Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals & Applications

Fourth Edition (First Printing)

Yunus A. Cengel & Afshin J. Ghajar
McGraw-Hill, 2011

Errata Sheet
Last Update: December 13, 2011
Conversion Factors (Inside Front Cover)
Thermal resistance: Change 1 K/W = 0.52750 F/hBtu to 1 K/W = 0.52750 Fh/Btu
Chapter 1
p. 9, 6th line after the subtitle: Change denoted by W to denoted by W
p. 11, 4th line: Change qavg to qavg .
p. 13, the term

on the right of Eq. (1-17) should be even with the equal sign

p. 22, Table 1-2, last row: Change CU to Cu

p. 49, Prob. 1-29, Answers: Change Answers to 0.0306 m3/s, 5.52 m/s.
p. 53, Prob. 1-86E, 3rd line: Change to
p. 57, Prob. 1-120, last line: Change windchill to wind chill
p. 58, Prob. 1-129, 6th line: Change = 3 mm to = 3 mm
p. 59, Prob. 1-147, 3rd line: Change 1.2 W to 0.12 W
Chapter 2
p. 100, Eq. 2-66: Vee should be volume vee V
p. 116, Prob. 2-19E, 1st line: Change a 800-W to an 800-W
p. 121, Prob. 2-61, Answer: Change 7079 W to 7389 W
p. 121, Prob. 2-64, Answer: Change 127C to 117C
p. 122, Prob. 2-70E, 6th line: Change 1.25 to 12.5
p. 122, Prob. 2-70E, Answer: Change 46,660 Btu/h to 46,630 Btu/h
p. 124, Prob. 2-88, 2nd line: Change k to k
p. 125, Prob. 2-90, 5th line: Change w/cm3 to W/cm3
p.127, Prob. 2-128,6th line: Change at after decrease to in and delete surface after ball
bearing. The sentence should read temperature decrease in the ball bearing at a given
p. 127, Prob. 2-128, Answer: Change 12.9 kW to 1.62 kW
p. 129, Prob. 2-142, Answers: Change Answers to 255.6C, 256.2C
p. 130, Prob. 2-144, Answer: Change 9.0C to 9.1C

Chapter 3
p. 161, 15th line below Eq. (3-50): change 0.05 W/m2K to 0.05 W/mK.
p. 168, line above Eq. (3-72), after corrected fin length, remove (
p. 171, Table 3-4, 1st line, last two columns: Change to in two places

1
m to L = 5/m
5
p. 197, Prob. 3-20, Answers: Change Answers to 154 W, 16.7C

p. 174, 5th line after Eq. (3-83): Change L=L=

p. 200, Prob. 3-37, 7th line: Change 28C to 24C. Do the same in the figure. [This is needed
to avoid negative value for the insulation thickness]
p. 208, Prob. 3-112: Delete Fig. P3-112
to this problem.
p. 211, Prob. 3-131: Place a computer-EES icon
p. 211, Prob. 3-135, Answer: Change 555 W to 492 W
p. 221, Prob. 3-216, Last line: Change (d) 3.4 cm to 3.3 cm
Chapter 4
p. 231, Example 4-2: Replace the calculations with the followings. Only change the changed
values
Lc

(D 2 / 4) L D 0.050 m
V

0.0125 m
4
4
DL
As

Bi

hLc (450 W/m 2 K )(0.0125 m)

0.088 0.1
63.9 W/m K
k

hAs
h
450 W/m 2 K

0.01059 s -1
c pV c p Lc (7832 kg/m 3 )(434 J/kg K )(0.0125 m)

T (t ) T
e bt
Ti T

1 T (t ) T
1
95 40
ln
ln

254 s
b Ti T
0.01059 s -1 850 40

p.237, Table 4-1, last column for Plane wall: Change ln tan ln 5 Bi to n tan n = Bi
p. 239, Table 4-3, the last four Bessel function values in the last column should be positive, as
shown below:

