Course Code : 15ME1117/2015 R-2015 Reg.

No :

GAYATRI VIDYA PARISHAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (AUTONOMOUS)

Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam
Affiliated to JNT University – K, Kakinada
B.Tech. V-Semester Regular & Supplementary Examinations, Oct/Nov.-2018
HEAT TRANSFER
(Mechanical Engineering)

Date : 23-10-2018 Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 70

1. Answer ONE Question from each UNIT
2. All parts of a Question must be answered in one place to get valued.
3. All questions carry equal marks.
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Note: Use of Heat Transfer Data Book and Steam Tables are permitted.

UNIT-I
1. a) Define thermal conductivity of a material and explain its significance. 4 Marks
b) A brick wall (k= 0.72 W/mK) is 0.34 m thick. If the temperatures of the inner and outer
surfaces are maintained at 75oC and 25oC respectively. Calculate the heat loss through one 10 Marks
square metre area. Find also the temperature at an interior point of the wall 0.2 m distant from
the outer wall.
2. a) Explain with neat sketches the different types of fins used in practice. 6 Marks
b) The handle of a ladle used for pouring molten lead at 3280C is 30cm long. Originally the
handle was made of 1.3 cm by 2.0 cm mild steel bar stock. To reduce the grip temperature, it
8 Marks
is proposed to form a hollow handle of 1.5 mm thick mild steel tubing to the same
rectangular shape. The average heat transfer coefficient over the handle is 17W/m2-K, when
the ambient air temperature is 280C. The thermal conductivity of mild steel is 43 W/m-K.
Determine the reduction in the temperature of the grip stating assumptions made. Assume
fin as short fin with insulated tip end.

UNIT-II
3. a) What is dimensional analysis and what are the uses of it? 4 Marks
b) Use dimensional analysis and show that for forced convection flow through a circular tube of 10 Marks
diameter D, Nusselt number Nu = f (Re, Pr).

4. a) Define thermal diffusivity and explain its significance. 4 Marks

b) A steel strip (ρ = 7900 kg/m3, Cp= 0.64 kJ/kg-K, k=30 W/m-k), 5 mm thick, 50cm wide
coming out of the rolling mill is passed through a cooling chamber maintained at 500C. How
long should the strip stay in the chamber if the temperature at no plane in the strip is to fall 10 Marks
below 1000C, while the strip enters the chamber at 3000C? The surface heat transfer
coefficient is 95 W/m2-K. Use Lumped Heat Capacity Analysis if applicable.
UNIT-III
5. a) What is the difference between local and average convection heat transfer coefficients? 4 Marks
b) The heat transfer coefficient for a gas flowing over a thin flat plate 3 m long and 0.3 m wide
varies with distance from the leading edge according to h(x) = 10 (x)-1/4 W/m2-K , where 10 Marks
‘x’ is the axial distance from leading edge of the plate in metres. Calculate
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(i) average heat transfer coefficient (ii) rate of heat transfer between the plate and the gas if
the plate is at 1700C and the gas is at 300C and (iii) local heat flux 2 m from the leading edge.
6. a) Define the hydrodynamic entrance length and thermal entrance length for fluid flow in 6 Marks
a tube. Draw the changing temperature profiles with constant wall temperature and constant
heat flux conditions.
b) One concept is used for solar energy collection involves placing a tube at the focal point of a
parabolic reflector and passing a fluid through the tube. The arrangement can be
8 Marks
approximated as a tube of 60mm diameter on a sunny day with constant surface heat flux of
1900W/m2. Pressurized water enters the tube at 200C with a flow rate of 0.01kg/s.
(i) Calculate the tube length required to obtain an outlet temperature of 600C (ii) assuming
fully developed conditions determine the surface temperature at the tube exit. Properties of
water are Cp= 4181kJ/kg-K, k = 0.670 W/m-K, µ= 0.355x10-3 N-sec/m2, Pr = 2.22.

UNIT-IV
7. a) Distinguish between pool boiling and flow boiling. 4 Marks
b) A tungsten wire immersed horizontally in a water bath at atmospheric pressure is heated
electrically with a steady state applied voltage drop of 15.8 volt and a current of 53.7 amp.
The wire has a radius of 0.5mm and is 300mm long determine (i) heat flux (ii) wire surface 10 Marks
temperature if the boiling heat transfer coefficient is estimated to be 45 kW/m2-K.

8. a) Derive an expression for LMTD for a parallel flow and for a counter flow heat exchanger 7 Marks
b) A steam condenser is 4m long and contains 2000 brass tubes (1.59cm OD). In a test 125 kg/s
cooling water at 220C is supplied to the condenser and when the steam pressure in the shell is
7 Marks
0.085 bar (abs) the condensate is produced at a rate of 3.05 kg/s. Determine (i) effectiveness
of the exchanger and (ii) the overall heat transfer coefficient. Take specific heat of the water is
4.178 kJ/kg-K.

UNIT-V
9. a) What is the physical significance of the shape factor? When the shape factor from a surface to 6 Marks
itself is not equal to zero?
b) Two perfectly black, parallel disks, 1 m in diameter are separated by distance of 0.25m. One
disk is kept at 600C while the other held at 200C. the discs are placed in a large room whose 8 Marks
walls are maintained at 400C. determine net radiation heat exchange (i) between the disks
(ii) between disks and the room.

10. Two large parallel plates with emissivity ϵ = 0.5 each are maintained at different temperatures 14 Marks
and are exchanging heat only by radiation. Two equally large radiation shields with surface
emissivity 0.05 are introduced in between and parallel to the plates. Find the percentage
reduction in net radiation heat transfer.

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