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This document contains a tutorial on heat and mass transfer with 10 practice problems related to steady-state conduction through composite walls and insulation systems. The tutorial provides the necessary equations, diagrams, and parameters to calculate heat transfer rates, temperatures, insulation thicknesses, and thermal resistances/conductivities. Example problems include determining the heat transfer through a multi-layer wall, calculating the melting time of an ice chest with insulation, and finding the thickness of insulation needed to limit temperature change on a heated tank.

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This document contains a tutorial on heat and mass transfer with 10 practice problems related to steady-state conduction through composite walls and insulation systems. The tutorial provides the necessary equations, diagrams, and parameters to calculate heat transfer rates, temperatures, insulation thicknesses, and thermal resistances/conductivities. Example problems include determining the heat transfer through a multi-layer wall, calculating the melting time of an ice chest with insulation, and finding the thickness of insulation needed to limit temperature change on a heated tank.

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HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER BMCT 4143 TUTORIAL 02-1/2

DR MOHD YUSOFF SULAIMAN


DEPARTMENT OF THERMO-FLUIDS OCT 2006

FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING


NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MALAYSIA
LOCKED BAG 1200, AYER KEROH, 75450 MELAKA

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER BMCT 4143


TUTORIAL 02 – Steady State Conduction – One Dimension

1. Find the heat transfer per unit area through the composite wall sketched. Assume one-
dimensional heat flow.

kA = 150 W/m . K
kB = 30
kC = 50
kD = 70
AB = A C Ac = 0.1 m2
q
B
T= 370oC
A D
T= 66oC
C

2.5 cm
5.0 cm
7.5 cm

2. An ice chest is constructed of Styrofoam [k=0.033 W/mK] with inside dimensions of 25


by 40 by 100 cm. The wall thickness is 5.0cm. The outside of the chest is exposed to air
at 25oC with h=20 W/m2K. if the chest is completely filled with ice, calculate the time for
the ice to completely melt. State your assumptions. The heat of fusion for water is
330kJ/kg.

3. A spherical tank, 1 m in diameter, is maintained at a temperature of 120 oC and exposed to


a convection environment. With h=25 W/m 2K and T=15oC, what thickness of
urethane foam should be added to ensure that the outer temperature of the insulation
does not exceed 40oC? What percentage reduction in heat loss results from installing this
insulation?

4. A cylindrical tank 80 cm in diameter and 2.0m high contains water at 80 oC. The tank is
90% full, and insulation is to be added so that the water temperature will not drop more
than 2oC per hour. Using fiberglass boards as an insulating material, taking the mean
value of k calculate the thickness required for the specific cooling rate.

5. A hot steam pipe having an inside surface temperature of 250 oC has an inside diameter of
8 cm and a wall thickness of 5.5 mm. It is covered with a 9 cm layer of insulation having k
=0.5 W/mK, followed by a 4 cm layer of insulation having k=0.25 W/mK. The outside
temperature of the insulation is 20oC. Calculate the heat loss per meter of length. Assume
k=47 W/mK for the pipe.

6. An insulation system is to be selected for a furnace wall at 1000 oC using first a layer of
mineral wool blocks followed by fiberglass boards. The outside of the insulation is exposed
to an environment with h=15 W/m 2K and T=40oC. Using the data of Table 2-1,
J.P.Holman, calculate the thickness of each insulating material such that the interface
temperature is not greater than 400 oC and the outside temperature is not greater than

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DR MOHD YUSOFF SULAIMAN
OCT 2006

55oC. Use mean values for the thermal conductivities. What is the heat loss in this wall in
watts per meter?

7. A plane wall 6.0 cm thick generates heat internally at the rate of 0.6 MW/m 3. One side of
the wall is insulated, and the other side is exposed to an environment at 93 oC. The
convection heat transfer coefficient between the wall and the environment is 570 W/m 2K.
The thermal conductivity of the wall is 21 W/mK. Calculate the maximum temperature in
the wall.

8. A 1.0 mm diameter wire is maintained at a temperature of 400 oC and exposed to a


convection environment at 40oC with h=120 W/m2K. Calculate the thermal conductivity
which will just cause an insulation thickness of 0.2 mm to produce a “critical radius.” How
much of this insulation must be added to reduce the heat transfer by 75% from that which
would be experienced by the bare wire?

9. Derive an expression for the thermal resistance through a hollow spherical shell of inside
radius ri and outside radius ro having a thermal conductivity k.

10. A house wall may be approximated as two 1.2 cm layers of fiber insulating board, an 8.0
cm layer of loosely packed asbestos, and a 10 cm layer of common brick. Assuming
convection heat transfer coefficients of 15 W/m 2K on both sides of the wall, calculate the
overall heat transfer coefficient for this arrangement.

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