CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY

Gharuan, Mohali
Institute/Department: Mechanical Engineering
Division:
Subject Name: Heat Transfer
Subject Code: MET- 301

Assignment No.: 1
Max. Marks:

Date of Allotment: 24/07/19

Last date of Submission: 13/08/19

Course Outcomes:
CO Title Level
Number
CO1 To understand the basic concept of heat transfer and to impart Remember
knowledge about heat extended surfaces (fins).
CO2 To aware the students about different modes of heat transfer with Understand
the help of Heat Convection and Thermal Radiation
CO3 To familiarize the concept of Heat Exchangers and Refrigeration Understand
and Air Conditioning.

Questions:
Sr. Question SET 1 CO Number
No.
1. A rod of 10 mm square section and 160mm length with thermal CO1
conductivity of 50 W/m°C protrudes from a furnace wall at 200 C CO2
and is exposed to air at 30 C with convection coefficient 20
W/m2C. Make calculation for the heat conducted up to 80mm and
158mm lengths and comment on the result. Adapt a long fin model
for the arrangement.

2. A steam pipe of 160 mm inside diameter and 5 mm thick (k= 58 CO1

W/m°C) is covered with first layer of insulating material 30 mm CO2
thick (k = 0.17 W/m°C) and second layer of insulating material 50
mm thick (k = 0.093 W/m°C). The temperature of steam passing
through the pipe is 300°C and ambient air temperature surrounding
the pipe is 30°C. Taking inner and outer heat transfer coefficients
30 and 5.8 W/m2°C respectively, find the heat lost per meter length
of pipe.

3. A cast iron central heating pipe has an inner diameter of 100 CO1
mm and wall thickness of 5 mm. The pipe feeds a radiator CO2
with water at a temperature of 90°C and inner wall
temperature of the pipe may be assumed equal to the water
temperature. Calculate the outer surface temperature of the
 pipe and heat transfer rate per metre length of pipe in a
room at 20°C.
Take k (pipe material) = 52 W/m°C and ho= 20 W/m2°C

Sr. Question SET 2 CO Number

No.
1. Comment upon the validity of following statements: CO1
a. Good electrical conductors are always good CO2
conductors of heat.
b. Thermal conductivity of Liquids is generally higher
than that of gases and vapors.
c. Marble floor appears colder than cemented floor in
winter though both are at same temperature.

2. 1. A flat wall of a furnace is made up of fire brick, insulating CO1

brick and building brick of thicknesses 25 cm, 12.5 cm and CO2
25 cm respectively. The inside wall is at a temperature of
600°C and the atmospheric temperature is 20°C. If the heat
transfer coefficient for the outside surface is 10 W/m2°C,
calculate :
1 That loss per m2 of wall area;
2 Temperature of the outside wall surface of the furnace.
Take K for fire brick = 1.4 W/m°C; K for insulating brick
=0.2W/m°C

3. Derive General Heat Conduction Equation in Cylindrical CO1

Coordinate system CO2

Sr. Question SET 3 CO Number

No.
1. A composite wall consists. of 10 cm thick layer of building brick, k CO1
= 0.7 W/mK and 3 cm thick plaster, k = 0.5 W/mK. An insulating CO2
material of k = 0.08 W/mK is to be added to reduce the heat
transfer through the wall by 40%. Find its thickness.

2. A 2000 W heater element of area 0.04 m2 is protected on the CO1

backside with insulation 50 mm thick of k = 1.4 W/m°C and on the CO2
front side by a plate 100 mm thick with thermal conductivity of 45
W/m°C. The backside is exposed to air at 5°C with convection
coefficient of 10 W/m2°C and the front is exposed to air at 15°C
with convection coefficient including radiation of 250 W/m2°C.
Determine :
1.The temperature of the heater element;
2.The heat flow into the room under steady state conditions
3. A person claims that heat cannot be transferred in a vacuum. How CO1
do you respond to this claim? CO2

