MEENAKSHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

CHENNAI – 78
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ASSESSMENT TEST - III (MODEL EXAM-I)
Subject Name / Code No:HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER /ME8693 Max Marks = 100
Year/Sem/Sec: III/VI/B Duration:3 hrs
Session: FN Date: /04/2020
PART-A (10*2=20)
1. State Fourier’s Law of conduction.Define Fin efficiency& Fin effectiveness.
2. What is critical radius of insulation (or) critical thickness?
3. What is meant by free or natural convection & forced convection?
4. Define Reynolds number (Re) & Prandtl number (Pr).
5. What is meant by Boiling and condensation? Give the applications.
6. What is meant by Film wise and Drop wise condensation?What is meant by LMTD?
7. What is meant by absorptivity, reflectivity and transmissivity?
8. State Stefan – Boltzmann law, Wien’s displacement law &Planck’s distribution law.
9. What are the modes of mass transfer? Give the examples.
10. State Fick’s law of diffusion. What is convective mass transfer?
PART-B (5*13=65)
11. a) A furnace wall made up of 7.5 cm of fire plate and 0.65 cm of mild steel plate. Inside surface
exposed to hot gas at 650C and outside air temperature 27C. The convective heat transfer co-efficient
for inner side is 60 W/m2K. The convective heat transfer co-efficient for outer side is 8W/m 2K. Calculate
the heat lost per square meter area of the furnace wall and also find outside surface temperature.
(13)
(OR)
b) An aluminium alloy fin of 7 mm thick and 50 mm long protrudes from a wall, which is
maintained at 120C. The ambient air temperature is 22C. The heat transfer coefficient and conductivity
of the fin material are 140 W/m2K and 55 W/mK respectively. Determine
1. Temperature at the end of the fin. (13)
2. Temperature at the middle of the fin.
3. Total heat dissipated by the fin.

12.a) Air at 20C at atmospheric pressure flows over a flat plate at a velocity of 3 m/s. if the plate is 1 m wide and
80C, calculate the following at x = 300 mm.

1. Hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness,

2. Thermal boundary layer thickness,
3. Local friction coefficient,
4. Average friction coefficient,
5. Local heat transfer coefficient
6. Average heat transfer coefficient,
7. Heat transfer. (13)
(OR)
b)A thin 100 cm long and 10 cm wide horizontal plate is maintained at a uniform temperature of
150C in a large tank full of water at 75C. Estimate the rate of heat to be supplied to the plate to
maintain constant plate temperature as heat is dissipated from either side of plate.
(13)

13.a) Steam at 0.080 bar is arranged to condense over a 50 cm square vertical plate. The surface temperature is
maintained at 20C. Calculate the following.

a. Film thickness at a distance of 25 cm from the top of the plate.

b. Local heat transfer coefficient at a distance of 25 cm from the top of the plate.
c. Average heat transfer coefficient.
d. Total heat transfer
e. Total steam condensation rate.
f. What would be the heat transfer coefficient if the plate is inclined at 30C with horizontal plane.
(OR)
b)A vertical flat plate in the form of fin is 500m in height and is exposed to steam at atmospheric pressure. If
surface of the plate is maintained at 60C. calculate the following.
1. The film thickness at the trailing edge
2. Overall heat transfer coefficient
3. Heat transfer rate
4. The condensate mass flow rate.
14.a) A black body at 3000 K emits radiation. Calculate the following:

i) Monochromatic emissive power at 7 m wave length.

ii) Wave length at which emission is maximum.
iii) Maximum emissive power.
iv) Total emissive power,
v) Calculate the total emissive of the furnace if it is assumed as a real surface having emissivity equal to
0.85.
(OR)
b)Assuming sun to be black body emitting radiation at 6000 K at a mean distance of 12  1010 m from the
earth. The diameter of the sun is 1.5  10 m and that of the earth is 13.2  10 m. Calculation the following.
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1. Total energy emitted by the sun.

2. The emission received per m2 just outside the earth’s atmosphere.
3. The total energy received by the earth if no radiation is blocked by the earth’s atmosphere.
4. The energy received by a 2  2 m solar collector whose normal is inclined at 45 to the sun. The energy
loss through the atmosphere is 50% and the diffuse radiation is 20% of direct radiation.
15.a) An open pan 210 mm in diameter and 75 mm deep contains water at 25C and is exposed to dry
atmospheric air. Calculate the diffusion coefficient of water in air. Take the rate of diffusion of water
vapour is 8.52  10-4 kg/h.
(OR)
b)An open pan of 150 mm diameter and 75 mm deep contains water at 25C and is exposed to
atmospheric air at 25C and 50% R.H. Calculate the evaporation rate of water in grams per hour.

