Brenda Gomes

February 7, 2020
MSE 3002
Individual Assignment

1. A plate of your element is a window in a heat exchanger. The fluid flowing along the hot side
of the heat exchanger is at a temperature of 0.75 x the melting point (K) of your element. The
coolant fluid flowing along the cold side of the heat exchanger is at 300 K. The heat transfer
coefficients are h IN = 100 W/m 2 -K and h OUT = 50 W/m 2 -K. The window is 800 x 800 mm
in cross section and 200 mm thick. The metallic window is inserted in a refractory-ceramic wall
that is an excellent insulator.
For steady state operation of the heat exchanger compute and plot:
1. The temperature as a function of distance in the thickness direction.
2. The heat flux as a function of distance in the thickness direction.
3. The heat flow rate as a function of the distance in the thickness direction.

Thermal resistance, R, is connected with the thermal conductivity, λ, and the fabric thickness, h,
as follows:

m2 K h
R ( )
W
=
λ

For my element: Indium → thermal conductivity (k) is given as 81.8W/m-k

And the thickness is 200 mm or 0.2 m.

R = 409 m2 K /W
Area of material: 8002∗200=128,000 → 0.128 m3
Tm= Indium → 429.75 K
Homologous temperature = 0.75
Tf= temperature of the fluid (429.75 * 0.75) = 322.3125 K
Length of material: 2∆ x = 200 mm → ∆ x=¿100¿ mm
Heat transfer coefficient: h¿ = 100 W/m 2-K and h out= 50 W/m 2-K
A
 Heat Flow Rate = Q=−k( )(ΔT)
l
3
(0.128 m )
Q = −81.8 (322.3125-300K) = -23362 J/s
0.010 m

Q −23362 J / s
 Heat flux = A = 3
=−182515.625 J m 3 s
0.128 m

1 1 sn 1 1 0.1 1
= +Σ + = + + =243.926∗10−3 W/(m2
UA h ci A i k n A n h co A o 100∗0.128 81.8∗0.128 50∗0.128
K)
U = the overall heat transfer coefficient (W/(m2 K)
hc i,o = inside or outside wall individual fluid convection heat transfer coefficient (W/(m2 K)
sn = thickness of layer n (m, ft)

Plots:
1. Temperature as a function of distance in direction of thickness

Distance Temperature
Δx (m) Gradient ΔT/Δx
0 0
0.1 223.125

2.

Distance Δx heat flux (q)

Jm3 −s
0 0
0.1 -0.3666106443
3.

Distance Heat Flow heat flux (q)

(m) Rate J/s Jm3 −s
0 0 0
0.1 223.125 1743.164063