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Calculate the heat loss per m2 of surface area for a temporary insulating wall of a food cold storage

room where the outside temperature is 299.9 K and the inside temperature 276.5 K. The wall is
composed of 25.4 mm of cork board having k of 0.0433 W/m•K.
Water flows through a cast steel pipe (k = 50 W/m K) with an outer diameter of 104 mm and 2mm
wall thickness.

 Calculate the heat loss by convection and conduction per meter length of uninsulated pipe
when the water temperature is 15℃, the outside air temperature is -10℃ the water side heat
transfer coefficient is 30 kW/m2 K and the outside heat transfer coefficient is 20 W/m2 K.
 Calculate the corresponding heat loss when the pipe is lagged with insulation having an outer
diameter of 300mm, and the thermal conductivity of k=0.05 W/m K.
The inner and outer surface temperatures of a glass window 5 mm thick are 15 and 5°C,
respectively. What is the heat loss through a window that is 1 m by 3 m on a side? The thermal
conductivity of glass is 1.4 W/m K.
The inner and outer surfaces of a 5m x 6m brick wall of thickness 30cm and thermal conductivity
0.69 W/m ℃ are maintained at 20℃ and 5℃. What is the rate of heat transfer through the wall?
A hollow sphere has inner radius of 7.62 cm and outer radius of 12.70 cm, the thermal conductivity
of 46.15 W/m K ; and t1=426.7 ℃. If the heat from the sphere is 439.6 W, what is t0?
Natural Convection Cooling of an Orange. An orange 102mm in diameter having a surface
temperature of 21.10C is placed on an open shelf in a refrigerator at 4.40C. Calculate the heat loss
by natural convection, neglecting radiation. As an approximation, the simplified equation for
vertical planes can be used with L replaced by the radius of the sphere (M1). For a more accurate
correlation, see (S2).
The convection heat transfer coefficient between a surface at 40°C and ambient air at 20°C is20
W/m K. Calculate the heat flux leaving the surface by convection
A vertical 76.2 mm in diameter and 121.9 mm high is maintained at 397.1 K at its surface. It loses
heat by natural convection to air at 294.3 K. Heat loss neglecting radiation losses. Use the
simplified equations of Table 4.7-2 and those equations for the lowest range of NGr, Npr. The
equivalent L to use for the top flat surface is 0.9 times the diameter.
Effect of Convective Coefficients on Heat Loss in Double window. Repeat Problem 5 for heat
loss in double window. However, include a convective coefficient of h=11.35 W/m2•K on the
outside surface of one side of the window and an h of 11.35 on the other side surface. Also calculate
the overall U.
The rear window of an automobile is defogged by passing warm air at 40 °C over its inner surface,
and the associated convection coefficient is 30 W/m K. Under conditions for which the outside
ambient air temperature is -10°C and the associated convection coefficient is 65 W/m K, what are
the inner and outer surface temperatures of the window? The window glass is 4 mm thick
Air at 300°C flows over a flat plate of dimensions 0.50 m by 0.25 m. If the convection heattransfer
coefficient is 250 W/m K, determine the heat transfer rate from the air to one side of the plate when
the plate is maintained at 40°C
A hollow sphere has inner radius of 7.62 cm and outer radius of 12.70 cm, the thermal conductivity
of 46.15 W/m K ; and t1=426.7 ℃. If the heat from the sphere is 439.6 W, what is t0?
Radiation to a Tube from a Large Enclosure. Repeat Example 4.10-1 but use the slightly more
accurate Eq. (4.10-5) with two different emissivities.

1. A surface of area 0.5 m, emissivity 0.8, and temperature 150°C is placed in a


large,evacuated chamber whose walls are maintained at 25°C. What is the rate at which
radiation isemitted by the surface? What is the net rate at which radiation is
exchanged between the surfaceand the chamber walls?

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