UNIVERSITY OF ADEN FACULTY OF ENGINEEIUNG Mechanical Engineering Depurtinent Even Semester Examination 2013/2014 Subject: Heat Transfer-I Datesfi2/2014 Class:B3M/ME. Time: 2hours. Notes:1-Solve any four questions out of the six. 2.Show clearly your solutions 3. After solving a question and cancelled il for any reason write on il cancel. Q.1(a) What is the name of governing law of heat transfer by conduction? Write an expression of heat loss by conduction through a single plane wall and mention the name of each term und its uni in the expression? b) Calculate the overall h Wransfer coefficient for (i) Single concrete slab of thickness 20 cm and thermal conductivity of 0.72W/mK. ii) Uf the single slab in (i) is divided into two layers of 10 em each in contact with each other iii) Lfa plaster layer of thickness 3cm and conductivity of 0.6W/mK is introduced between the two concrete layers, For all the above cases given that hy = 8.5W/n?K and hy = $.5Wémn’ Q. 2a) Determine the convective heat transfer coefficient if 25000 Wim’ heat is transferred from a surface at 150°C to a fluid at 75" (b) Specity which of the following statements are correct and which are wrong and correct the wrong statement Radiation mode of heat transfer can transfer through us itr Overall heat transfer coefficient is amount uf heal includes all modes of heat transtr ini- Thermal diffusivity, absopuvity, reflectivity transmitivity, and emissivity all these ate body properties. > Fin efficiency will be maximum when the temperature along th Y equals tH the atmaspherie teimperature ¥= Ifa body in thermal equilibrium with the enyironment then ity absorptivity equals tos fectivity Q.3 (a) A hot gas of temperature 130 C is running in a steel pipe (ke 45WimK) hus an inside and outside diameters of 20em and 2em respectively The pipe 1s covered with two layers of insulations inner one is Sem thick (k=0.04Wimk) and the outer one is 4cm thick (k=0.06W/mK). The covered pipe is laid in atmosphere at 15 C. Ifthe inside and outside convective heat transfer coefficients are 20 Wim’K and 6W/m'K respectively. Calculate the rate of heat transfer from hot gas to atmosphere per meter length of the pipe? And determine the temperature between insulating layers ) What do you understand by critical radius? ‘Q4. a) Write the boundary conditions for a rectangular fin insulated at the endby A rectangular fin of Smm, 15 em wide and 50 em long is attached to a hot plate at a tempera of 85 C, and the fin is insulated at the end. If the conductivity of the fin material is 60 WimKand convective heat tran: sfer coefficient is 12 W/m°K. For an ambient temperature of 33 C. Calculate: i)-Total heat loss from the fin surface , (ii)-temperature at the end of the fin. iii)-temp. at the middle of the fin and iv} fin efficiency. Q5.a) What is the difference between the steady and unsteady heat conduction? (b) A temperature distribution through a large wall 40cm thick heated from one side at a certain time is given by: t= 55-35x=30x?-20x? +10x* where x is in meter and tin C. If the area is 10 m Calculate: i) The heat entering, and leaving the wall in unit time. ii)- The heat energy storage in the wall in unit time, iii)- The rate of temperature change with time at x=0 and at x=0.4m. iv Locate where the ratg of heating (or cooling) is maximum. Take k = 12W/mK and a= 0.03m’/hr). . Q6.a) State Kirchoff's law for emissive power? b) Determine the temperature of the sun in the date of your examination for the given data: solar constant [..= [367W/m* mean sun-earth distance = 1.5 «10!''m ssun diameter =1.39*10? m Steffan- Boltzmann constant 6710" Wink" aa ag-053 Cos | OK : New n= vlog of gear | Yea: 2 ae Dil vos om iy K Le S “RRR, a - tnt ue es fe (ele tatey