TPH - Heat Transfer 1

Tutorial 3:
Question 1: Conduction
1.1. A pipe with diameter of 5 cm is maintained at 200oC. The pipe is exposed to air at 20oC
with the convective heat transfer coefficient, h = 3 W/m2oC. An insulation material,
asbestos (k = 0.17 W/moC) is available to surround the pipe. The thickness of the
asbestos is 3.17 cm. Determine:
1.1.1. The heat transfer per unit length from the pipe without insulation.
1.1.2. The heat transfer per unit length from the pipe with insulation.
1.1.3. Comment on your answers. Would you recommend insulating the pipe with asbestos?
1.2. A 0.8 m high and 1.5 m wide double-pane window consist of two 4 mm thick layers of
glass (k = 0.78 W/m.°C) separated by a 10 mm wide stagnant air space (k = 0.026
W/m.°C). The temperature inside the room is 20°C while the temperature of the
outdoors is -10°C. Take the convection heat transfer coefficients on the inner and outer
surface of the window to be h1 = 10 W/m2.°C and h2 = 10 W/m2.°C.
1.2.1. Draw and label a diagram to represent the situation described above
1.2.2. Determine the rate of heat transfer through this window
Question 2: Two dimensional
2.1. A square metal solid of 3m x 3m has its top surface maintained at a constant
temperature of 700K and its bottom, left and right surfaces exposed to 298K. the k=
10 W/m.K. use a grid of ∆x= ∆y = 0.75m and calculate the steady state temperature of
the various nodes. Use a spreadsheet for the calculation.
2.2. A hollow square duct of the configuration shown (left) has its inner surfaces maintained
at 200oC and outer surfaces at 0oC, respectively. use a grid of ∆x= ∆y = 1.5m
Determine the steady-state heat transfer rate between the hot and cold surfaces of this
duct. The wall material has a thermal conductivity of 1:21W/m.K: Use a spreadsheet
for the calculation.
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3m
3m 9m
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Question 2: convective boiling
Mercury is being heated on a large flat plate at atmospheric pressure (1 atm). The dimensions
of the plate are 25 cm by 12 cm. The boiling regime observed is the nucleate boiling regime.
The normal boiling point for mercury is 355oC. By making use of the properties of mercury in
Table 1, answer the following:
2.1. List the two assumptions that you need to make to answer the following questions.
2.2. Determine the maximum heat flux that can be attained.
2.3. Determine the minimum heat flux that can be attained during transition boiling.
Table 1: Properties of mercury at selected temperatures (Adapted from A heat transfer

textbook, 3rd edition by Lienhard and Lienhard, 2008)
Temperature Density of Density of Heat of Surface

(oC) liquid (l), vapour (v) , vaporisation tension (),
kg/m3 kg/m3 (hfg), J/kg kg/s2
350 12 809 3.5 295 900 0.512
355 13 400 4.0 292 500 0.418
360 13 560 4.5 294 700 0.428
Question 3: condensation
Saturated steam at 68.9 kPa is condensing on a vertical tube 1.22m long having an outside
diameter of 25.4mm and a surface temperature of 86.11oC. calculate the average heat transfer
coefficient.
Question 4: convective heating
Water at 47oC and moving at 35 m/s is warmed by a steam-heated plate at 127oC, which is
2.5 m in length and 2.5 m in width. By making use of the given information below, answer the
following questions:
4.1. List any two assumptions you will consider.

4.2. Determine the average heat transfer coefficient.
4.3. Determine the total amount of heat transferred or total heat flux.
Table 1: Properties of water at selected temperatures (adapted from A heat transfer textbook,
3rd edition by Lienhard and Lienhard, 2008)
Temperature (oC)  (kg/m3)  (kg/ms) x 10- k (W/mK) Pr

4
47 989.3 5.770 0.6396 3.77

67 978.5 4.215 0.6605 2.68
87 967.4 3.261 0.6737 2.03
127 937.5 2.186 0.6836 1.36
147 919.9 1.867 0.6825 1.18
The following correlations may be used without proof, although you must give reasons in
support of your of answer:
⁄
(a) 𝑁𝑢𝑥 = 0.664𝑅𝑒𝑥1 2 𝑃𝑟 1⁄3 for Rex < 5 x 105
(b) 𝑁𝑢𝑥 = 0.01𝑅𝑒𝑥0.7 𝑃𝑟 0.25 for Rex  5 x 105
Question 5: radiation
A body is at a temperature of 1100°C and the surrounding temperature is taken as 550°C.
Assuming the body is in black surroundings, determine:
5.1. The net rate of heat loss by radiation, assuming the body to be grey and Ɛ = 0.4.
5.2. The inaccuracy obtained by assuming the body not to be grey. Note: Ɛ = 0.4 and α =
0.76.
5.3. The inaccuracy obtained by assuming the body not to be grey and metal. Note: Ɛ = 0.7
and α = 0.57.
Question 6: conduction, convection and radiation
A 200 mm thick draw batch furnace front is subjected to uniform heat flux on the inside surface,
while the outside surface is subjected to convection and radiation heat transfer. The inside
surface temperature of the furnace front is to be determined.
Assumptions 1 Heat conduction is steady. 2 One dimensional heat conduction across the
furnace front thickness. 3 Thermal properties are constant. 4 Inside and outside surface
temperatures are constant.
Properties Emissivity and thermal conductivity are given to be 0.30 and 25 W/m ∙ K,
respectively.

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Tutorial 3:

Question 2: Two dimensional

Table 1: Properties of mercury at selected temperatures (Adapted from A heat transfer

Temperature Density of Density of Heat of Surface

350 12 809 3.5 295 900 0.512

355 13 400 4.0 292 500 0.418

360 13 560 4.5 294 700 0.428

Question 4: convective heating

4.1. List any two assumptions you will consider.

Temperature (oC)  (kg/m3)  (kg/ms) x 10- k (W/mK) Pr

47 989.3 5.770 0.6396 3.77

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