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Quiz #1
Note: Your answers must be correct to 3 significant figures and have the appropriate units.
I. A concrete wall, which has a surface area of 20 m 2 and is 0.30 m thick, separates conditioned
room air from ambient air. The temperature of the inner surface of the wall is maintained at
25oK, and the thermal conductivity of the concrete is 1 W/m.oK.
1) If the outside wall temperature is – 10oC, the heat loss through the wall is ____________
2) If the heat gain through the wall is 500 W, the outside wall temperature is ____________
II. The heat flux through a wood slab 50 mm thick, whose inner and outer surface temperature
are 40 and 20oC, respectively, has been determined to be 40 W/m2.
The thermal conductivity of the wood is ____________
III. An aluminum plate 4 mm thick is mounted in a horizontal position, and its bottom surface is
well insulated. A special, thin coating is applied to the top surface such that it absorbed 90% of
any incident solar radiation, while having an emissivity of 0.20. The density and specific heat
C of aluminum are known to be 2,700 kg/m3 and 900 J/kg.oK, respectively. Consider conditions
for which the plate is at a temperature of 25oC and its top surface is suddenly exposed to ambient
air at T = 20oC and to solar radiation that provides an incident flux of 1,000 W/m 2. The
convection heat transfer coefficient between the surface and the air is h = 25 W/m 2.oK. Stefan
Boltzmann constant: = 5.67108 W/m2.oK4.
1) The initial rate of change of the plate temperature is ____________
2) Neglect heat loss by radiation, the steady state temperature of the plate is ____________
3) Include heat loss by radiation, the steady state temperature of the plate is ____________
4) Neglect heat loss by radiation,
the time it takes for the plate to reach 40oC is ____________
IV. One surface of a 10mmthick wall of stainless steel (k = 15 W/m .oK) is maintained at 90oC
by condensing steam, while the opposite surface is exposed to an air stream for which T = 20oC
and h = 25 W/m2.oK.
Neglect radiation, the temperature of the surface adjoining the air is _______________
V. A. The direction of heat flow is always parallel to an isothermal surface.
B. Heat flux is a vector quantity.
a. A and B are true b. Only A is true c. Only B is true d. A and B are false
VI. A. The value of the thermal conductivity is independent of the coordinate direction for an
isotropic medium.
T T T
B. In rectangular coordinate T = + y +
x z
a. A and B are true b. Only A is true c. Only B is true d. A and B are false
CHE 312 (Winter 2001) _______________________
LAST NAME, FIRST (2 pts)
Quiz #2
Note: Your answers must be correct to 3 significant figures and have the appropriate units.
I. An aluminum plate 4 mm thick is mounted in a horizontal position, and its bottom surface is
well insulated. A special, thin coating is applied to the top surface such that it absorbed 90% of
any incident solar radiation, while having an emissivity of 0.20. The density and specific heat
C of aluminum are known to be 2,700 kg/m3 and 900 J/kg.oK, respectively. Consider conditions
for which the plate is at a temperature of 25oC and its top surface is suddenly exposed to ambient
air at T = 20oC and to solar radiation that provides an incident flux of 1,500 W/m 2. The
convection heat transfer coefficient between the surface and the air is h = 25 W/m 2.oK. Stefan
Boltzmann constant: = 5.67108 W/m2.oK4.
1) The initial rate of change of the plate temperature is ____________
2) Neglect heat loss by radiation, the steady state temperature of the plate is ____________
3) Include heat loss by radiation, the steady state temperature of the plate is ____________
4) Neglect heat loss by radiation,
the time it takes for the plate to reach 40oC is ____________
1) If the initial temperature of the wall is 500 oK, the initial rate of change of the wall temperature
is
_______________
2) The steady state temperature of the wall is _______________
For questions (3) and (4), the system is at steady state and the temperature gradient in the
canister wall is not negligible with thermal conductivity k = 60 W/moK.
