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Copper plates fins of rectangular cross section , 1mm thick , 10 mm long and thermal conductivity as 380
W/m. K are attached to a plane wall mintained at a temperature of 230
0
C .The fins dissipate heat by
convection into an ambient at 30
0
C with a heat transfer coefficient of 40 W/m
2
.K. Fins are spaced at 8
mm.Assume negligible heat loss from the fin tip.Calculate (1)Fin efficiency ,(2)Area weighted fin
efficiency,(3)The total heat transfer rate per m
2
of plane wall surface,(4)The heat transfer rate from the
plane wall if there were no fins attached.(ANS 99.3%,99.48%,26.84kW/m
2
,26.86 kW/m
2
,8kW/m
2
)
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In a quenching process a copper plate of 3 mm thick is heated upto 350
0
C and then suddenly,it is
dropped into a water bath at 25
0
C.Calculate the time required for the plate to reach the temperature of
50
0
C.The heat transfer coefficient on the surface of the plate is 28 W/m
2
.K.The plate dimensions may
be taken as length 40m cm width 30 cm.
Taken the properties of copper as : C = 380J/kg.K, = 8800kg/m
3
,k=385W/m.K.(ANS 7.52Min.)
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A copper cylinder 10 cm diameter ,20 cm long is removed from liquid nitrogen bath at -196
0
C and
exposed to air at 25
0
C with convection coefficient of 20 W/m
2
.K.Find the time required by cylinder to
attain the temperature of -110
0
.Take thermophysical properties as : C = 380 J/kg.K, = 8800 kg/m3,k =
360W/m.K. (ANS 27.47min)
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A person is found dead at 5 p.m. in a room whose temperature is 20
0
C.The temperature of the body is
measured to be 25
0
C when found, and the heat transfer coefficient is estimated to be 8W/m
2
.K.
Modelling the human body a 30 cm diameter,1.70m long cylinder,calculate actual time of death of
person.Take thermophysical properties of the body: k = 6.08W/m.K, = 900kg/m
3
,C = 4000J/kg.K.(ANS
10.54h.)
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A thermocouple is used to measure the temperature in a gas stream.The junction is approximated as a
sphere with thermal conductivity of 25 W/m.K,density 9000kg/m
3
,and specific heat 0.35 kj/kg.K.The
heat transfer coefficient between the junction and the gas is 250W/m
2
.K.Calculate the diameter of the
junction,if thermocouple should measure 95 % of the applied temperature difference in 3 s.(ANS
0.4768MM)



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An egg with mean diameter of 4 cm initially at 25
0
C. It is placed in boiling water for 4 min found to be
consumers taste.For how long should be a similar egg for same consumer be boiled when taken from
refrigerator at 2
0
C.Use lumped system analysis and take thermophysical properties of egg as k =
12W/m.K, h = 125 W/m
2
.K, C = 2000 J/kg.K, = 1250kg/m
3
(ANS 4.6 min)
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A cylindrical stainless steel ingot (k = 45W/m.K),15 cm in diameter and 40 cm long passes through a
treatment furnace,which is 6 m in length.The temperature of furnace gas is 1300
0
C.The initial ingot
temperature is 100
0
C.The combined radiant and convective heat transfer coefficient is 100
W/m
2
.K.Calculate the maximum speed with which the ingot should pass through the furnace,if it must
attain a temperature of 850
0
C.(ANS 1.985 mm/s)

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