WK 5 TUTE AnswerSheet
WK 5 TUTE AnswerSheet
WK 5 TUTE AnswerSheet
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.