GLA UNIVERSITY MATHURA (UNIVERSITY POLYTECHNIC)

DME 5202: REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING

Assignment Cum Class test 01
Time for submission on portal within a week after given date.
Topic covered: - Introduction to Heat Transfer, Fins, Thermal
Radiation and Heat Exchanger
Section A (theory)
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Test.
1. Define Thermodynamics.
2. Define all the thermodynamics laws with their Examples.
3. How many thermodynamics systems are used?
4. What do you mean by temperature and its relation in different units also discuss their types?
5. What do you mean by heat and work and their sign conventions?
6. Write the name of all thermodynamic processes and their formula for gas relation, work done and
Heat.
7. Explain Heat transfer Modes and discuss about Fourier’s Law of Heat Conduction.
8. Explain Absorptivity, Reflectivity and Transmissivity.
9. Explain Stefan- Boltzmann law.
10. Explain Wien’s Displacement Law.
11. What do you mean by Insulation?
12. Why critical thickness of insulation required?
13. Which device is used to transfer heat from one fluid to another fluid and their applications in daily
engineering?
14. Classify the types of heat exchanges according to Relative direction of fluid motion.
15. Write a short note on Heat Exchanger Analysis.
Section (numerical)
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Test.
1. What is 30°C in Kelvin? Convert 50°C to °F. Convert 113°F to Kelvin. And Convert 225 K to Celsius.
2. At which temperature degree Celsius and Kelvin temperature will be equal show in proper
calculations.
3. An artificial satellite revolves round the earth with a relative velocity of 800 m/s. If acceleration due
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to gravity is 9 m/s and gravitational force is 3600 N, calculate its kinetic energy.
4. The specific heat capacity of the system during a certain process is given by c n = (0.4 + 0.004 T)
Kj/kgC. If the mass of the gas is 6 kg and its temperature changes from 25 C to 125C find: (i) Heat
transferred; (ii) Mean specific heat of the gas.
5. A temperature scale of certain thermometer is given by the relation t = a ln p + b where a and b
are constants and p is the thermometric property of the fluid in the thermometer. If at the ice point
and steam point the thermometric properties are found to be 1.5 and 7.5 respectively what will be
the temperature corresponding to the thermometric property of 3.5 on Celsius scale.
6. In an air motor cylinder, the compressed air has an internal energy of 450 Kj/kg at the beginning of
the expansion and an internal energy of 220 Kj/kg after expansion. If the work done by the air during
the expansion is 120 Kj/kg, calculate the heat flow to and from the cylinder.
7. 0.44 kg of air at 180°C expands adiabatically to three times its original volume and during the
process, there is a fall in temperature to 15°C. The work done during the process is 52.5 Kj. Calculate
cp and cv.
8. Air at 1.02 bar, 22°C, initially occupying a cylinder volume of 0.015 m3, is compressed reversibly
and adiabatically by a piston to a pressure of 6.8 bar. Calculate: (i) The final temperature;(ii) The
final volume; (iii) The work done.
9. The inner surface of a plane brick wall is at 60°C and the outer surface is at 35°C. Calculate the rate
of heat transfer per m2 of surface area of the wall, which is 220 mm thick. The thermal conductivity of
the brick is 0.51 W/m°C.
10. A hot plate 1 m × 1.5 m is maintained at 300°C. Air at 25°C blows over the plate. If the convective
heat transfer coefficient is 20 W/m2°C, calculate the rate of heat transfer.
11. The effective temperature of a body having an area of 0.12 m2 is 527°C. Calculate the following:
(i) The total rate of energy emission.
(ii) The intensity of normal radiation, and
(iii) The wavelength of maximum monochromatic emissive power.
12. Where we are using extended surfaces for heat transfer?
13. The flow rates of hot and cold-water streams running through a parallel-flow
14. heat exchanger are 0.2 kg/s and 0.5 kg/s respectively. The inlet temperatures on the hot and cold sides are 75°C and 20°C
respectively. The exit temperature of hot water is 45°C. If the individual heat transfer coefficients on both sides are 650
W/m2°C, calculate the area of the heat exchanger.

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BY: - MR. YOGENDRA KUMAR

 GLA UNIVERSITY MATHURA (UNIVERSITY POLYTECHNIC)
DME 5202: REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING
15. In a counter-flow double pipe heat exchanger, water is heated from 25°C to 65°C by an oil with a specific heat of 1.45 Kj/kg K
and mass flow rate of 0.9 kg/s. The oil is cooled from 230°C to 160°C. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 420 W/m2°C,
calculate the following:
(i) The rate of heat transfer,
(ii) The mass flow rate of water, and
(iii) The surface area of the heat exchanger.
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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BY: - MR. YOGENDRA KUMAR