Alexandria Higher Institute of Engineering & Technology (AIET)

Third Year – Second semester

Mechatronics Departement
2021- 2022
Heat Transfer (EME 314) Sheet 1:Basics of heat transfer
Supervisor : Dr. Asmaa Attya

1. The inner and outer surfaces of a 5-m 6-m brick wall of thickness 30 cm and
thermal conductivity 0.69 W/m.°C are maintained at temperatures of 20°C and 5°C,
respectively. Determine the rate of heat transfer through the wall, in W.

2. The inner and outer surfaces of a 0.5-cm-thick 2-m 2-m window glass in winter
are 10°C and 3°C, respectively. If the thermal conductivity of the glass is 0.78
W/m·°C, determine the amount of heat loss, in kJ, through the glass over a period of
5 hours. What would your answer be if the glass were 1 cm thick?

3. An aluminum pan whose thermal conductivity is 237 W/m.°C has a flat bottom
with diameter 20 cm and thickness 0.4 cm. Heat is transferred steadily to boiling
water in the pan through its bottom at a rate of 800 W. If the inner surface of the
bottom of the pan is at 105°C, determine the temperature of the outer surface of the
bottom of the pan.

4. Hot air at 80°C is blown over a 2-m 4-m flat surface at 30°C. If the average
convection heat transfer coefficient is 55 W/m2.°C, determine the rate of heat
transfer from the air to the plate, in kW.

5. Consider a person whose exposed surface area is 1.7 m2, emissivity is 0.7, and
surface temperature is 32°C. Determine the rate of heat loss from that person by
radiation in a large room having walls at a temperature of (a) 300 K and (b) 280 K.

6. A pipe carrying superheated steam in a basement at 10°C has a surface

temperature of 150°C. Heat loss from the pipe occurs by radiation (ε = 0.6) and
natural convection [hc = 25 W/(m2.K)]. Determine the percentage of the total heat
loss by these two mechanisms.

7. A steam pipe 200 mm in diameter passes through a large basement room. The
temperature of the pipe wall is 500°C, while that of the ambient air in the room is
20°C. Determine the heat transfer rate by convection and radiation per unit length
of steam pipe if the emissivity of the pipe surface is 0.8 and the natural convection
heat transfer coefficient has been determined to be 10 W/(m2.K).