Tutorial – 3 Conduction with heat generation and extended surfaces

1. Consider conduction in a solid cylinder with uniform heat generation. Solid cylinder
is experiencing convective boundary condition. Assuming constant properties, derive
relations for temperature distribution varying with radius of the cylinder and the
surface temperature.
2. Consider a long solid tube, insulated at the outer radius r2 and cooled at the inner
radius r1, with uniform heat generation q within the solid.
a. Find the general solution for the temperature distribution in the tube.
b. In a practical application a limit would be placed on the maximum temperate
that is permissible at the insulated surface (r r2). Specifying this limit as Ts,2, ,
identify the appropriate boundary constants appearing in the general solution.
Determine these constants and the corresponding form of the temperature
distribution
c. Determine the heat removal rate per unit length
d. If the coolant is available at a temperature T∞ obtain an expression for the
convection coefficient that would have to be maintained at the inner surface to
allow for operation at prescribed values of Ts,2 and q

3. Derive relations for temperature distribution and heat transfer rate for fins with
uniform cross section. Base of the fin is maintained at a temperature of Tb and
prescribed temperature maintained at the fin tip TL. Please do not skip any algebra, all
the steps are to be shown clearly.
4. To determine the thermal conductivity of a long, solid 25 mm diameter rod, its base is
placed in a furnace with a large portion of it projecting into room air at 21°C. After
steady stage conditions prevail, the temperature at two points, 100 mm apart, are
found to be 164°C and 86°C, respectively. The convective heat transfer coefficient
between the rod surface and the surrounding air is 28 W/m2°C. Determine the
thermal conductivity of the rod material.
5. Duplex thermocouple leads have both wires embedded in polyvinyl electrical
insulation. One available size has wires of 0.25 mm diameter in insulation with an
outside perimeter of 1.5 mm and is to be used in the situation as shown in Fig. below.
The air temperature is 350 K, and the wall temperature is 300 K. What length of
immersion is required for the error in the thermocouple reading to be 0.1 K when the
heat transfer coefficient on the perimeter is approximately 30 W/m2K ? The wires are
(i) copper and constantan (type T) (ii) iron and constantan (type J) (iii) chromel and
alumel (type K)