2.6
2.8
3.0
3.2

0.0968
0.1850
0.2601
0.3202

0.4708
0.4097
0.3391
0.2613

p. 253, Figure 4-29(c), top curve: Change Time, t = 0.01 h to Time, t = 10 h

p. 257, Figure 4-36: move the Plane Wall up, it should only cover the pink portion of the Long
Cylinder
p.278, Prob. 4-12: Replace problem statement with To warm up some milk for a baby, a mother
pours milk into a thin-walled cylindrical container whose diameter is 6 cm. The height of the milk
in the container is 7 cm. She then places the container into a large pan filled with hot water at
70C. The milk is stirred constantly, so that its temperature is uniform at all times. If the heat
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transfer coefficient between the water and the container is 120 W/m2K, determine how long it
will take for the milk to warm up from 3C to 38C. Assume the entire surface area of the
cylindrical container (including the top and bottom) is in thermal contact with the hot water. Take
the properties of the milk to be the same as those of water. Can the milk in this case be treated
as a lumped system? Why? Answer: 4.50 min"
p. 279, Prob. 4-24, 1st line: Change is to in
p. 279, Prob. 4-26, last line: Change h. to h
p. 281, Prob. 4-47, Answers: Change 22,270 kJ/m to 22,270 kJ
Chapter 5
p. 309, Fig. 5-20 (lower part volume element of a general interior node of the fin): Change the
right hand side length from L (m )x to from L (m + )x
p. 353, Prob. 5-25: Change the problem statement to: 5-25
(or other) software.

Repeat Prob. 5-24 using EES

p. 358, Prob. 5-55, last line: Change to Answers: (b) T1 = T4 = 93C, T2 = T3 = 86C
p. 359, Prob. 5-60: Change the problem statement to: 5-60
(or other) software.

Repeat Prob. 5-59 using EES

p. 359, Prob. 5-63: Change the problem statement to: 5-63

(or other) software.
p. 359, Prob. 5-64, 2nd line: Change Fig. 5-64 to Fig. P5-64

Repeat Prob. 5-62 using EES

p. 369, Prob. 5-136, 17th line: Change 28C to 20C. Do the same in the problem figure. Also,
3rd line from last: Change t=4s to t=5s.
p. 369, Prob. 5-137, 2nd line: Change 3 s to 5 s
Chapter 6
p. 385, Eq. 6-13: Change Viscous to Viscous forces
p. 409, Figure P6-10: Change bottom plate label from Ts,1 to Ts,2
p. 410, Prob. 6-28: 5th line: Change A and B to C1 and C2
p. 411, Figure P6-45: Change Air to Water
Chapter 7
p. 439, Figure 7-25: Change the figure caption to Flow patterns for in-line and staggered tube
banks
p. 461, Prob. 7-127, (c): Change 2.5 m to 2.9 m
Chapter 8
p. 467, Top right hand side of the page, below page number: Change Chapter 3 to Chapter 8.
p. 472, Eq. 8-14: Leave more space between the equation and the unit like that in Eq. 8-15.
pp. 501-506, The background color for Special Topic section disappears in these pages. Use a
consistent background color in the entire Special Topic section.

p. 505, Reference 5, last line: Delete , after No. 8

p. 511, Prob. 8-48, Answers: Change 584 to 582
p. 513, Prob. 8-78: Change problem number to 8-78E
p. 516, Prob. 8-99, 4th line: Delete at after enters
p. 516, Prob. 8-103: Change problem number to 8-103E
Chapter 9
p. 541, Eq. 9-55: Change 0.46 to 0.046
p. 550, 13th line from top of the page: Change transfort to transport
p. 552, section heading: Change SCPECIAL to SPECIAL
p. 565, Prob. 9-13: Change problem number to 9-13E
p. 567, Prob. 9-37, 8th line: Change the transfer to the heat transfer
p. 568, Prob. 9-39, the line before last: Change 10-h to 15-h
p. 572, Prob. 9-78: Insert a laptop-EES icon to this problem like that in Prob. 9-75.
p. 573, Prob. 9-86, Answer: Change 11.9 to 9.90
p. 575, Prob. 9-112, Answers: Change 1764 to 1762
p. 579, Prob. 9-137, First line: Change 0.5-m-high to 0.9-m-high
Chapter 10
p. 599, 4th line after Eq. 10-8: Change Ac = p to Ac = p
p. 600, 6th line from the bottom of the page: Change 450< Re < 1800 to 30< Re < 1800
p. 601, 3rd line above Eq. 10-12: Change in the numerator of the equation ( y) to ( y)
p.603, 3rd line above Eq. 10-22: Change Eq. 10-9 to Eq. 10-9a
p. 606, 1st line: Delete is higher
p. 611, 5th line from top of the page: Change Rohsenow to Rohsenow (1973)
p. 611, Eq. 10-36: Change 22C < Tsat, 100C to 22C < Tsat < 100C
p. 613, Caption for Figure 10-37: Delete upward from the figure caption
p. 613, 6th line below Eq. 10-38: Change l to I
p.613, 7th line below Eq. 10-38 in the denominator of equation for Fp, the closing parenthesis
after g is missing: change the denominator to gD(l - g)
p. 615, 1st calculation: Leave a space before the second kg/s
p. 617, 15th line of the right hand side column, in the denominator of equation for hvert: change
(Ts - Tsat) to (Tsat - Ts)
p. 617, last line of the right hand side column, in the denominator of equation for hhoriz: change
(Ts - Tsat) to (Tsat - Ts)
p. 618, Equation for hinternal: In the denominator, insert a D into the denominator in the brackets
after (Tsat - Ts)
p. 621, Prob. 10-38, Answers: Change 1609 to 1610 and Change 0.761 to 0.762
p. 621, Prob. 10-39: Change 160C to 155C
p. 623, Prob. 10-69, Answer: Change 12.8 to 12.9
p. 625, Prob. 10-98, Answers: Change 3345 to 8413 and 0.0242 to 0.0608

