Heat Transfer

ME 327(1) – Introduction
• Definition
– Heat transfer is energy transfer due to a temperature difference
in a medium or between two or more media
• Different types of heat transfer processes are called different
modes of heat transfer
• Conduction heat transfer is due to a temperature gradient in
a stationary medium or media
• Convection heat transfer occurs between a surface and a
moving fluid at different temperatures
• Radiation heat transfer occurs due to emission of energy in
the form of electromagnetic waves by all bodies above
absolute zero temperature
– Net radiation heat transfer occurs when there exists a
temperature difference between two or more surfaces emitting
radiation energy

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 Heat Transfer Applications

• Heat transfer is important to Industrial and Environmental

problems and processes
• All Energy production and conversion processes involve heat
transfer
– US businesses and institutions spend $175 billion/year on energy
– In Canada, Energy makes up
• 6% of GDP,
• 200 000 jobs,
• $54 billion in exports (~$1,800 per capita), and
• $20-30 billion in investments
• In electric power generation, heat transfer problems must be
solved
• In some applications, heat transfer rate is maximized (heating)
while in other cases it is minimized (cooling)

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Relationship of Heat Transfer to Thermodynamics
• We learnt in thermodynamics that energy can be transferred
by interactions between a system and its surroundings
• Heat and work are the only form of interactions between a
system and its surroundings
• Thermodynamics is concerned with equilibrium end states
and processes
– But does not provide information on the nature of the process or
the rate at which energy is transferred
• Energy transfer rates are important in engineering process
design and development

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 Introductory Heat Transfer Concepts
• Relationship of heat transfer to thermodynamics

dU
Q W
dt

Heat transfer = work + rate of change of internal energy

• For a thermodynamic reversible process,

where: d d dU
T = temperature S = entropy  TdS   PdV 
dt dt dt
P = pressure V = volume
U = internal energy t = time

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• Since all heat transfer processes are irreversible and S
cannot be defined as a function of T, the rate of heat transfer
Q, cannot be predicted by the above thermodynamic
equation.
– We must therefore use transport laws, i.e.
• Fourier’s Law
• Newton’s law of cooling, and
• Stefan Boltzmann law for radiation.

• Heat transfer is indeed applied thermodynamics

• Heat transfer is energy transfer as a result of a temperature
difference

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 Modes of Heat Transfer
• There are three basic modes of heat transfer
1. Conduction

2. Convection

3. Radiation

• We will first examine all three modes briefly and then

examine them in more detail later

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 Conduction
• Conduction heat transfer is due to random molecular and
atomic vibrational, rotational and translational motions
– High temperature and more energetic molecules vibrate more
and transfer energy to less energetic particles as a result of
molecular collisions or interactions

• The heat flux (a vector) qx´´ (W / m2)

is characterized by a transport property know as the
– Thermal Conductivity, k (W / m · K)
– W = watts m = Meters K = temperature in Kelvin

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Consider the heat flux through a slab of thickness, L
L
T1 T2 T1 qx´´

T2
X=0 X=L x
0 L
• For the one-dimensional plane, the heat flux or heat transfer
rate is Fourier’s Law:
'' dT dT T2  T1
qx  k  where 
dx dx L
 k  T2  T1 k  T1  T2  k  T
q'x'
  
L L L
• The total heat transfer through a given cross-sectional area,
A, is given by:
k  A  T
qx  q'x'  A 
L

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Conduction example

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 Convection
• Convection heat transfer involves both energy transfer due to
random molecular motions and by bulk motion of the fluid
– Convection heat transfer includes both forced convection and
natural convection
• In convection heat transfer, the transfer of heat is between a
surface and a moving fluid (liquid or gas), when they are at
different temperatures. The rate of transfer is given by
Newton’s Law of Cooling.
T∞ q’’

Moving fluid Ts
Ts > T ∞
q''  h  Ts  T 

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Typical values of convection heat transfer
coefficient
Process h (W / m2 K)
Free Convection
Gases 2 -25
Liquids 50 -1000
Forced Convection
Gases 35 -250
Liquids 50 -20,000
with Phase Change
Boiling or 2500 -100,000
Condensation

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 Convection example
Problem 1.13, p.35, text
Calculate the heat flux
from your hand when it is
exposed to moving air
and water, assuming the
surface temperature of
your hand is 30°C.

