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The document contains 4 homework questions related to heat transfer concepts: 1) A plastic rod is heated in an oven before a pressing process. The question asks for the temperature the rod needs to be heated to in the oven, and checks if the temperature difference across the rod meets the specified condition. 2) A material sample is tested by heating it to 100°C and then cooling it with air. The question asks if the sample meets the desired thermal conductivity based on the recorded cooling time, and how to modify the experiment to get results within 10 minutes. 3) A rocket nozzle needs to stay below 1500K when exposed to exhaust gases at 2300K. The question asks for the maximum operational time

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Assignment 5

The document contains 4 homework questions related to heat transfer concepts: 1) A plastic rod is heated in an oven before a pressing process. The question asks for the temperature the rod needs to be heated to in the oven, and checks if the temperature difference across the rod meets the specified condition. 2) A material sample is tested by heating it to 100°C and then cooling it with air. The question asks if the sample meets the desired thermal conductivity based on the recorded cooling time, and how to modify the experiment to get results within 10 minutes. 3) A rocket nozzle needs to stay below 1500K when exposed to exhaust gases at 2300K. The question asks for the maximum operational time

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3R03 | Heat Transfer Winter 2024

Homework #5 – Due February 14th

Question 1 (Graded Question)


Before a pressing process, a 20-mm diameter long plastic rod is uniformly heated in an
oven. The rod has a thermal conductivity of 0.3W/mK and a heat capacity of 1040kJ/m 3K.
The ideal minimum temperature for the rod entering the press is 200ºC. If, in the worst
case, the rod sits on a conveyer belt for 3 minutes before entering the press, what
temperature should the rod be heated to in the oven? The air in the plant is 25ºC with a
convection coefficient of 10W/m2K. A second condition is that the temperature difference
across the rod should not be greater than 10ºC. Is this condition satisfied? If not, what
changes could be made in order to meet the condition?

Question 2
You are part of design team charged with finding a material for use in a very niche
application. At this stage in the project, the main criteria for the material is that it must
have a thermal conductivity of 0.30W/mK. Your supplier sends you a variety of samples,
all in the form of long cylinders with a diameter of 40mm. They also provide the density
of each sample and heat capacity of each sample. One promising sample has a density
of 1200kg/m3 and specific heat of 1250J/kgK. An experiment can be performed whereby
a thermocouple is inserted through a small hole drilled through the centerline and then
the sample is heated to a uniform temperature of 100ºC. The sample is then cooled by
blowing 25ºC air over the sample. At the test conditions, the air has a convection
coefficient is 55 W/m2 K.
(a) After 18 minutes and 56 seconds of cooling, the temperature reads 40ºC. Does this
material have the desired thermal conductivity?

(b) Your boss decides that taking nearly 20 minutes per sample is too long and wants you
to modify the experiment to get an answer within 10 minutes. You are told that you cannot
change the equipment, room temperature, or the low temperature (40ºC) of the test. For
a convection coefficient 55 W/m2 K, the air was passing over the sample with a velocity of
6.8m/s. The maximum air velocity for your equipment is 20m/s. A quick way of calculating
convection is ℎ = 𝐶𝑣⃗ where C is a constant.

Is your boss’s demand possible? What is the best time that can be achieved? What
modifications to the experiment could be made to meet the 10-minute benchmark (you
may even propose things you were told were not possible).

Question 3
It is mission critical that the steel nozzle of a rocket engine stay below 1500K. The nozzle
is subject to combustion exhaust gases with a temperature of 2300K and a convection
coefficient of 5000 W/m2K. The design team proposes the use of a ceramic coating, on
the interior of the nozzle, as a thermal barrier. The ceramic has a thermal conductivity of
of 10W/mK, a thermal diffusivity of 6x10-6m2/s. Initial tests are done with a 10mm-thick
ceramic layer with an initial temperature of 300K. Calculate a conservative estimate for
the maximum operational time with and without the nozzle?
3R03 | Heat Transfer Winter 2024

If the ceramic coating is 10mm-thick and at an initial temperature of 300K, obtain a


conservative estimate of the maximum allowable duration of engine operation. In this
design, the nozzle radius is much larger than the combined wall and coating thickness.

Question 4
A 25mm-diameter glass sphere is encased in a thermoset plastic with a thickness of
10mm. The sphere is originally at a uniform temperature of 40ºC before being exposed
to a 10ºC fluid with a convection coefficient of 30W/m2K. What is the temperature of the
glass after 200 seconds? You may neglect any contact resistance between the two
materials. The glass has a density of 2500kg/m3, thermal conductivity of 1.4W/mK, and a
heat capacity of 750J/kgK. The plastic has a density of 1300kg/m3, thermal conductivity
of 1.4W/mK, and a heat capacity of 1465J/kgK

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