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Given information:

Outer diameter of the satellite D = 3m


Thickness of the shell t = 1.25 cm = 0.0125 m
Initial temperature of the satellite
Atmospheric temperature
Effective heat transfer co-efficient
Time of reentry

Assumptions:
1. Heat transfer occurs only in radial direction.
2. Properties of steel and convective heat transfer co-efficient remains constant.

Explanation:
For properties of stainless steel refer to appendix 2.
(Table 10)
For stainless steel of type 304,
Density ( )
Specific heat (C) = 461 J/kg.k
Thermal conductivity (k) = 14.4 W/mk

L = Characteristics dimension
For thin spherical shell characteristic dimension
L = t = 1.25 cm = 0.0125 m

Since biot number is less than 0.1 lumped parameter analysis can be used.
In lumped parameter analysis, temperature and time are related as follows:
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Temperature of the shell after reentry is


Explanation:
For properties of brass refer to Appendix -2, Table 10.
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Thermal conductivity k = 111 W/mk

L = Characteristic dimension

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Since biot number is less than 0.1, lumped parameter analysis can be used.
In lumped parameter analysis temperature and time are related as follows:

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Time required for heating the plate surface to 300 is 7.5 min.

Given information:
Initial temperature of steel vessel and water
Mass of water contained = 45 kg

Assumptions:
1. Vessel is completely filled with water.
2. Properties of steel and convective heat transfer co-efficient remain constant
3. Internal resistance of water is negligible.

Explanation:
For properties of steel refer o appendix 2, Table 10
For stainless steel of type 304,
Density ( )
Specific heat (C)= 461 J/kg.k
Thermal conductivity (k) = 14.4 W/mk

Volume of water = Volume of sphere

Given thickness of the sphere t = 2.5 cm = 0.025 m


Outer radius of the sphere
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Surface area of that transfer


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̅ * +

Since biot number is less than 0.1 lumped parameter analysis can be used for steel vessel.

Temperature time history for liquid in a thick vessel is given by the equation:
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Where
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F q

* +

(B)
Rate of heat loss by water = Rate of heat transfer to the steel vessel by convection
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q
( )* +
F q
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Given information:
Mass of aluminium iron m = 1.4 kg
Capacity of the heating element = 500 w = Rate of heat generation ( ̇ )
Surface area
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̅
F
For properties of aluminium refer to appendix-2, Table 12
Density ( ) ⁄
Specific heat (C)= 896 J/kg.k
Thermal conductivity (k) = 236 W/m.k

H = Heat transfer co-efficient

Since , lumped parameter analysis can be used.


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[ ̇ ] [̅ ( )]
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̇ ̅
̅ ̇
* + * +

[ ̇ ] q
q

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q
̇

̇
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̇

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̇ ̇
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̇
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* +
̇
̅

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* +

Given Information:
Diameter of the copper wire D =
Length of the copper wire
Temperature of air ( )

if the initial temperature of the wire is


Convective heat transfer co-efficient (h)=
To Determine: Temperature of the wire after 2s, 10s and 1 min

Explanation:
For properties of copper refer to appendix-2 and Table 12
At ( )
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Initially (at time t = 0) temperature of wire and temperature of air are same. As time passes
temperature of air increases and it causes increase in temperature of the copper wire.

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, internal resistance of the copper wire is negligible.
For copper wire energy balance equation is written as follows:
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Solving the differential equation we get,
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q q

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Substitute eq q
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Comparing the co-efficient on both sides we get

At time (t = 0) temperature of the wire T =


q
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Substituting the values of q , we get temperature time history of the


copper wire.
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Temperature time history of the cooper wire is
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At time t = 2 sec,
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Temperature of the copper wire at 2 sec, 10 sec, and 1 min are

Given Information:
Thickness of the copper plate
Heat transfer co-efficient and
Temperature of air streams is changed from 38 to 93
Finial temperature of the copper plate

Assumptions:
1. Initial temperature of the plate is
2. Heat transfer through ends is negligible
3. Properties of plate and convective heat transfer co-efficient remain constant.

Explanations:
For properties of copper refer to Appendix-2, Table-12.
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( ) ⁄
Thermal conductivity (k) = 399 W/mk

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Since biot number is less than 0.1, internal resistance is negligible.


Energy balance equation for the plate is written as follows
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Integrating the above equation we get,


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m = Mass of the plate


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Temperature time history of the plate is

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Copper plate takes 13.71 min to reach to temperature of 82

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