PART-C(1*15)

16.(a) Air at 10C with a velocity of 3 m/s flows over a flat plate. The plate is 0.3 m long. Calculate the
mass transfer coefficient.
(15)
(OR)

11.(b) . A wall is constructed of several layers. The first layer consists of masonry brick 20 cm. thick of
thermal conductivity 0.66 W/mK, the second layer consists of 3 cm thick mortar of thermal conductivity
0.6 W/mK, the third layer consists of 8 cm thick lime stone of thermal conductivity 0.58 W/mK and the
outer layer consists of 1.2 cm thick plaster of thermal conductivity 0.6 W/mK. The heat transfer
coefficient on the interior and exterior of the wall are 5.6 W/m 2K and 11 W/m2K respectively. Interior
room temperature is 22C and outside air temperature is -5C.Calculate (i)Overall heat transfer
coefficient (ii)Overall thermal resistance,(iii) The rate of heat transfer,(iv) The temperature at the
junction between the mortar and the limestone.
(15)

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 MEENAKSHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
CHENNAI – 78
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MODEL EXAM-II (ASSESMENT TEST- IV)
Subject Name / Code No: HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER /ME6502 Max Marks = 100
Year/Sem/Sec: III/VI/B Duration: 3 hrs
Session: FN Date: /05/2020
PART-A (10*2=20)
1. Give the applications of boiling and condensation.
2. What is meant by Film wise and Drop wise condensation?
3. Define effectiveness& Fouling factor?
4. What is meant by LMTD?
5. Define emissive power [E] and monochromatic emissive power. [Eb]
6. State Planck’s distribution law &Kirchhoff’s law of radiation.
7. Give the examples of mass transfer.
8. Define Schmidt Number &Sherwood Number.
9. What is meant by Recuperater (or) surface heat exchangers?
10. Define irradiation (G) and radiosity (J).

PART-B (5*13=65)
11. a)Water is boiled at the rate of 24 kg/h in a polished copper pan, 300 mm in diameter, at atmospheric
pressure. Assuming nucleate boiling conditions calculate the temperature of the bottom surface of the
pan.. (13)
(OR)
11.b.A nickel wire carrying electric current of 1.5 mm diameter and 50 cm long, is submerged in a water
bath which is open to atmospheric pressure. Calculate the voltage at the burn out point, if at this point
the wire carries a current of 200A. (13)

12a)Water is boiling on a horizontal tube whose wall temperature is maintained ct 15C above the
saturation temperature of water. Calculate the nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficient. Assume the
water to be at a pressure of 20 atm. And also find the change in value of heat transfer coefficient when
(13)
(OR)
12.(b)Assuming sun to be black body emitting radiation at 6000 K at a mean distance of12  1010 m
from the earth. The diameter of the sun is 1.5  109 m and that of the earth is 13.2  106 m. Calculation
the following.

1. Total energy emitted by the sun.

2. The emission received per m2 just outside the earth’s atmosphere.
3. The total energy received by the earth if no radiation is blocked by the earth’s atmosphere.
4. The energy received by a 2  2 m solar collector whose normal is inclined at 45 to the sun.
The energy loss through the atmosphere is 50% and the diffuse radiation is 20% of direct
radiation.(13)

13.a) Two parallel plates of size 3 m  2 m are placed parallel to each other at a distance of 1 m. One
plate is maintained at a temperature of 550C and the other at 250C and the emissivities are 0.35 and
0.55 respectively. The plates are located in a large room whose walls are at 35C. If the plates located
exchange heat with each other and with the room, calculate. (13)
(i)Heat lost by the plates.
(ii) Heat received by the room.
 (OR)
13.b)A gas mixture contains 20% CO 2 and 10% H2o by volume. The total pressure is 2 atm. The
temperature of the gas is 927C. The mean beam length is 0.3 m. Calculate the emissivity of the mixture.
(13)
14.a) Two black square plates of size 2 by 2 m are placed parallel to each other at a distance of 0.5 m.
One plate is maintained at a temperature of 1000C and the other at 500C. Find the heat exchange
between the plates. (13)
(OR)
14.B) Oxygen at 25C and pressure of 2 bar is flowing through a rubber pipe of inside diameter 25 mm
and wall thickness 2.5 mm. The diffusivity of O2 through rubber is 0.21  10-9 m2/s and the solubility

of O2 in rubber is 3.12  10-3 . Find the loss of O2 by diffusion per metre length of pipe.
(13)
15.a) Hydrogen gases at 3 bar and 1 bar are separated by a plastic membrane having thickness 0.25 mm.
the binary diffusion coefficient of hydrogen in the plastic is 9.1  10-3 m2/s. The solubility of hydrogen

in the membrane is 2.1  10-3

An uniform temperature condition of 20 is assumed.
Calculate the following:
1. Molar concentration of hydrogen on both sides
2. Molar flux of hydrogen
3. Mass flux of hydrogen (13)
(OR)
15.b) An open pan 210 mm in diameter and 75 mm deep contains water at 25C and is exposed to dry
atmospheric air. Calculate the diffusion coefficient of water in air. Take the rate of diffusion of water
vapour is 8.52  10-4 kg/h. (13)
PART-C

16) A vertical flat plate in the form of fin is 500m in height and is exposed to steam at atmospheric
pressure. If surface of the plate is maintained at 60C. calculate the following.

1. The film thickness at the trailing edge

2. Overall heat transfer coefficient
3. Heat transfer rate
4. The condensate mass flow rate.
Assume laminar flow conditions and unit width of the plate. (15)

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