CHE325: Heat Transfer Operations

Batch: FA19-CHE Section: A

Date Assigned: 15-10-2021

Due Date: 20-10-2021

Instructor: Dr. Abdul Razzaq

 Instructions
• Use A-4 Size page only
• Use proper title page format
• Find and select the suitable value of k from data if
not available
• Handwritten assignment will be accepted only
• Late submissions will be penalized
 Assignment Statement

1. A refrigerator wall consists of an insolation in between metal sheet panels. Consider the
insolation is made of 60 mm thick fiberglass (k = 0.045 W/m K) and the metal sheets at
both sides having thickness of 5 mm and thermal conductivity, k = 60 W/m K. If the inner
metal sheet temperature is 5 °C and the surface temperature of outer metal sheet is 25 °C:

a) Sketch the thermal circuit with clear depiction of modes of heat transfer involved

b) Calculate the conductive heat transfer per unit area

c) If the air inside the refrigerator is at temperature of 3 °C (hi = 5 W /m2 K) and the
ambient air temperature is at 30 °C (ho = W /m2 K), then calculate the total heat
transfer per unit area across the refrigerator wall

d) If a contact resistance of 2.1 K/ W per unit area exists between the metal sheet
panels and insolation, determine the total heat transfer per unit area across
refrigerator wall.

2. Two 7 mm thick glass sheets (k = 0.6 W/m K) pasted together make a window. The window
separates room air at 30 °C from outside ambient air at 5 °C. The convection coefficient
associated with the inner (room-side) surface is 20 W/m2 K. If the convection coefficient
associated with the outer (ambient) air is ho = 70 W/m2 K, determine the heat loss through
a window that is 0.8 m long by 0.5 m wide?

3. A chilled dairy liquid (5 °C, 350 W/ m2 K) is required to pumped using stainless steel tube
with an inner diameter of 50 mm and a wall thickness of 5 mm. The ambient air is at a
temperature of 30 °C, 20 W/m2 K:

(a) Sketch the thermal circuit with clear depiction of heat transfer modes

(b) Calculate the total heat loss per unit tube length?

(c) Calculate the total heat loss if a tube length is 3 m

(d) If a 30-mm thick layer of calcium silicate insulation (k ins = 0.050 W/m K) is
cladded over the tube, Calculate the total heat loss across the pipe length of 3 m