School of Chemical Engineering

MINHAJ UNIVERSITY, LAHORE

B.Sc. (Engg.) 5th Semester MID-Term Examination
Session Fall-2018
Subject: Heat Transfer Total Marks : 25
Course Code: CHE-314
13 2018F-bschemengg- Hamad Hameed Assignment 13:
13 Objective:
Q.No.1:
(i) Fouling factor
(a) dimensionless quantity (b) does not provide a
safety factor for design (c) accounts for additional
resistance to heat flow (d) none of these

(ii) Driving force for heat transfer is

(a) temperature difference (b) concentration
difference (c) density difference (d) none of these (Marks: 05)

(iii) In a heat exchanger, the rate of heat transfer

from the hot fluid to the cold fluid
(a) varies directly as the area and LMTD (b) directlz
proportional to LMTD and inversely proportional to
area (c) varies as square of the area (d) none of
these.

(iv) Thermal diffusivity of a substance is

(a) Directly proportional to the thermal
conductivity
(b) Inversely proportional to density of
substance
(c) Inversely proportional to specific heat

(d) (d) All the above

(v) For spheres, the critical thickness of insulation is

given by
(a) h/2k (b) 2k/h (c) k/h (d) k/2πh

Subjective:
Q.No. 2: Explain in detail about the plate and frame
heat exchanger?

Q.No. 3: A double-pipe (shell-and-tube) heat

exchanger is constructed of a stainless steel (k = 15.1 (Marks: 05)
W/m°C) inner tube of inner diameter Di = 1.5 cm and
outer diameter Do = 1.9 cm and an outer shell of
inner diameter 3.2 cm. The convection heat transfer
coefficient is given to be hi = 800 W/m2 · °C (Marks: 05)
 School of Chemical Engineering
MINHAJ UNIVERSITY, LAHORE
B.Sc. (Engg.) 5th Semester MID-Term Examination
Session Fall-2018
Subject: Heat Transfer Total Marks : 25
Course Code: CHE-314
on the inner surface of the tube and ho = 1200 W/m2
· °C on the outer surface. For a fouling factor of Rf, i =
0.0004 m2 · °C/ W on the tube side and Rf, o = 0.0001
m2 · °C/ W on the shell side, determine (a) the
thermal resistance of the heat exchanger per unit
length and (b) the overall heat transfer coefficients,
Ui and Uo based on the inner and outer surface areas
of the tube, respectively.

Q. No. 4:
(a) Appraise using examples: Conduction,
Convection and Radiation modes of Heat Transfer.
(b) Appraise the method of experimental
measurement of “Thermal Conductivity” of a solid
material.
(c) Consider a 0.8 m high and 1.5 m wide glass
window with a thickness of 8 mm and a thermal
conductivity of K = 0.78 W m-1 oC-1. Determine the
steady rate of heat transfer through thin glass
window and temperature of its inner surface for a
day during which the room is maintained at 20oC (Marks: 03)
while the temperature of the outdoor is -10oC. Take
the heat transfer coefficients on the inner and outer
surfaces of the window to be h1 = 10 W m-2 oC1 and h2 (Marks: 02)
= 40 W m-2 oC-1 which includes the effect of radiation.

(Marks: 05)
Question # 2:

Plate and frame heat exchanger

Plate and frame heat exchangers are made of corrugated plates on a frame. This design
creates high turbulence and high wall shear stress, both of which lead to a
high heat transfer coefficient and a high fouling resistance. Fluids travel within the heat
exchanger. The two streams flow counter currently.
In the PHE the plates create a frame where the plates are pressed with headers and tie bars,
and the seal is guaranteed by gaskets. Gaskets, in addition to their sealing effect, serve to
direct the flow of the fluids, and are placed along the grooves at the edges of the plates.

Question # 3:
Question # 4: (a)

• Conduction:
Conduction is the exchange of energy from the more energetics particles of a substance and
energy will move starting with one molecule then onto the next molecule because of
connection between them.

Example:
The heat of the liquid in the cup of tea make itself to hot.
 • Convection:
Convection is a transfer of heat related to the movement that occurs within a fluid due to the
rising of hotter materials paired with the sinking of colder materials. This occurs because hotter
materials have less density than colder ones.

Example
When water boils, the heat passes from the burner into the pot, heating the water at the bottom.

• Radiation:

Radiation is the transfer of the energy through the space or material medium by the waves or
radiations.

Example:
Micro wave oven

Question # 4: (b)
Question # 4: (c)