MEENAKSHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
CLASS TEST-I(6.4.22)
PART-A
1. State Fourier’s Law of conduction
2. Define thermal conductivity
3. Write down the equation for conduction of heat through a slab or plane wall
4. State Newton’s law of cooling or convection law.
5. Define overall heat transfer co-efficient
6. Write down the equation for heat transfer through composite pipes or cylinder.
7. Define critical thickness of insulation with its significance.
PART-B
1. A wall is constructed of several layers. The first layer consists of masonry brick 20 cm.
thick of thermal conductivity 0.66 W/mK, the second layer consists of 3 cm thick mortar of
thermal conductivity 0.6 W/mK, the third layer consists of 8 cm thick lime stone of thermal
conductivity 0.58 W/mK and the outer layer consists of 1.2 cm thick plaster of thermal
conductivity 0.6 W/mK. The heat transfer coefficient on the interior and exterior of the wall
are 5.6 W/m2K and 11 W/m2K respectively. Interior room temperature is 22C and outside
air temperature is -5C.
Calculate
a) Overall heat transfer coefficient
b) Overall thermal resistance
c) The rate of heat transfer
d) The temperature at the junction between the mortar and the limestone.
2. A furnace wall made up of 7.5 cm of fire plate and 0.65 cm of mild steel plate. Inside
surface exposed to hot gas at 650C and outside air temperature 27C. The convective heat
transfer co-efficient for inner side is 60 W/m2K. The convective heat transfer co-efficient for
outer side is 8W/m2K. Calculate the heat lost per square meter area of the furnace wall and
also find outside surface temperature.
3. A steel tube (K = 43.26 W/mK) of 5.08 cm inner diameter and 7.62 cm outer diameter is
covered with 2.5 cm layer of insulation (K = 0.208 W/mK) the inside surface of the tube
receivers heat from a hot gas at the temperature of 316C with heat transfer co-efficient of 28
W/m2K. While the outer surface exposed to the ambient air at 30C with heat transfer co-
efficient of 17 W/m2K. Calculate heat loss for 3 m length of the tube.
4. A wire of 6 mm diameter with 2 mm thick insulation (K = 0.11 W/mK). If the convective
heat transfer co-efficient between the insulating surface and air is 25 W/m2L, find the critical
thickness of insulation. And also find the percentage of change in the heat transfer rate if the
critical radius is used.
MEENAKSHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
WEST K.K.NAGAR, CHENNAI-78
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
CLASS TEST-I(5.3.24)
PART-A
1. Define the Biot and Fourier numbers
2. What is meant lumped capacity?
3. Describe about Heisler Charts?
4. What is Newtonian heating or cooling process?
5. Write the three dimensional heat transfer Poisson and Laplace equations in Cartesian co-
ordinates?
PART-B
1. An aluminium alloy fin of 7 mm thick and 50 mm long protrudes from a wall, which is
maintained at 120OC. The ambient air temperature is 22OC. The heat transfer coefficient and
conductivity of the fin material are 140 W/m2K and 55 W/mK respectively. Determine
i) Temperature at the end of the fin
ii) Temperature at the middle of the fin.
iii) Total heat dissipated by the fin.
2. a) Derive general heat conduction equation in Cartesian coordinates.
b) Compute the heat loss per square meter surface area of 40 cm thick furnace wall having
surface temperature of 300°C and 50 °C if the thermal conductivity k of the wall
material is given by k =0.005T - 5×10-6 T2 where T= Temperature in °C.
3. A slab of Aluminium 5 cm thick initially at 200°C is suddenly immersed in a liquid at
70°C for which the convection heat transfer co-efficient is 525 W/m2 K. Determine the
temperature at a depth of 12.5 mm from one of the faces 1 minute after the immersion.
Also calculate the energy removed per unit area from the plate during 1 minute of
immersion. Take ρ= 2700 bar, Cp = 0.9 kJ/kg. , k=215W/mK,
ά = 8.4 X 10-5 m 2 /s.
