PROBLEM 2.

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KNOWN: Cylindrical system with negligible temperature variation in the r,z directions.
FIND: (a) Heat equation beginning with a properly defined control volume, (b) Temperature
distribution T() for steady-state conditions with no internal heat generation and constant properties,
(c) Heat rate for Part (b) conditions.
SCHEMATIC:

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) T is independent of r,z, (2) r = (ro - ri) << ri.

ANALYSIS: (a) Define the control volume as V = ridrL where L is length normal to page. Apply
the conservation of energy requirement, Eq. 1.11c,
T
E in E out + E g = E st  = Vc
q q +d + qV (1,2)
t
T
where q = k ( r L )
ri
q +d = q +

( )
q d . (3,4)

Eqs. (3) and (4) follow from Fouriers law, Eq. 2.1, and from Eq. 2.11, respectively. Combining Eqs.
(3) and (4) with Eq. (2) and canceling like terms, find
1 T T
k  c
+ q= . (5) <
ri2 t

Since temperature is independent of r and z, this form agrees with Eq. 2.24.
(b) For steady-state conditions with q = 0, the heat equation, (5), becomes

d dT
d k d = 0. (6)

With constant properties, it follows that dT/d is constant which implies T() is linear in . That is,
dT T2 T1 1 1
= = + ( T2 T1 ) or T ( ) = T1 + ( T2 T1 ) . (7,8) <
d 2 1
(c) The heat rate for the conditions of Part (b) follows from Fouriers law, Eq. (3), using the
temperature gradient of Eq. (7). That is,

1 1 r r
q = k ( r L ) + ( T2 T1 ) = k o i L ( T2 T1 ) . (9) <
ri ri
COMMENTS: Note the expression for the temperature gradient in Fouriers law, Eq. (3), is
T/ri not T/. For the conditions of Parts (b) and (c), note that q is independent of ;
this is first indicated by Eq. (6) and confirmed by Eq. (9).

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