Module 4: Activity No.

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Heat Transfer Exercises Problems

Name: Briones, Chris John A.

Student No. 20141123708
Problem No. 1:
A hollow sphere with inner radius of 7.62 cm; outer radius of 12.7 cm; k = 46.14 W/mK
and inside temperature of 426.7 deg C. If the heat from the sphere is 439.6 W, what is
the outside surface temperature of sphere? If a 1 -in layer of insulation (k = 0.2 W/mK)
is wrapped on the outside surface of the sphere, what will be the outer surface
temperature of magnesia? All other data remain the same.
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GIVEN: r 1=7.62 cm=0.0762m, r 2=12.7 cm=0.127 m, K 1=46.14 , T =426.7 ˚ C
mk 1
0.0254 m W
Q=439.6 W , t insulation=1∈ x , K 2=0.2
1∈¿=0.0254 m¿ mk

Q
r2
r3

r1

T2 T1

T3 K1
K2

SOLUTION:
r 3=r 2+ t insulation
r 3=0.127 m+ 0.0254 m
r 3=0.1524 m
T 2:
T 1−T 2
Q=
r 2−r 1
4 п K 1 r2 r1
 426.7˚ C−T 2
439.6 W =
0.127 m−0.0762 m
W
4 п( 46.14 )(0.127 m)( 0.0762m)
mk

T 2=422.72 ˚ C
T 3:
T 2−T 3
Q=
r 3−r 2
4 п K 2 r3 r2

422.72˚ C−T 3
439.6 W =
0.1524 m−0.127 m
W
4 п( 0.2 )(0.1524 m)(0.127 m)
mk

T 3=193.18 ˚ C

Problem No. 2:
A hollow sphere with inner radius of 8 cm, outer radius of 13 cm and inside surface
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temp of 430 deg C is made of material with thermal conductivity of 46.15 . If the
mK
outside surface temp is 420 deg C, find the heat loss from the sphere in W/m 2 based on
the inside surface area and again based on the outer surface area.
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GIVEN:r 1=8 cm=0.08 m,r 2=13 cm=0.13 m,T 1=430 ˚ C , K=46.15 , T =420 ˚ C
mk 2

Solution:
Q
Ai
 Ai=4 п r 21 =4 п ¿

T 1−T 2 A i
Q=
r 2−r 1 A i
4 п K 1 r2 r1

Q T 1−T 2
=
A i Ai (r 2−r 1 )
4 п K 1 r2 r1

Q 430 ˚ C−420˚ C
=
Ai 4п¿¿¿

Q W
=14998.75 2
Ai m
Q
:
A0
A0 =4 пr 22=4 п¿

T 1−T 2 A 0
Q=
r 2−r 1 A 0
4 п K 1 r2 r1

Q T 1−T 2
=
A o A 0(r 2−r 1 )
4 п K 1 r2 r1

Q 430 ˚ C−420 ˚ C
=
Ao 4 п ¿ ¿¿

Q W
=5680 2
Ao m