Subject: PHEB312 - HEAT TRANSFER

Activity No: 2.1 – Psychomotor Domain

Topic: Conduction through of fluid through Composite Walls and Pipes
Items: 2
Score: 50 points
Term: MIDTERMS
Instructor/Lecturer: Engr. Edmund V. Actub

Directions: Read the guidelines below carefully.

Follow the guidelines below before submitting your activity.

1. Submit on or before the day of the deadline. No late outputs will be
accepted.
2. Write your solution in ENGINEERING LETTERING.
3. All your computations must be on a clean short bond paper/A4.
4. Place your PRINTED NAME and SIGNATURE on every page.
5. Submit the hard copy on the first synchronous, on the ground meeting.

Note: Not following instructions will result in a deduction from the total score.
Submitting your output not in engineering lettering will automatically deduct
from the total score.

Instructions: Analyze and solve the following problems carefully. Box your
final answers and round it off to two decimal places. (COPY AND ANSWER)

1. A composite wall is made up of 3 layers that are composed of different materials.

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Layer 1 is 6 inches thick and has a thermal conductivity of 0.20 while layer 2
m−° C
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is 5 inches thick and has a thermal conductivity of 0.50 . Layer 3 has a
m−° C
thickness of 7 inches. Layer 1 act as an inside wall and has an inside temperature
of 30°C while layer 3 act as an outside wall with an outside temperature of 19°C.
Layer 2 is between layer 1 and layer 3. The temperature between layer 1 and 2 is
approximately 25°C.

Calculate the following:

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(a) the steady state heat flux at 2 ,
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(b) temperature between layer 2 and layer 3 in °C,
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(c) thermal conductivity of layer 3 in , and
m−° C
 2
m −° C
(d) the over-all thermal conductivity in .
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Box and use two decimal places for your final answers. Draw the FBD of the
problem.

Answers:
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m −° C
(a) q T =6.56 2 , (b) t 3 =23.33 ° C , (c) k 3 =0.27 , and (d) RT =1.68 .
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2. The composition of the wall of a building consist of four different layers with three
different materials. The first layer of the wall inside the building is composed of
ceramic material with a thickness of 0.75 inches and thermal conductivity of
Btu
0.24 while the second layer is composed of plaster with thickness of 0.5
hr −ft −° F
inches. The third layer is composed of building brick with a thickness of 6 inches
Btu
and thermal conductivity of 0.347 . The last layer of the wall outside the
hr−ft−° F
building is also composed of plaster with a same thickness of 0.75 inches. If the
Btu
steady heat flux entering the building is approximately 8.4 2 , calculate the
hr −f t
following:

Btu
(a) thermal conductivity of plaster in ,
hr−ft−° F
(b) temperature between layer 3 and layer 4 in °F,
(c) temperature between layer 2 and layer 3 in °F, and
(d) temperature between layer 1 and layer 2 in °F.
Box and use two decimal places for your final answers. Draw the FBD of the
problem.

Answers:
Btu
(a) k plaster =0.41 , (b) t 4=85.15° F , (c) t 3=73.04 ° F , and (d) t 2=72.19 ° F .
hr−ft−° F