Sr. Question SET 4 CO Number

No.
1. Steam at 320°C flows in a stainless steel pipe (k 15 W/m · °C) CO1
whose inner and outer diameters are 5 cm and 5.5 cm, respectively. CO2
The pipe is covered with 3-cm-thick glass wool insulation (k 0.038
 W/m · °C). Heat is lost to the surroundings at 5°C by natural
convection and radiation, with a combined natural convection and
radiation heat transfer coefficient of 15 W/m2 · °C. Taking the heat
transfer coefficient inside the pipe to be 80 W/m2 · °C, determine
the rate of heat loss from the steam per unit length of the pipe. Also
determine the temperature drops across the pipe shell and the
insulation

2. The temperature at the inner and outer surfaces of a boiler wall CO1
made of 15 mm thick steel and covered with an insulating material CO2
of 5 mm thickness are 2500 C and 250 C respectively. If the
thermal conductivities of steel and insulating material are 58W/moC
and 0.116 W/moC respectively, determine the rate of flow through
the boiler wall
3. Explain the different modes of heat transfer with appropriate CO1
expressions CO2

Sr. Question SET 5 CO Number

No.
1. A steel pipe of 100 mm bore and 7 mm wall thickness, carrying CO1
steam at 260°C, is insulated with 40 mm of an insulated high CO2
temperature diatomaceous earth covering. This covering is in turn
insulated with 60 mm of asbestos felt. The atmospheric temperature
is 15°C. If the heat transfer coefficients for the inside and outside
surfaces are 550 and 15 W/m2°C, respectively, and the thermal
conductivities of steel, diatomaceous earth and asbestos felt are 50,
10.09 and 0.07 W/m°C respectively, calculate :
.The rate at which heat is lost by steam per metre length of the pipe,
and 2.The temperature of the outside surface.

2. What is the physical significance of the Fourier number? Will the CO1
Fourier number of specific transient heat transfer problem double if CO2
the time is doubled?

3. A steel tube with 5 cm ID, 7.6 cm OD and k=15W/m° C is covered CO1

with an insulative covering of thickness 2 cm and k 0.2 W/m oC . A CO2
hot gas at 330o C with h = 400 W/m2°C flows inside the tube. The
outer surface of the insulation is exposed to cooler air at 30oC with
h = 60 W/m 2°C. Calculate the heat loss from the tube to the air for
10 m of the tube and the temperature drops resulting from the
thermal resistances of the hot gas flow, the steel tube, the insulation
layer and the outside air

Sr. Question SET 6 CO Number

No.
1. A steam pipe of 10 cm ID and 11 cm OD is covered with an CO1
insulating substance k = 1 W/mK. The steam temperature is 2000 C CO2
and ambient temperature is 200 C. If the convective heat transfer
coefficient between insulating surface and air is 8 W/m2K, find the
critical radius of insulation for this value of rc. Calculate the heat
loss per m of pipe and the outer surface temperature. Neglect the
resistance of the pipe material.
2. Is that critical thickness of insulation always increases due to CO1
increases heat transfer rate. CO2

3. The temperature at the inner and outer surfaces of a boiler wall CO1
made of 20 mm thick steel and covered with an insulating material CO2
of 5 mm thickness are 3000 C and 500 C respectively. If the
thermal conductivities of steel and insulating material are 58W/moC
and 0.116 W/moC respectively, determine the rate of flow through
the boiler wall

Sr. Question SET 7 CO Number

No.
1. A 3 cm OD steam pipe is to be covered with two layers of CO1
insulation each having a thickness of 2.5 cm. The average thermal CO2
conductivity of one insulation is 5 times that of the other.
Determine the percentage decrease in heat transfer if better
insulating material is next to pipe than it is the outer layer. Assume
that the outside and inside temperatures of composite insulation are
fixed.

2. A 15 cm outer diameter steam pipe is covered with 5 cm high CO1

temperature insulation (k = 0.85 W/m oC ) and 4 cm of low CO2
temperature (k = 0.72 W/moC). The steam is at 500 °C and ambient
air is at 40 oC. Neglecting thermal resistance of steam and air sides
and metal wall calculate the heat loss from 100 m length of the
pipe. Also find temperature drop across the insulation.

3. A spherical shaped vessel of 1.2 m diameter is 100 mm thick. Find CO1

the rate of heat leakage, if the temperature difference between the CO2
inner and outer surfaces is 200° C. Thermal conductivity of
material is 0.3 kJ /mhoC