3) The outside surface temperature (at ro) of the wall is _______________
4) The inside surface temperature (at ri) of the wall is _______________
III. Liquid oxygen, which has a boiling point of 90oK and a latent heat of vaporization of 214
kJ/kg, is stored in a spherical container whose outer surface is of 0.50 m diameter and at a
temperature of 263oK. The container is house in a laboratory whose walls are at 298 oK. The
surface emissivity is 0.4 and the heat transfer coefficient associated with free convection at the
outer surface of the container is 10 W/m2oK. If 0.002 kg/s of oxygen must be vented from the
system, the air temperature in the laboratory is
___________
CHE 312 (Winter 2001) _______________________
LAST NAME, FIRST (2 pts)
Quiz #3
Note: Your answers must be correct to 3 significant figures and have the appropriate units.
I. A spherical, stainless steel canister is used to store reacting chemicals that provide for a
uniform heat flux q" = 3105 W/m2 to its inner surface. Stainless steel: = 8055 kg/m3, Cp = 510
J/kgoK. Temperature gradient in the canister wall is negligible.
1) If the initial temperature of the wall is 500 oK, the initial rate of change of the wall temperature
is
_______________
2) The steady state temperature of the wall is _______________
For questions (3) and (4), the system is at steady state and the temperature gradient in the
canister wall is not negligible with thermal conductivity k = 60 W/moK.
3) The outside surface temperature (at ro) of the wall is _______________
4) The inside surface temperature (at ri) of the wall is _______________
II. The temperature distribution for a long fin with uniform cross section is
= bexp(mx) where = T T (1)
A long copper rod of diameter D = 1 cm and thermal conductivity 380 W/m K is in air at 25oC
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with a convection coefficient of 20 W/ m2oK. The temperature at the base is 100oC
1) For this rod, m from eq. (1) is __________
2) If m = 5.0 m1, the temperature at x = 10 cm is __________
3) If m = 5.0 m1, the heat transfer rate from the rod to the air is __________
4) If the temperatures from a fixed distance x1 from the base are 75oC for the copper rod and
60oC for another long rod with different material, the thermal conductivity of this material is
___________
Note: Both rods are in air at 25 C with a convection coefficient of 20 W/ m K with the same
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base temperature of 100oC and the same diameter.
III. A long cylindrical rod of diameter 200 mm with thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/moK
experiences uniform volumetric heat generation of 24,000 W/m3. The rod is encapsulated by a
circular sleeve having an outer diameter of 400 mm and a thermal conductivity of 4.0 W/moK.
The outer surface of the sleeve is exposed to air at 25 oC with a convection coefficient of 20 W/
m2oK.
The temperature on the outer surface of the sleeve is ____________
CHE 312 (Winter 2001) _______________________
LAST NAME, FIRST (2 pts)
Quiz #4
Note: Your answers must be correct to 3 significant figures and have the appropriate units.
I. The temperature distribution for a long fin with uniform cross section is
= bexp(mx) where = T T (1)
A long copper rod of diameter D = 0.5 cm and thermal conductivity 380 W/moK is in air at 25oC
with a convection coefficient of 25 W/ m2oK. The temperature at the base is 150oC
1) For this rod, m from eq. (1) is __________
2) If m = 5.0 m1, the temperature at x = 8 cm is __________
3) If m = 5.0 m1, the heat transfer rate from the rod to the air is __________
4) If the temperatures from a fixed distance x1 from the base are 75oC for the copper rod and
60oC for another long rod with different material, the thermal conductivity of this material is
___________
Note: Both rods are in air at 25oC with a convection coefficient of 25 W/ m 2oK with the same
base temperature of 150oC and the same diameter.
4) Calculate the heat transfer rate per unit thickness normal to the page from the bottom half of
the right surface to the fluid.
______________
III. The outer surface of a hollow sphere of radius r 2 is subjected to a uniform heat flux
q2" .
The inner surface at r1 is held at a constant temperature Ts,1. If the inner and outer sphere radii are
"
r1 = 50 mm and r2 = 100 mm, what heat flux
q 2
is required to maintain the outer surface at
1 2
3 T2 = 444.32, T4 = 377.53, T6 = 419.36,
Thermal conductivity of the rod is 10 W/moK, x = y = .005 m
4 6 I. Steady state temperatures (oK) at three nodal point (2), (4), and (6)
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of a long rectangular rod are as shown. The rod experiences a uniform
volumetric generation rate of 4107 W/m3. Two of its sides (left and
bottom) are maintained at a constant temperature of 300oK, while
others are insulated.
