Heat Transfer

Q.1 A plane slab of thickness L and thermal conductivity k is heated with a fluid on one side (P) and other side
(Q) is maintained at a constant temperature TQ of 250 C , as shown in the figure. The fluid is at 450 C and
the surface heat transfer coefficient, h is 10 W/m2 K . The steady state temperature Tp (in 0 C ) of the side
which is exposed to the fluid is ______ (correct to two decimal places).
TP

h = 10 W/m2K TQ = 25 C
0
k = 2.5 W/mK
T = 45 0C

L = 20 cm
Q.2 A brick wall (k = 0.9 W/mK) of thickness 0.18 m separates the warm air in a room from the cold ambient
air. On a particular winter day, the outside air temperature is − 50 C and the room needs to be maintained
at 270 C . The heat transfer coefficient associated with outside air is 20 W/m2 K . Neglecting the convective
resistance of the air inside the room, the heat loss, in W/m 2 , is
(A) 88 (B) 110 (C) 128 (D) 160
Q.3 Heat flows through a composite slab, as shown below. The depth of the slab is 1 m. The k values are in
W/mK. The overall thermal resistance in K/W is
0.5 m

k2 = 0.10

q 2
1m

k1 = 0.02

k3 = 0.04
1 3

0.5 m 0.25 m

(A) 17.2 (B) 21.9 (C) 28.6 (D) 39.2

Q.4 A cylinder made of a metal of conductivity 40 W/mK is to be insulated with a material of conductivity
0.1 W/mK. If the convective heat transfer coefficient with the ambient atmosphere is 5 W/m2K, the critical
radius of insulation is
(A) 2 cm (B) 4 cm (C) 8 cm (D) 50 cm

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Q.5 It is desired to increase the heat dissipation rate over the surface of an electronic device of spherical shape
of 5 mm radius exposed to convection with h = 10 W/m 2 K by encasing it in a spherical sheath of
conductivity 0.04 W/mK. For maximum heat flow, the diameter of the sheath should be
(A) 18 mm (B) 16 mm (C) 12 mm (D) 8 mm
Q.6 A composite hollow sphere with steady internal heating is made of 2 layers of materials of equal thickness
with thermal conductivities in the ratio of 1:2 for inner to outer layers. Ratio of inside to outside diameter
is 0.8. What is ratio of temperature drop across the Inner and outer layers?
(A) 0.4 (B) 1.6 (C) 2 ln 0.8 (D) 2.5
Q.7 A large concrete slab 1 m thick has one dimensional temperature distribution :
T = 4 − 10 x + 20 x 2 + 10 x 3 , where T is temperature and x is distance from one face towards other face of
wall. If the slab material has thermal diffusivity of 2 × 10−3 m2/hr, what is the rate of change of temperature
at the other face of the wall?
(A) 0.10 C/h (B) 0.20 C/h (C) 0.30 C/h (D) 0.40 C/h
Q.8 6.0 kJ of conduction heat transfer has to take place in 10 minutes from one end to other end of a metallic
cylinder of 10 cm2 cross-sectional area, length 1 meter and thermal conductivity as 100 W/mK. What is
the temperature difference between the two ends of the cylindrical bar?
(A) 800 C (B) 1000 C (C) 1200 C (D) 1600 C

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