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Department of Mechanical Engineering Cycle Test I Sub Code: ME0305 Sub Name: Heat and Mass Transfer Course/Year/Sem: B.Tech/III/V Part A Answer all Questions
1. Differentiate between thermodynamic science and heat transfer 2. Differentiate between steady and unsteady state of heat transfer 3. Why does heat transfer take place? 4. What are the different modes of heat transfer? 5. What are the application of heat transfer study? 6. What is Fouriers law of heat conduction. 7. Define thermal conductivity? Write its significance 8. Write down the assumptions made for Fouriers law of heat conduction? 9. Find log mean area for hollow cylinder. Part-B Answer any Two Questions 10. a) A standard iron pipe having 5 cm inner diameter and 2.5mm of thickness is insulated with magnesium insulation (k = 0.02 W/mC). Temperatures at the interface between the pipe and the insulation is 300C. The permissible heat loss through the pipe is 600 W/m and the temperature of the outer surface of the insulation is not allowed to exceed 100C. If the thermal conductivity of the pipe material is 20 W/mC. Calculate the minimum thickness of insulation required and the temperature of inside surface of the pipe. (Or) b) An electric wire of 2 mm diameter is given a 25 mm thick insulation (k = 0.5 W/mC). The surroundings has temperature of 25C and heat transfer coefficient h = 10 W/m 2C. The wire has surface temperature of 120C. Compare the heat dissipation with and without insulation. 2 x 16 = 32 marks

Date: 09.08.2011 Time: 90 minutes Total Marks: 50 9 x 2 = 18 marks

Fine the thickness of insulation when heat dissipation is maximum and find its value.

11. a) Define an expression under one dimensional steady state heat conduction for temperature distribution from plane wall . . (Or) b) A steel pipe 100 mm bore and 7 mm wall thickness carrying steam at 260C, is insulated with 40 mm of glass wool covering. This covering is in turn insulated with 60 mm of asbestos felt. The atmospheric temperature is 30C. The heat transfer coefficient for the inside and outside surfaces are 550 and 15 W/m2 K respectively and the thermal conductivities of steel, glass, wool and asbestos felt are 50, 0, 09, and 0.07 W/mk respectively. Calculate i) Rate of heat loss per unit length of pipe ii) Temperature at each x section of the pipe

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Department of Mechanical Engineering Cycle Test I Sub Code: ME0305 Sub Name: Heat and Mass Transfer Course/Year/Sem: B.Tech/III/V Part A Answer all Questions 1. Define heat transfer.
2. What is a composite wall? 3. Define thermal contact resistances? 4. Define Heat flux and write down its units? 5. What do you understand from critical thickness of insulation? Where is its principle used? 6. Differentiate between thermodynamic science and heat transfer 7. Define thermal conductivity? Write its significance 8. Find log mean area for hollow cylinder and what is its purpose? . 9. Find log mean area for hollow sphere.

Date: 09.08.2011 Time: 90 minutes Total Marks: 50 9 x 2 = 18 marks

Part-B Answer any Two Questions

2 x 16 = 32 marks

10. a) Define an expression under one dimensional steady state heat conduction for temperature distribution from slab (Or) b) An electric wire of 2 mm diameter is given a 25 mm thick insulation (k = 0.5 W/mC). The surroundings has temperature of 25C and heat transfer coefficient h = 10 W/m 2C. The wire has surface temperature of 120C. Compare the heat dissipation with and without insulation. Fine the thickness of insulation when heat dissipation is maximum and find its value. . 11. a) A standard iron pipe having 5 cm inner diameter and 2.5mm of thickness is insulated with magnesium insulation (k = 0.02 W/mC). Temperatures at the interface between the pipe and the insulation is 300C. The permissible heat loss through the pipe is 600 W/m and the temperature of the outer surface of the insulation is not allowed to exceed 100C. If the thermal conductivity of the pipe material is 20 W/mC. Calculate the minimum thickness of insulation required and the temperature of inside surface of the pipe. 11. . (Or) b) A refrigerator having inside dimension of 0.5 m x 0.5 m and 1.0 m height is maintained at 6C. The walls of the refrigerator are constructed from two mild steel sheets 3 mm thick (k = 46.5 W/m) with 50 mm glass wool insulation (k = 0.460 W/mC) between them. The average heat transfer coefficient at the inner and outer surface are 11.6 and 14.5 W/m 2C. Respectively. The surroundings temperature is 25C. Find the rate at which heat must be removed from the interior, and the temperature at outer of the refrigerator.

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