1) The temperature at node 1 is ________
2) The temperature at node 3 is ________
3) The temperature at node 5 is ________
4) The heat transfer rate per unit length (W/m) from the rod is ________
5) The heat transfer rate per unit length from the leftbottom quarter of the rod is _______
II. A slab with a thickness of 0.050 m is at an initial temperature of 25oC. The slab is heated by
passing a hot gas over its surfaces, with the gas temperature and the convection coefficient
assumed to have constant values of T = 600oC and h = 100 W/m2oK. Slab is made from a
materials with k = 0.50 W/moK and = 3.5107 m2/s.
1) The time required to achieve 75% of the maximum possible energy transfer is __________
2) After 30 minutes, the highest temperature in the slab is __________
3) After 30 minutes, the lowest temperature in the slab is __________
III. Asphalt pavement may achieve temperatures as high as 50oC on a hot summer day. Assume
that such a temperature exists throughout the pavement, when suddenly a rainstorm reduces the
surface temperature to 20oC. The total amount of energy (J/m2) that will be transferred from the
asphalt over a 30min period in which the surface is maintained at 20 oC can be determined from
the following formula
k (Ts Ti ) k (Ts Ti )t 1 / 2 2k (Ts Ti )t 1 / 2
A) B) C) D) None of the above
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CHE 312 (Winter 2001) ______________________
LAST NAME, FIRST (8 pts)
Final Exam
(Note: Your numerical answers must be correct to 3 significant figures. There are 25
questions with 4 points each, however you can only obtain a maximum of 100 points. That
means you can miss 2 questions and still get 100% score.)
This test is given under the Honor System and by signing here ______________________
you have agreed that the work submitted is your work alone and that you neither sought
nor received help from others.
1 2
3 T2 = 408.24, T4 = 358.15, T6 = 389.52,
Thermal conductivity of the rod is 20 W/moK, x = y = .005 m
4 6 I. Steady state temperatures (oK) at three nodal point (2), (4), and (6)
5
of a long rectangular rod are as shown. The rod experiences a uniform
volumetric generation rate of 6107 W/m3. Two of its sides (left and
bottom) are maintained at a constant temperature of 300oK, while
others are insulated.
1) The temperature at node 1 is ________
2) The temperature at node 3 is ________
3) The temperature at node 5 is ________
4) The heat transfer rate per unit length (W/m) from the rod is ________
5) The heat transfer rate per unit length from the leftbottom quarter of the rod is _______
II. A sphere with a diameter of 0.050 m is at an initial temperature of 25oC. The sphere is heated
by passing a hot gas over its surface, with the gas temperature and the convection coefficient
assumed to have constant values of T = 600oC and h = 100 W/m2oK. Sphere is made from a
materials with k = 0.50 W/moK and = 3.5107 m2/s.
1) The time required to achieve 85% of the maximum possible energy transfer is __________
2) After 10 minutes, the highest temperature in the sphere is __________
3) After 10 minutes, the lowest temperature in the sphere is __________
III. Asphalt pavement may achieve temperatures as high as 50oC on a hot summer day. Assume
that such a temperature exists throughout the pavement, when suddenly a rainstorm reduces the
surface temperature to 25oC. Calculate the total amount of energy (J/m 2) that will be transferred
from the asphalt over a 20min period in which the surface is maintained at 25 oC. Asphalt: k =
0.062 W/moK, = 3.2108 m2/s.
IV. Two large blocks of copper and concrete have been sitting in a room (23 oC) for a very long
time. If a heat loss of 5 W occurs when your hand (37oC) touches the concrete block, estimate the
heat loss when you hand touches the copper block. Concrete: k = 1.4 W/moK, = 6.9107 m2/s.
Copper: k = 401 W/moK, = 1.2104 m2/s.
