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The document contains a heat transfer problem set with 3 problems. Problem 1 involves calculating the heat flow through a insulated pipe carrying chilled water. Problem 2 involves determining the maximum heat generation in an insulated electric wire. Problem 3 involves calculating the evaporation rate of liquid nitrogen in a spherical tank with different insulation, and comparing the critical insulation thicknesses.

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Problem Set

The document contains a heat transfer problem set with 3 problems. Problem 1 involves calculating the heat flow through a insulated pipe carrying chilled water. Problem 2 involves determining the maximum heat generation in an insulated electric wire. Problem 3 involves calculating the evaporation rate of liquid nitrogen in a spherical tank with different insulation, and comparing the critical insulation thicknesses.

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Heat Transfer

57048
Schedule: WF 3-4 P.M.
Problem Set No. 1
Deadline of Submission is until 3 P.M. only of March 31, 2021.

1. A steel pipe (k = 50 Wm-1K-1) of inner diameter 20 cm and thickness 5 mm carries chilled


water at 5 °C. The pipe is insulated on the outside with a layer of fiberglass (k = 0.035 Wm-
1 -1
K ) of thickness 6 cm. The convective heat transfer coefficient between the chilled water
and the inner pipe surface is 100 Wm-2K-1. The heat transfer coefficient between the outer
surface and the ambient air at 28 °C is 20 Wm-2K-1. Calculate the rate of heat flow from
the ambient to the chilled water over a length of 5 m of pipe.

2. An electric cable has a 2 mm diameter copper wire encased in a 3 mm thick insulator of


thermal conductivity 0.2 Wm-1K-1. The heat transfer coefficient between the outer surface
of the insulator and the ambient at 30 °C is 40 Wm-2K-1. If the maximum temperature limit
for the insulator is 150 °C, determine the maximum heat generation rate that can be allowed
in the wire.

3. The boiling temperature of nitrogen at atmospheric pressure at sea level ( 1 atm pressure)
is -196 °C. Therefore, nitrogen is commonly used in low-temperature scientific studies
since the temperature of liquid nitrogen in a tank open to the atmosphere will remain
constant at -196 °C until it is depleted. Any heat transfer to the tank will result in the
evaporation of some liquid nitrogen, which has a heat of vaporization of 198 kJ/kg and a
density of 810 kg/m3 at 1 atm.
Consider a 3-m diameter spherical tank that is initially filled with liquid nitrogen at 1 atm
and -196 °C. The tank is exposed to ambient air at 15 °C, with a combined convection and
radiation heat transfer coefficient of 35 Wm-2K-1. The temperature of the thin-shelled
spherical tank is observed to be almost the same as the temperature of the nitrogen inside.
Determine the rate of evaporation of the liquid nitrogen in the tank as a result of the heat
transfer from the ambient air if the tank is (a) not insulated, (b) insulated with 5-cm-thick
fiberglass insulation (k = 0.035 Wm-1K-1), and (c) insulated with (2-cm-thick
superinsulation which has an effective thermal conductivity of 0.00005 Wm-1K-1. Also, (d)
compare the critical radius of insulation of the two insulators in (b) and (c).

Figure 1 Illustration for Problem 3.

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