SCHOOL of APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

ENGINEERING DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

THRM2343
Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
Heat Transfer Formulas

CONVECTION
Q = h(ΔT)
h coefficient of heat transfer
ΔT change in temperature

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RADIANT

Q = (0.173 x 108 )(A)(𝑇𝑇 4 )

A area of material
T temperature
0.173 x 108 constant

CONDUCTION
ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟ℎ 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜
Q = conduction • ( )
𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜

Wall
𝑄𝑄 𝑘𝑘∆𝑇𝑇
=
𝐴𝐴 ∆𝑋𝑋

𝑄𝑄 ∆𝑇𝑇
=
𝐴𝐴 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅

∆𝑋𝑋
R=
𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘

𝑅𝑅𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 = 𝑅𝑅1 + 𝑅𝑅2 + 𝑅𝑅3 …

ΔT change in temperature
k conductivity (from table)
∆X thickness of material
R resistance of material
A area of material

CYLINDER
2𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋∆𝑇𝑇
Q= 𝑟𝑟 𝑟𝑟
𝑙𝑙𝑛𝑛 2 𝑙𝑙𝑛𝑛 3
𝑟𝑟1 𝑟𝑟2
+ +⋯
𝑘𝑘1 𝑘𝑘2

Note: the higher the contentment of

Air in the material, the lower the “k” value
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