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CHAP 7 HEAT TRANSFER PAGE 331

Actual mass of water vapour in a given volume of moist air

φ =
mass of water vapour in the same volume of saturated
air at same temperature & pressure
p
φ = mv = v = 0.05 ...(i)
ms ps
Where, pv = Partial pressure of vapor at 20c C
From given table at T = 20cC , ps = 2.34 kPa
From equation (i),
pv = 0.05 # ps = 0.05 # 2.34 = 0.117 kPa
Phase equilibrium means, ps = pv
The temperature at which pv becomes saturated pressure can be found by
interpolation of values from table, for ps = 0.10 to ps = 0.26
− 10 − (− 15)
T =− 15 + ;
0.26 − 0.10 E
(0.117 − 0.10)

=− 15 + 5 # 0.017 =− 14.47 -− 14.5c C

0.16

SOL 7.28 Option (B) is correct.

The variation of heat transfer with the outer radius of the insulation r2 ,
when r1 < rcr

The rate of heat transfer from the insulated pipe to the surrounding air can
be expressed as
Qo = T1 − T3 = T1 − T3
Rins + Rconv. ln a k
r2
r1 1
+
2πLk h (2πr2 L)
The value of r2 at which Qo reaches a maximum is determined from the
dQo
requirement that = 0 . By solving this we get,
dr2
rcr, pipe = k ...(i)
h
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