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Problems:

Problem 2.1: An electric resistance heater is being cooled by air at 600C. If the heat flux at the heater
surface is 5600 W/m2, find the average heat transfer coefficient. If the heat flux is reduced to 1800
W/m2, what will be the heater temperature? Assume that the heat transfer co-efficient remains the
same. Ans. 80.90C

Problem 2.2: Air at a temperature of 400C is flowing through a rectangular duct measuring 30 cm×40
cm with a velocity of 8.5 m/s. The thermal conductivity and the kinematic viscosity of air are 0.028
W/m-K and 16.95×10-6 m2/s respectively. The Nusselt number may be taken as 425. Calculate the
flow Reynolds number and convective heat transfer coefficient. Ans. 1.72×105, 34.7 W/m2-K

Problem 2.3: If the temperature profile at a particular location on the surface of a plate is given by

, where is the surface temperature, is the temperature of the

undisturbed fluid and y is the perpendicular distance from the plate at that location. If the thermal
conductivity of the fluid is 0.03 W/m-K, find the value of the heat transfer coefficient. Ans. 6
W/m2-K

Problem 2.4: The experimental results for heat transfer for flow over a rough flat surface can be

correlated as where is the local heat transfer coefficient at a distance x

from the leading edge of the plate. Calculate the ratio of average heat transfer co-efficient to local heat
transfer co-efficient. Ans. 1.11

Problem 2.5: Air at a temperature of 200C is flowing along a heated flat plate maintained at 1340C
with a velocity of 3 m/s. The plate is 2 m long and 1.5 m wide. Calculate the local heat transfer
co-efficient at a distance of 40 cm from the leading edge of the plate. Also, calculate the heat transfer

from the first 40 cm length of the plate. The properties of air at 770C may be taken as kg/m3,

m2/s, kJ/kg-K, and W/m-K. You can use the following

correlation for local heat transfer co-efficient: . Ans. 5.3 W/m2-K, 1450 W

Problem 2.6: A compressor disc of radius 0.5 m rotating at 18000 rpm in air at 5 bar and 4000C. The

viscosity of air is given by the following expression kg/m-s. where T is the


temperature of air in absolute scale. Calculate the Reynolds number and state whether the flow is

laminar or turbulent. Hints: Velocity , , density, ,

Problem 2.7: A 60 mm diameter electric bulb with surface temperature of 900C is placed in air at

200C. The thermo-physical properties of air may be taken as: kg/m3, kg/m-s,

. Calculate the Grashoff number. Hints: K,

Problem 2.8: Air is flowing over a flat plate maintained at 2200C. The temperature profile of the air

flow is given by where the symbols have their usual meanings. The

air flow at 1atm has free stream velocity and temperature of 0.08 m/s and 200C respectively.
Determine the heat flux on the plate surface and the heat transfer coefficient of the air flow.

Problem 2.9: The upper surface of a 50 cm thick solid plate ( k = 237 W/m-K) being cooled by water
with temperature of 200C. The upper and lower surfaces of the solid plate are maintained at
temperatures of 600C and 1200C respectively. Determine the water convection heat transfer
co-efficient (h) and water temperature gradient at the upper plate.
Problem 2.10: A 2.5 m long steam pipe having diameter 50 mm is placed horizontally and exposed to
still air at 250C. If the pipe wall temperature is 2950C, determine the rate of heat loss. Properties of air
at 1600C are as follows:

m2/s, and W/m-K. Use the following correlations:

for ( for laminar flow)

for (turbulent flow) Ans.1126.5


Problem 2.11: A hot square plate 40 cm × 40 cm at 1000C is placed in the atmospheric air. Calculate
the heat loss from both sides of the plate, if the plate is kept vertical. Also find the heat loss, if it is
kept horizontal. Atmospheric temperature is given to be 200C. The properties of air at 600C are:

kg/m3, m2/s, kJ/kg-K and W/m-K. Use the following

correlations to calculate heat transfer co-efficient, :

for vertical plate

for horizontal plate heated surface up

for horizontal plate heated surface down Ans.141 W, 126.47 W


Problem 2.12: A vertical plate is placed in ambient still air at 200C. If the plate is heated from one
side and maintained at 800C, what will be the heat transfer co-efficient at 20 cm from the lower edge?
Also, calculate the average value of convective heat transfer co-efficient over the 20 cm length. The
following correlations may be used for the local Nusselt number:

The thermo-physical properties of air at 500C may be taken as:

kg/m3, m2/s, and W/m-K.

Ans. 4.43 W/m2-K, 5.92 W/m2-K

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