Chapter 11
p.654, 2nd equation below Eq. 11-33 for if Ch = Cmin: Change

Th , out Th , out
Th , in Tc , in

to

Th , in Th, out
Th , in Tc , in

p.655, 1st line below Eq. 11-38: Change ratio to rate

p.660, Example 11-8, 4th line: Change 1.08 m to 108 m
p.669, Prob. 11-43, 8th line: Change cp = 2428 kJ/kgK to cp = 2428 J/kgK
p.672, Figure P11-70: Change the direction of the two black arrows from left to right to right to
left
p. 676, Prob. 11-117: Change to 11-117C
p. 677, Prob. 11-129, Answers: Change 50.6 to 48.0
p. 678, Prob. 11-132, Answer: Change 3.27 to 3.74
p.680, Prob. 11-156, (c): Change 1380 to 1350
Chapter 12
p. 696, Eq. 12-15: Change the color of black integrals to orange
p. 723, Prob. 12-28, Answers: Change Answers to (a) 491,300 kW, (b) 125.5 kW
p.724, Prob. 12-44, 3rd line: Change 2.87 10-5 to 2.87 105
p.724, Figure P12-44: Change Eb =2.87 10-5 to Eb =2.87 105
p. 724, Prob. 12-51, Answers: Change Answers to 0.513, 29.1 kW/m2
p. 727, Prob. 12-82, Answers: Change $39 to $40
p. 729, Prob. 12-103, 6th line: Change 200 to 2000
Chapter 13
p.748, 5th line above Eq. 13-21: Change I to i
p.770, 3rd line: Change (Figs. 12-36 and 12-37) to (Figs. 13-36 and 13-37)
p. 781, Prob. 13-21: Change L = D to L = D
p. 785, Prob. 13-58: Delete the answer.
p. 786, Prob. 13-73, 1st line: Change 0.20 to 0.10 (This is needed because shield has a
diameter of 0.20 m)
p. 790, Prob. 13-110, Answers: Change 5.2 to 12.7
p. 790, Prob. 13-111, Answer: Change 1066 to 1058
Chapter 14
p. 802, Eq. 14-13 for Mass basis: Change

drA
d
to A
dx
dx

p. 802, Eq. 14-14: Change to

p. 808, Example 14-2, 7th line: Change 62,900 bar to 62,000 bar
p. 810, 1st equation in the analysis portion of Example 14-4: Change
p. 811, 5th line above Eq. (14-21): Change m diff , A to m diff , A

to

p. 822, 7th line before Eq. 14-40: Change molecularmass to molecular mass
p. 822, 6th line before Eq. 14-40: Change themass to the mass
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p. 833, Expression below Figure 14-44: Change DAB

DAB

wA
y

C A
y

hmass ( wA,s wA, ) to

y0

hmass ( wA,s wA, )

y0

p. 835, Eq. 14-82: Change j A,s DAB

j A,s DAB

wA
y

wA
y

hmass ( wA,s wA, ) to

y0

hmass ( wA,s wA, )

y0

p. 848, 2nd Column, 4th line: Change Le = 1 to Le2/3 1

p. 849, Prob. 14-14, Answer: Change 0.144 to 0.143
p. 849, Prob. 14-16E, Answer: Change 1.7 percent to 1.6 percent
p. 852, Prob. 14-50, Answer: Change 2.871015 kg/s to 1.151014 kg/s
p. 854, Prob. 14-71, Answer: Change 0.00011 mm to 0.0011 mm.
p. 856, Prob. 14-95, Answer: Change 2827 days to 1702 days
p. 861, Prob. 14-157E, Answers: Switch the answers for parts (a) and (b).