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1. The document contains 6 homework problems related to heat transfer through various materials and systems. 2. The problems involve calculating heat transfer rates, temperature distributions, and exit temperatures by setting up and solving heat conduction equations with given boundary conditions. 3. The questions require determining governing equations, boundary conditions, temperature variations, and procedures to obtain desired values like exit temperature.

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Module 2 Homework

1. The document contains 6 homework problems related to heat transfer through various materials and systems. 2. The problems involve calculating heat transfer rates, temperature distributions, and exit temperatures by setting up and solving heat conduction equations with given boundary conditions. 3. The questions require determining governing equations, boundary conditions, temperature variations, and procedures to obtain desired values like exit temperature.

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ME6260 Homework #2

1. (15pts) Consider a 1.2-m-high and 2-m-wide glass window whose thickness is 6 mm and thermal
conductivity is k = 0.78 W/m·°C. Determine the steady rate of heat transfer through this glass
window and the temperature of its inner surface for a day during which the room is maintained at
24°C while the temperature of the outdoors is −5°C. Take the convection heat transfe r
coefficients on the inner and outer surfaces of the window to beh1 = 10 W/m2·°C and h2 = 25 W/
m2·°C, and disregard any heat transfer by radiation.

2. (15pts) Consider a large plane wall of thickness L = 1m, thermal conductivity k = 5 W/m·K, and
surface area A = 10 m2. The left side of the wall at x = 0 is subjected to a heat flux per unit area of
𝑞𝑞𝑞𝑞̇ = 500W/m2 while the temperature at the surface is measured to be T1=100 °C. Assuming
constant thermal conductivity and no heat generation in the wall, (a) express the differential
equation and the boundary condition for steady one-dimensional heat conduction through the
wall, (b) obtain a relation for the variation of temperature in the wall by solving the differential
equation, and (c) evaluate the temperature of the right surface of the wall at x = L.

3. (10pts) Let us consider the large plane wall considered in Problem 2. Now, the left side of the
wall at x = 0 is thermally insulated. The rest of the conditions didn’t change. Evaluate the
temperature of the right surface of the wall at x = L.

4. (20pts) A pipe in a district heating network is transporting over-pressurized hot water (10 atm) at
a mass flow of 0.5 kg/s. The pipe is 5 m long, has an inner radius of 50 cm and pipe wall thickness
of 50 mm. The pipe has a thermal conductivity of 20 W/m-K, and the inner pipe surface is at a
uniform temperature of 110 ºC. The convection heat transfer coefficient of the air surrounding the
pipe is 100W/m2-K. The temperature of the water at inlet of pipe is 130 ºC and the constant
pressure specific heat of hot water is 4000 J/kg-ºC. If the temperature of the air surrounding the
pipe is 20 ºC, determine the exit temperature of the water at the end of the pipe.
You have to show all your work!
Your solution must clearly include the expression for the governing heat conduction equation in
the pipe, the boundary conditions you used to solve the heat conduction equation, the temperature
distribution as a function of r, and the detailed procedure for getting the exit temperature.

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5. (20pts) Steam in a heating system flows through tubes whose outer diameter is 5 cm and whose
walls are maintained at a temperature of 180°C. Circular aluminum alloy 2024-T6 fins (k = 186
W/m·°C) of outer diameter 6 cm and constant thickness 1 mm are attached to the tube. The space
between the fins is 3 mm, and thus there are 250 fins per meter length of the tube. Heat is
transferred to the surrounding air at T∞ = 25°C, with a heat transfer coefficient of 40 W/m2·°C.
Determine the increase in heat transfer from the tube per meter of its length as a result of adding
fins.
6. (20pts) A rod of diameter D = 25 mm and thermal conductivity k = 60 W/m-K protrudes normally
from a furnace wall that is at Tw = 200 °C and is covered by insulation of thickness Lins = 200
mm. The rod is welded to the furnace wall and is used as a hanger for supporting instrumentation
cables. To avoid damaging the cables, the temperature of the rod at its exposed surface, T0, must
be maintained below a specified operating limit of Tmax = 100 °C. The ambient air temperature is
T∞ = 25 °C, and the convection coefficient is h = 15 W/m2-K

a) Derive an expression for the exposed surface temperature T0 as a function of the prescribed
thermal and geometrical parameters. The rod has an exposed length L0 and its tip is well insulated.

b) Will a rod with L0 = 200 mm meet the specified operating limit? If not, what design parameters
would you change? Consider another material, increasing the thickness of the insulation, and
increasing the rod length. Also, consider how you might attach the base of the rod to the furnace
wall as a means to reduce T0.

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) Steady-state conditions, (2) One-dimensional conduction in rod, (3)


Negligible thermal contact resistance between the rod and hot hot furnace wall, (4) Insulated
section of rod, Lins, experiences no lateral heat losses, (5) Convection coefficient uniform over the
exposed portion of the rod, L0, (6) Adiabatic tip condition for the rod and (7) Negligible radiation
exchange between rod and its surroundings.

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