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MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Manipal University, Manipal 576 104 VI SEM. B.E. (MECHANICAL ENGG.) DEGREE END SEMESTER (MAKE-UP) EXAMINATIONS JULY - 2010 SUBJECT: HEAT TRANSFER (MEE-306) REVISED CREDIT SYSTEM ( 06 / 07 / 2010 ) Time: 3 Hours. MAX.MARKS: 50 Instructions to Candidates: Answer ANY FIVE FULL questions. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed.

1A) Derive an expression for the temperature distribution and heat transfer rate through a very long fin. 1B) Air at 3 m/s flows through a long horizontal rectangular heating duct of width and height 1 m and 0.5 m respectively, maintains the outer duct surface temperature at 45C. If the duct outer surface is uninsulated and exposed to surrounding air 15C, what is the heat loss from the duct surface to the surrounding air per meter length? The properties of air are: = 16.2 x 10 m2/s, Pr = 0.71, Correlations are: (1) Vertical surface: (2) Hot horizontal surface up: Nu = 0.59 (Ra)0.25 Nu = 0.54 (Ra)0.25
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(3) Hot horizontal surface down: Nu = 0.27 (Ra)0.25 2A) Derive an expression for the temperature distribution and heat transfer in case of a solid sphere subjected to internal heat generation and with specified surface temperature. 2B) A simple heat exchanger consisting of two concentric flow passages is used for heating 1000 kg/h of oil (sp. heat = 2.1 kJ/kgK) from a temperature of 25C to 50C. The oil flows through the inner pipe made of copper (O.D. = 30 mm, I.D. = 25 mm) and the surface heat transfer coefficient on the oil side is 650 W/m2K. The oil is heated by hot water supplied at the rate of 400 kg/h (sp. heat = 4.18 kJ/kgK) and at inlet temperature of 90C. The water side heat (MEE-306) Page 1 of 3

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transfer coefficient is 1300 W/m2K. Take the thermal conductivity of copper to be 350 W/mK and the fouling factors on the oil and water sides are to be 0.0001 m2K/W and 0.0004 m2K/W. What is the length of the heat exchanger for (i) parallel flow, and (ii) counter flow? 3A) Show by dimensional analysis for forced convective heat transfer, Nusselt number is a function of Reynold number and Prandtl number. 3B) One end of a copper rod (k = 380 W/mK), 300 mm long is connected to a wall which is maintained at 300C. The other end is firmly connected to other wall at 100C. The air is blown across the rod so that the heat transfer coefficient of 20 W/m2K is maintained. The diameter of the rod is 15 mm and temperature of air is 40C. Determine: (i) The net heat transferred to the air, and (ii) The heat conducted to other end which is at 100C. 4A) Derive an expression for the radiation heat transfer between two parallel infinite gray surfaces with usual notations. 4B) The large furnace wall consists of 250 mm thick common brick layer (k = 0.65 W/mK),lined on inside with 300 mm thick layer of magnesite bricks (k = 11.5 W/mK). The inner side of the furnace is exposed to hot gas at 1400C with convective heat transfer coefficient of 17.5 W/m2K, and radiative heat transfer coefficient of 23.2 W/m2K. The temperature of surrounding air is 30C with convective heat transfer coefficient of 7.5 W/m2K and radiation heat transfer coefficient of 11.5 W/m2K. Showing thermal network, calculate: (i) Rate of heat transfer through the wall per unit area. (ii) Maximum temperature to which the common brick is subjected. 5A) With necessary diagram derive an expression for Effectiveness for a counter flow heat exchanger. 5B) A small electric heating application uses wire of 2 mm diameter with 0.8 mm thick insulation (k = 0.12 W/mC). The heat transfer coefficient on the insulated surface is 35 W/m2C. Determine the critical thickness of insulation in this case and the % change in the heat transfer rate if the critical thickness is used, assuming the temperature difference between the surface of the wire and surrounding air remains unchanged. 5C) With graph discuss the various regimes of pool boiling. 6A) Differentiate the following (i) Surface and space resistance in radiation (ii) Grashoff No. and Reynold No. (iii) Thermal conductivity and Thermal diffusivity 6B) The outer surface of a vertical tube 80 mm diameter and 1 m long is exposed to saturated steam at atmospheric pressure. The tube surface is maintained at 50C by flow of water through the tube. What is the rate of heat transfer to (MEE-306) Page 2 of 3

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coolant and what is the rate of condensation of steam? Fluid properties are: -6 k = 0.668 W/mC, = 975 kg/m3, hfg = 2257 kJ/kg, = 375x10 kg/ms. v = 0.596 kg/m3 (03)

Use correlation: 6C) A cryogenic fluid flows through a long tube of 20 mm diameter, the outer surface of which is diffuse and gray (1= 0.02) at 77 K. This tube is concentric with a larger tube of 50 mm diameter, the inner surface of which is diffuse and gray (2= 0.05) and at 300 K. The space between the surfaces is evacuated. Calculate the heat gain by cryogenic fluid per unit length of tubes. If a thin radiation shield of 35 mm diameter (3= 0.02) both sides is inserted midway between the inner and outer surfaces, calculate the % change in heat gain per unit length of the tube.

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