6.

Unsteady State Heat Conduction

Previous year’s gate questions
6.1 What is the maximum edge dimension in meter of a solid
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aluminum cube
subject to a convective heat transfer with h = 30 W/(m K) for a lumped
parameter analysis to be fairly accurate? Take Kaluminium = 250 W/(m K). Ans

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6.6 A glass of diameter 50 mm containes some hot milk. The height of the milk in the glass
is 100 mm. To cool the milk, the glass is placed into a large pan filled with cold water
at 25℃. The initial temperature of the milk is 80℃. The milk is stirred slowly and
continuously so that its temperature remains uniform at all times. The heat transfer
coefficient between the water and the glass is 100 W/(m2℃). determine the time
taken for the milk to cool from 80℃ to 30℃. Kmilk = 0.6 W/(m K), ρmilk = 900 kg/m3,
cp milk = 4.2 kJ/(kg K). Neglect the effect of stirring work.
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6.7 A thermocouple the juction of which can be approximated as a 1 mm

diameter sphere is used to measure the temperature of a gas stream. The
properties of the junction are ρ = 8500 kg/m3, c = 320 J/kg K and k = 35 W/m
K. The heat transfer coefficient between the junction and the gas is 210 W/m2
K. Determine how long it will take for the thermocouple to read 99% of the
initial temperature difference.
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6.1 5
6.2 1386.3
6.3 558.2
6.4 101 to 104
6.5 123 to124
6.6 18.87 minute
6.7 9.96 sec
6.8 C
6.9 C
6.10 A
6.11 A
6.12 901.78
6.13 A
6.14 C
6.15 D
6.16 D
6.17 B
6.18 A
6.19 B
6.20 2.5
6.21 42 to 45
6.22 B
6.23 D
6.24 D
6.25 C
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6.28 A
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