Republic of the Philippines

EMILIO B. ESPINOSA, SR. MEMORIAL STATE COLLEGE OF

AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
(Masbate State College)
College of Engineering
http://www.debesmscat.edu.ph
Cabitan, Mandaon, Masbate

MID-TERM EXAMINATION
ME 311- Heat Transfer
Name: _________________________________ Courses and Year_______________________ Rating________
I. Selection Type: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. The heat transfer by convection is governed by ______________.
A. Fourier’s Law B. Newton’s Law
C. Kirchoff’s Law D. Stefan-Boltzmann Law
2. The thermal conductivity of solids is generally _______________.
A. less as compared to liquids B. same as that of liquids and gases
C. more than for both liquids and gas D. Unity
3. In the equation Q = UA∆T, ∆T is ____________
A. Geometric mean temperature difference
B. Arithmetic mean temperature difference
C. Logarithmic mean temperature difference
D. The difference of average bulk temperature of hot and cold fluids
4. A person in cold and windy day environment loses body heat through the process of conduction, convection, and
radiation. Which of these is/are likely to be insignificant compared to others?
A. conduction
B. convection
C. radiation
D. convection and radiation
5. A device whose primary purpose is the transfer of energy between two fluids is called ______________.
A. cooling tower
B. condenser
C. heat exchanger
D. regenerator
6. The average thermal conductivity ration of water to air is _____________.
A. 1:25 B. 25:1 C. 50:1 D. 1:50
7. The ratio of inertia to viscous forces is _____________.
A. Prandtl number B. Reynold’s number
C. Stanton number D. Grashof number
8. The variation of thermal conductivity with temperature is ______________.
A. non-linear B. almost linear C. parabolic D. hyperbolic
9. The ratio of convection heat transfer to conduction in a fluid layer of thickness is called _______________.
A. Grashof number B. Prandtl number
C. Nusselt number D. Reynold’s number
10. The product of Grashof and Prandtl number is equal to ________________.
A. Peclet number B. Rayleigh number
C. Nusselt number D. Reynold’s number

II. Modified Selection Type: Encircle the letter of the correct answers with corresponding solution.(No Solution
means no answer)
11-25. The inner and outer surfaces of a 15-m x 16-m brick wall of thickness 80cm 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 Hp.
A) 5.12hp B) 6.34hp C) 4.16hp D) 6.12hp

26-40. A 50-cm long, 800-W electric resistance heating element with diameter 0.5 cm and surface temperature
120˚C is immersed in 60 kg of water initially at 20˚C and raised the water temperature to 80˚C. Determine the
convection heat transfer coefficients at the beginning and the end of the heating process.
A) h1=1321 W/m2-C and h2=2113 W/m2-C
B) h1=1561 W/m2-C and h2=1231 W/m2-C
C) h1=1020 W/m2-C and h2=2550 W/m2-C
D) h1=1132 W/m2-C and h2=3120 W/m2-C
41-55. A pipe of heat exchanger has inner diameter 0.15 m is lagged with 0.065 m thick material of thermal
conductivity 0.6 W/m-K. If the inner and outer surface temperatures of the lagging are 260˚C and 50˚C respectively,
calculate the heat loss per meter length of pipe.
A) 2.24 kW/m B) 6.45 kW/m C) 2.43 kW/m D) 1.27 kW/m

56-70. A steam pipe having a surface temperature of 250˚C passes through a room where the temperature is 27˚C.
The outside diameter of the pipe is 100mm, and emissivity factor is 0.8. Calculate the radiated heat loss for 3 m
pipe length.
A) 1434.47 W B) 3746.35 W C) 2851.82 W D) 3546.45 W

Prepared by: Checked by:

ARNOLD I. MALAG JONATHAN V. NATURAL

Asso. Prof. V BSME, Program Chairman