Tutorial 1

1. A heat rate of 3KW is conducted through a section of an insulating material of

cross-section area 10m2 and thickness 2.5cm. If the inner (hot) surface
temperature is 415oC and the thermal conductivity of the material is 0.2W/m.K,
what is the outer surface temperature?
2. An electric resistance heat is embedded in a long cylinder of diameter 30mm.
When water with a temperature of 25oC and velocity of 1m/s flows crosswise over
the cylinder, the power per unit length required to maintain the surface at a uniform
temperature of 90oC is 28 kW/m. When air, also at 25oC, but with a velocity of
10m/s is flowing, the power per unit length required to maintain the same surface
temperature is 400 W/m. Calculate and compare the convection coefficient for the
flows of water and air.
3. An insulated steam pipe passes through a room in which the air and walls are at
25oC. The outside diameter of the pipe is 70mm, and its surface temperature and
emissivity are 200oC and 0.8, respectively. What are the surface emissive power
and irradiation? If the coefficient associated with free convection heat transfer from
the surface to the air is 15 W/m2.K, what is the rate of heat loss from the surface
per unit length of pipe?
4. The hot combustion gases of a furnace are separated from the ambient air and its
surrounding, which are at 25oC, by a brick wall 0.15 m thick. The brick has a
thermal conductivity of 1.2 W/m.K and a surface emissivity of 0.8. Under steady-
state conditions an outer surface temperature of 100oC is measured. Free
convection heat transfer to the air adjoining the surface is characterized by a
convection coefficient of h = 20 W/m2.K. What is the brick inner surface
temperature?