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Transport

Phenomena CHEN 3001


Week5tutorialsolutions

1.

Thisisaconjugateheattransferproblem.Forcylinders,therelevantequationis:

Qr

T ,1 T ,3
.
ln(r2 / r1 ) ln(r3 / r2 )
1
1

2r1 Lh1
2k A L
2k B L
2r3 Lh3

Youcantheninputtherelevantconvectiveheattransfercoefficientsinsideandoutsideof
thetube,aswellastheconductivitiesofthemetalandinsulationmaterials.The
temperaturesintheequationaretemperaturesontheextremesidesthatyouarereferring
to.So,267oFand80oFfor T ,1 and T ,3 ,respectively.
Alternatively,youcanuseQ=UAT=T/Rtot,whereRtotisthetotalresistancedueto
convectionandconduction.Forcylindricalcoordinates,theresistanceduetoconductioncan
becalculatedas, Rcond
a.
b.

2.

ln(r2 / r1 )
1
,whereasforconvection, Rcond
.
2Lk
hAs

Q=29.78Btu/hr
U=0.736Btu/ft2.hr.oF;Q=29.7Btu/hr

x
z
Insulation

Slab

Insulation

Usethermalenergyequation: C p

DT
T T
k
k
Dt x x y y

T
k
S .
z z

Simplifyequation(assumptions:steadystate,temperaturedistributioninthexdirection
only,constantk)

2Ts
Se 0
x 2
2Ti
0
Forinsulation: k
x 2

Forslab: k

Boundaryconditions:
1.

2.

3.

Ts
x

ks
ki

0
x 0

Ts
x

Ti
x

x t

ki

Ti
x

hTi , t Tc

Solvingbothequations,weget

Tinsulation

x t

S e
Tc
h

whereTcisthetemperatureofthecoolingfluid.
3a.

D 3 6 D
.
CalculateBiotnumber:Bi=hLc/k,whereLc=Volume/area=
D 2
6
AsBi<0.1,thisisaLumpedCapacitanceproblem.

hA
T T
S
t

exp

VC
i Ti T

p

Calculate

hAS
h

=0.01157s1
VC p C p Lc

Temperatureofthespheresafterquenchingfor120s=166.4oF.

b.

Calculatetherateofheattransferfor1ball,Q=mCpT,andtakeintoaccountthe
productionrate.Therateofheattransferfrom120spherestothewateristhen1190
Btu/min.

4.

1/Bi=k/hL=45.8

Aswereinterestedinthesurfacetemperatureoftheplates,x/L=1

FromHeislerchart(or,assumingthattheFouriernumberis>0.2,youcanalsouseoneterm
approximations,i.e.lookup1andA1):

T T
=0.99>T=282oC
T0 T

Note:AstheBiotnumberisactuallylessthan0.1,youcanalsousetheLumpedCapacitance
methodtodothisanalysis.Thesurfacetemperatureoftheplatecalculatedusingthis
methodis279oC,whichisrelativelyclosetotheHeislerchartsolution.

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