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Convection example - 2

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 Radiation
• All surfaces of finite temperature emit energy in the form of electromagnetic
waves
• In the absence of an intervening medium, there is a heat transfer by
radiation between two surfaces at different temperatures

• The maximum flux, E (W / m2), at which radiation may be emitted from a

blackbody surface is given by:
– Stefan Boltzmann Law

Eb
Eb    Ts4
where Ts
Eb or E = Surface emissive power (W / m2)

T = absolute temperature (K)

σ = Stefan-Boltzmann constant = 5.67 x 10-8 (W / m2 ּ K4)

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• For a real surface:

E      Ts4

• For a surface with absorptivity α, the incident radiation (G,

W/m2) or surface irradiation from the surroundings that is
absorbed by the surface is given by:
Gabs    G G

where Gabs

G = incident radiation (W / m2)

T = absolute temperature (K)

ε = surface emissivity (0 ≤ ε ≤ 1)

α = surface absorptivity (0 ≤ α ≤ 1)

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• For a gray surface α = ε
• When radiant energy is incident on a transparent surface, it
can be absorbed, reflected, or transmitted through the
material. Hence,

   1

where
ρ = materials surface reflectivity
 = materials transmissivity

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• Consider a small gray surface at temperature Ts that is
completely enclosed by the surroundings at temperature Tsur.
• The net rate of radiation heat transfer from the surface is:
Tsur ''
qrad  E s  Gsur  Ts4  Tsur
4

qsur’’ q
qs’’
''
qrad 
A

    Ts4  Tsur
4
 hr Ts  Tsur 
Ts

• Where hr is the radiation heat transfer coefficient, W / m2 K


hr    Ts  Tsur  Ts2  Tsur
2


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Representative range of radiation heat transfer
coefficient values

hr (W / m2 K) ε = 0.1 ε = 0.5 ε = 0.9

Ts = Tsur = 300K 0.6 3.1 5.5

Ts = Tsur = 500K 2.8 14.2 25.3
Ts = Tsur = 800K 11.6 58.0 104.4
Ts = 300K
1.5 7.7 13.9
Tsur = 500K
Ts = 300K
4.6 22.8 41.0
Tsur = 800K

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 Radiation ex.
Problem 1.26, p.37, text
An instrumentation package
has a spherical outer surface
of diameter D = 100 mm and
emissivity  = 0.25. The
package is placed in a large
space simulation chamber
whose walls are maintained
at 77 K. If the operation of
the electronic components is
restricted to the temperature
range of 40  T  85°C, what
is the range of acceptable
power dissipation for the
package?

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 Conservation of Energy for a Control Volume or
System
• Consider a control volume (C. V.)
E g
shown here:
E in
E st
E out

• Energy Conservation or First Law of Thermodynamics

requires that for the C.V.
– The rate of energy inflow (Ein) and rate of energy generation (Eg)
must be balance by the rate of energy outflow (Eout) and energy
storage (Est), Hence,
dEst
E in  E g  E out  E st 
dt
– For a short time interval Δt,
Ein  Eg  Eout  Est

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• For a closed system when Eg = 0:
Q  W  U
– Where Q is the heat energy inflow, W the work done by the
system or heat energy outflow, and ΔU the change in internal
energy of the system

• On rate basis the above equation is written as:

 dU
q W 
dt
• For an open system with mass flow rate (m) under steady
state conditions, the flow work is the product of Pressure (P)
and specific volume of the fluid (v). The work done by the
system is W and if there is no energy generation or
conversion within the system or control volume, the energy
conservation equation on rate basis is:

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  2   2 
 V   V
 u  Pv 
m  gz  u  Pv 
m  gz  q W  0
 2   2 
 inlet  outlet
Where:
m = mass flow rate (kg/s)
u = specific internal energy or internal energy per unit mass
(J/kg)
q = heat transfer rate (W)
W = work done by the system per unit time (W)
v = specific volume of volume per unit mass (m3/kg)
Pv = specific flow work or flow work per unit mass (J/kg)
V = Fluid flow velocity (m/s) P = Pressure (Pa)
g = Gravity (m/s2) z = elevation (m)

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 Conservation of Energy for a Control Surface
• For a surface illustrated below, there is no mass or volume,
and consequently, Eg = 0, and Est = 0.
• For conservation of energy for the control surface under
steady state or transient conditions:
E in  E out  0
Surface
Surroundings
'' '' ''
q cond  qconv  qrad  0
qcond”
T1 qrad”
Fluid
qconv” Tsur
U T
T2
T T

x
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Energy balance example (cv)

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Energy balance example (cs)

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