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1. A tank contains 25 liters of lubricating oil having a relative density
of 0.9 and temperature of 10°C. The oil is heated for 15 minutes by a
2.16 kW electric heater. Determine the final temperature (⁰F) of the
oil assuming heat loss through the tank as 160 Watts. (Cv=2 kJ/kg-K)
A. 100 C. 122
B. 50 D. 323
2. Calculate the heat transfer per hour through a solid brick wall 6 m
long, 2.9 m high, and 225 mm thick, when the outer surface is at 5⁰C
and the inner surface 17⁰C, the coefficient of thermal conductivity of
the brick being 0.6 W/m-K.
A. 2,004.48 kJ/h C. 3,004.48 kJ/h
B. 2,400.48 kJ/h D. 3,400.48 kJ/h
3. A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner of firebrick 20 cm
thick followed by insulating brick 15 cm thick and an outer wall of
steel 1 cm thick. The surface temperature of the wall adjacent to the
combustion chamber is 1,200⁰C while that the outer surface of steel
is 50⁰C. The thermal conductivities of the wall material in W/m-K are:
firebrick, 10; insulating brick, 0.26; and steel, 45. Neglecting the film
resistances and contact resistance joints, determine the heat loss per
sq. m. of wall area.
A. 1.93 kW/m2 C. 2.93 kW/m2
B. 1.55 kW/m2 D. 2.55 kW/m2
4. Calculate the energy transfer rate across 6 in. wall of firebrick with
a temperature difference across the wall of 50⁰C. The thermal
conductivity of the firebrick is 0.65 Btu/hr-ft-⁰F at the temperature
interest.
A. 285 W/m2 C. 369 W/m2
B. 112 W/m2 D. 429 W/m2
5. A cold storage compartment is 4.5 m long by 4 m wide by 2.5 m
high. The four walls, ceiling and floor are covered to a thickness of
150 mm with insulating material which has a coefficient of thermal
conductivity of 5.8 x 10-2 W/m-K. Calculate the quantity of heat
leaking through the insulation per hour when the outside and inside
face temperatures of the material is 15⁰C and -5⁰C, respectively.
A. 2,185.44 kJ/h C. 1,185.44 kJ/h
B. 3,185.44 kJ/h D. 4,185.44 kJ/h
6. One insulated wall of a cold storage compartment is 8 m long by
2.5 m high and consists of an outer steel plate 18 mm thick and an
inner wood wall 22.5 mm thick. The steel and wood are 90 mm apart
to form a cavity which is filled with cork. If the temperature drop
across the extreme faces of the composite wall is 15⁰C. Calculate the
heat transfer (kJ/h) through the wall and the temperature drop
across (⁰C) the thickness of the cork. Take the coefficients of thermal
conductivity for steel, cork and wood as 45, 0.045 and 0.18 W/m-K,
respectively.
A. 408.24; 12.12 C. 708.24; 11.12
B. 608.24; 13.12 D. 508.24; 14.12
7. The heat loss per hour through 1 sq. ft of furnace wall 18" thick is 520
Btu. The temperature on the hot side of the wall is 1900 degrees F,
and its average thermal conductivity is 0.61 Btu/hr-ft-°F. Determine
the temperature on the other side of the wall in °C.
A. 621 C. 327
B. 1081 D. 600
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8. Two metals have the same size. The thermal conductivity of metal
II=2 times the thermal conductivity of metal I. If one end of metal I is
heated so T1=100°C and one end of metal II is heated so T2=25°C,
then what is the temperature in °F between both metals.
A. 122 C. 510
B. 50 D. 228
9. A wall with an area of 10 m2 is made of a 2 cm thickness of white
pine (k=0.113 W/m-°C) followed by 10 cm of brick (k=0.649 W/m-°C).
The pine is on the outside where the temperature is 30°C while the
inside temperature is 10°C. What is the temperature in °F at the
interface between two metals?
A. 66.76 C. 339.76
B. 152.17 D. 95.72
10. The surface temperature of the hot side of the furnace wall is 1200
degrees C. It is desired to maintain the outside of the wall at 38
degrees C. A 152 mm of refractory silica is used adjacent to the
combustion chamber and 10 mm of steel covers the outside. What
thickness of insulating bricks is necessary between refractory and
steel, if the heat loss should be kept at 788 W/m 2? Use k=13.84 W/m-
K for refractory silica; 0.15 for insulating brick, and 45 for steel.
