loss per m 2 of surface area for a temporary
insulating wall of a food cold storege room where outside temperature is 299.9 K and the
inside temperature 276.5 K. The wall is composed of 25.4 mm of corkboard having a k of
0.04333 W/m.K (Ans. 39.9 W/m2)
2. Determination of Thermal Conductivity, In determaining the thermal conductivity of an
insulating material, the temperatures were measured on both side of a flat slab of 25 mm of
the material and where 318.4 and 303.2 K. The heat flux was measured as 35.1 W/m 2.
Calculate the thermal conductivity in btu/h.ft. oF and in W/m.K.
3. Mean Thermal Conductivity in a Silinder. Prove that if the thermal conductivity varies

liniarly with temperature as , the proper mean value km to use in the cylindrical

equation is

as in slab.

4. Heat Removal of a Cooling Coil. A cooling coil of 1.0 ft of 304 stainless-steel tubing having
inside diameter of 0.25 in and outside diameter of 0.40 in is being used to remove heat
from a bath. The temperature at inside surface of the tube is 40 oF and 80 oF on the
outside. The thermal conductivity of 304 stainless steel is a function of temperature :

Where k is in btu/h.ft. oF and T is in oF. Calculate the heat removal in btu/s and Watts.
(Ans. 1.225 btu/s, 1292 W)
5. Removal of heat from a bath, Repeat problem 4 but for cooling coil made of 308 stainless
steel having average thermal conductivity of 15.23 W/m.K
6. Variation of Thermal Conductivity. A flat plane of thiknes △X has one surface maintained at
T1 and the other at T2. If thermal conductivity varies according to temperature as :

Where a,b and c constans, derive an expression for the one-dimensionsl heat flux q/A

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