___________
V. An aluminum plate 4 mm thick is mounted in a horizontal position, and its bottom surface is
well insulated. A special, thin coating is applied to the top surface such that it absorbed 90% of
any incident solar radiation, while having an emissivity of 0.20. The density and specific heat
C of aluminum are known to be 2,700 kg/m3 and 900 J/kg.oK, respectively. Consider conditions
for which the plate is at a temperature of 25oC and its top surface is suddenly exposed to ambient
air at T = 20oC and to solar radiation that provides an incident flux of 1,200 W/m 2. The
convection heat transfer coefficient between the surface and the air is h = 25 W/m 2.oK. Stefan
Boltzmann constant: = 5.67108 W/m2.oK4. The surrounding temperature is assumed to be 0oK.
1) The initial rate of change of the plate temperature is ____________
2) Neglect heat loss by radiation, the steady state temperature of the plate is ____________
3) Include heat loss by radiation, the steady state temperature of the plate is ____________
4) Neglect heat loss by radiation,
the time it takes for the plate to reach 40oC is ____________
1) The outside surface temperature (at ro) of the wall is _______________
2) The inside surface temperature (at ri) of the wall is _______________
VII. Consider steady-state conditions for one-
dimensional conduction in a plane wall having T1 T2
a thermal conductivity k = 60 W/moK and a
thickness L = 0.50 m, with no internal heat
generation.
1 50 -10 _________
2 70 ________ 160
3 ________ 40 -80
1. The area (m2) for heat transfer between the object and the ambient air is
___________
2. At the instant of time when the object temperature is 100 oC and the
change in the object temperature with time is 0.03 K/s,
the rate of change of energy storage in the object is ____________
IX. Liquid oxygen, which has a boiling point of 90oK and a latent heat of vaporization of 214
kJ/kg, is stored in a spherical container whose outer surface is of 0.50 m diameter and at a
temperature of 263oK. The container is house in a laboratory whose walls are at 298 oK. The
surface emissivity is 0.4 and the heat transfer coefficient associated with free convection at the
outer surface of the container is 10 W/m2oK. If the air temperature is 298oK, the rate in kg/s, at
which oxygen must be vented from the system is
____________
X. A long cylindrical rod of diameter 200 mm with thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/moK
experiences uniform volumetric heat generation of 30,000 W/m3. The rod is encapsulated by a
circular sleeve having an outer diameter of 400 mm and a thermal conductivity of 4.0 W/moK.
The outer surface of the sleeve is exposed to air at 25 oC with a convection coefficient of 10 W/
m2oK.
The temperature on the outer surface of the sleeve is ____________
XI. In an orbiting space station, an electronic package is housed in a compartment having a
surface area As = 1 m2 which is exposed to space. The surface emissivity is 1.0. Under normal
operating conditions, the electronics dissipate 500 W, all of which must be transferred from the
exposed surface to space.
1) If the surface is not exposed to the sun, what is it steadystate temperature? _____________
2) If the surface is exposed to a solar flux of 750 W/m 2 and its absorptivity to solar radiation is
0.25, what is it steadystate temperature?
_____________
CHE 312 (Winter 2001)
Answers to Quiz #1
I. 1) 0.1168 oK/s, 2) 347oK, 3) 340o9K, 4) 142.1 s
III. 1) 0.1124 oK/s, 2) 577.8K, 3) 577.8K, 4) 855.6oK
IV. 310.5oK
Answers to Quiz #3
I. 1) 0.313 K/s, 2) 716.7 K, 3) 716.7oK, 4) 1133oK
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II. 1) 4.588m1, 2) 70.5oC, 3) 11.2 W, 4) 107.5 W/moK
III. 55oC
Answers to Quiz #4
I. 1) 7.25m , 2) 108.8 C, 3) 4.67 W, 4) 197 W/moK
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II. 1) T1 = 155.7oC, T2 = 95.6oC, T3 = 52.2oC, b) 560 W/m
III. 16,000 W/m2
Answers to Quiz #5
I. 1) 399.84oK, 2) 456.84oK, 3) 410.3 oK, 4) 6000 W/m, 5) 2163 W/m
II. 1) 1340 s, 2) 568.2oC, 3) ) 474.8oC
III. C