A. 3.34 in C. 8.64 in
B. 11.44 in D. 5.87 in
11. Calculate the quantity of heat conducted per minute through a
duralumin circular disc 127 mm diameter and 19 mm thick when the
temperature drop across the thickness of the plate is 5⁰C. Take the
coefficient of thermal conductivity of duralumin as 150 W/m-K.
A. 30 C. 40
B. 35 D. 45
12. A hollow sphere has an outside radius of 1 m and is made of
polystyrene foam with a thickness of 1 cm. A heat soured inside keeps
the inner surface 5.20⁰C hotter than the outside surface. How much
power is produced by the heat source? The thermal conductivity of
polystyrene foam is 0.033 W/m-⁰C.
A. 200 W C. 216 W
B. 300 W D. 316 W
13. A heat exchanger was installed purposely to cool 0.50 kg of gas
per second. Molecular weight is 28 and k=1.32. The gas is cooled from
150⁰C to 80⁰C. Water is available at the rate of 0.30 kg/s and at a
temperature of 12⁰C. Calculate the exit temperature of the water.
A. 48.125⁰C C. 42.125⁰C
B. 46.125⁰C D. 44.125⁰C
14. What is the heat conducted through a 0.1 m thick industrial
furnace wall made of fireclay brick (k = 1.7 W/m-K)? Measurements
made during steady state operation showed that the wall
temperatures inside and outside the furnace are 1000 and 500°C
respectively. The length of the wall is 1 m, and the height is 2 m.
A. 17,000 W C. 18,500 W
B. 18,000 W D. 18,700 W
15. An industrial freezer is designed to operate with an internal air
temperature of -20ᵒC when the external air temperature is 25ᵒC, and
the internal and external heat transfer coefficients are 12 W/m 2-K and
8 W/m2-K, respectively. The walls of the freezer are composite
construction, comprising an inner layer of plastic (k = 1 W/m-K, and
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thickness of 3 mm), and an outer layer of stainless steel (k = 16 W/m- A. 155.34 C. 225.67
K, and thickness of 1 mm). Sandwiched between these two layers is B. 85.87 D. 29.38
a layer of insulation material with k = 0.07 W/m-K. Find the width of
the insulation that is required to reduce the convective heat loss to 19. On a hot day, the temperature of Engr. Menor 80,000 L swimming
15 W/m2. pool increases by 2.5°C. What is the net heat transfer (Btu) during this
hot day? Ignore any complications, such as loss of water by
A. 0.252 m C. 0.195 m evaporation.
B. 0.522 m D. 0.852 m
A. 793,744 C. 558,621
16. Determine the heat flux for a furnace wall made of fire clay if the B. 225,743 D. 893,156
furnace wall thickness is 6’’ and the thermal conductivity of the
furnace clay is 0.3 W/m-K. The furnace wall temperature can be 20. Two rooms, each a cube 4.0 m per side, share a 15.24-cm thick
taken to be same as furnace operating temperature which is 650°C, brick wall (k=0.84 W/m-K). Because of a number of 100-W lightbulbs
and temperature of the outer wall is 150°C. in one room, the air is at 27ᵒC, while the other room is at 18ᵒC. How
many 100-W bulbs are needed to maintain the temperature
A. 421.2 W/m2 C. 492.2 W/m2 difference across the wall?
B. 124.2 W/m2 D. 984 W/m2
A. 10 C. 8
17. The inside and outside surfaces of a 1-cm thick, 4-m squared- B. 9 D. 7
shaped window glass in winter are 9°C and 1°C, respectively. If the
thermal conductivity of the glass is 0.78 W/m-K, determine the heat
loss, in kcal, through the glass over a period of 8 hours.

A. 68,674 C. 34,453
C. 54,324 D. 56,212

18. A medical tent is standing in RTU quadrangle. The walls of the tent
are 3 mm thick, 5 m long and 4 m high and have a thermal
conductivity of 0.0814 W/m-K. If the temperature outside the tent is
32°C and 270 kJ of heat are transferred through the wall to the inside
of the tent every minute, what is the temperature at the inside of the
tent wall in °F? Ignore heat transfer through the ground and tent roof.