Thermal Penetration Time for Conductive Heat Transfer

Thermal diffusivity(Motion of Heat) with an analogy of motion of dissolution

of sugar lump in a cup of coffee
Molecules of sugar and
coffee will mix together and
the concentration of sugar
will raise.

Similarly heat conduction propagation

within the CUP OF COFFEE is due to
thermal diffusion or the diffusion of heat
that excites neighboring molecules
What do you think. How much time
will it take to feel hotness of coffee
on the surface of cup…?
Lets understand this with analogy of
So how fast this thermal diffusion
diffusion of sugar lump in a cup of
will take place..? Or lets call it
coffee !!
what will be
PENETRATION TIME …?
CFPS Exam Preparation- Mehboob Shaikh(CFPS, CFI, AMIE)
 Thermal Penetration Time for Conductive Heat Transfer

How Fast Thermal diffusivity will take place..?

Example : Calculate Penetration time of below Given figure

Where,
x = Distance or length
𝒙𝟐 α = k/ρc
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆(𝟏%) 𝒕 =
12α K = Thermal Conductivity
Polyurethane wall
ρ = Density
c = Specific Heat

(𝟎. 𝟎𝟓)𝟐
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕 =
12( 𝟏. 𝟐 ∗ 𝟏𝟎^ − 𝟔)

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕 = 𝟏𝟕𝟒 𝑺𝒆𝒄.

Oh yes…after 174 sec I can feel the thermal

effect(hotness)on the other side of wall !!!

X or l = 0.05m CFPS Exam Preparation- Mehboob Shaikh(CFPS, CFI, AMIE)