THAPAR INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY, PATIALA

(Department of Chemical Engineering)

Tutorial Sheet – 7 (Unsteady State Heat transfer)

Subject: Heat Transfer Semester: II

Course No.: UCH 402 Session: 2011 - 2012
Course-Coordinator: Dr. D. Gangacharyulu Date: February 13, 2012

1. A cylindrical ingot 10 cm diameter and 30 cm long passes through a heat treatment furnace,
which is 6 m in length. The ingot must reach 800 oC before it comes out of the furnace. The
furnace gas is at 1250 oC and ingot initial temperature is 90 oC. What is the maximum speed
with which the ingot should move in the furnace to attain the required temperature? The
combined convective and radiative heat transfer coefficient is 100 W/(m2-K). The thermal
conductivity and the thermal diffusivity of the ingot steel are 40 W/(m-K) and 1.16x10-5
m2/sec.

2. A 100 cm  100 cm copper slab of 10 cm thick has a uniform temperature of 400 oC. Its
temperature is suddenly lowered to 100 oC and maintained. Calculate the time required for the
plate to reach the temperature of 200 oC. Take copper slab properties as,  = 9000 kg/m3; Cp =
0.38 kJ/(kg-K); k = 370 W/(m-K); and ‘h’ = 100 W/(m-K).

3. A vessel is filled with 0.0283m3 of water initially at 288.8 K. The vessel, which is well stirred,
is suddenly immersed in a steam bath held at 377.6 K. The overall heat-transfer coefficient U
between the steam and water is 1136W/(m2-K) and the area is 0.372m2. Neglecting the heat
capacity of the walls and agitator, calculate the time in hours to heat the water to 338.7 K.
[Hint: Since the water is well stirred, its temperature is uniform.]