TUTORIAL 2 HEAT TRANSFER BMM3513 SEM 1_12/13

1. A large plane wall of thickness L= 0.4 m and thermal conductivity k = 7.6 W/m C. The temperature at
x = 0 in unknown but constant. However, the outer surface of the wall at x = L, is 0.6, is known to
exchange heat by convection with ambient air at T

= 27C with an average heat transfer coefficient of

h = 19 W/m2 C plus radiation with the surrounding surfaces at an average temperature of T
surr
= 295K.
The temperature of the outer surface is measured to be T
2
=50C. Assuming steady one-dimensional
heat transfer,
(a) Express the differential equation and the boundary conditions for heat conduction through the plate,
(b) Obtain a relation for the temperature of the outer surface of the plate by solving the differential
equation, and
(c) Evaluate the inner surface temperature of the wall at x = 0 and x =0.25m.

Solution
a) ? ) 0 ( , ) ( , ) ( 0
2 2 1 1
2
2
= = + = = = T T L T C x C x T C
dx
dT
dx
T d
,
( ) ( ) ( )
4 4
2 2
273
) (
surr rad conv
T T T T h q q
dx
L dT
k + + = + =

co
b) ( ) ( ) ( )
4 4
2 2 1
273
surr
T T T T h kC + + =

co
( ) ( ) ( ) | | k T T T T h C
surr
+ + =

4 4
2 2 1
273 co =
-72.32193036

2 2 1 2 1
) ( , ) ( T C L C L T C x C x T = + = + =
= = = = + ) 5 . 0 )( 322 . 72 ( 50
1 2 2 2 2 1
L C T C T C L C 86.16
16 . 86 32 . 72 ) ( + = x x T
c) = + = = 16 . 86 ) 0 ( 32 . 72 ) 0 (x T 86.16 C






rad conv
q q +
inner
323 K
c
x
h
T

L
T
surr

TUTORIAL 2 HEAT TRANSFER BMM3513 SEM 1_12/13
2. Consider a steam pipe of length L = 30 m, inner radius r
1
= 6 cm, outer radius r
2
= 8 cm, and thermal
conductivity k = 20 W/m C. The inner and outer surfaces of the pipe are maintained at average
temperatures of T
1
= 200C and T
2
= 100C, respectively. Consider one dimensional steady state condition,
determine temperature condition at r = 7 cm and total amount of heat transfer.
Solution
2 1
1
1
ln ) ( 0 0
1
C r C r T
r
C
dr
dT
C
dr
dT
r
dr
dT
r
dr
d
dr
dT
r
dr
d
r
+ = = = = |
.
|

\
|
= |
.
|

\
|

C T r T = = 200 ) (
1 1

C T r T = = 100 ) (
2 2


1 2 1 1 1 1
ln ) ( T C r C T r T = + =
2 2 2 1 2 2
ln ) ( T C r C T r T = + =

1 2 1 1
ln T C r C = +
-
2 2 2 1
ln T C r C = +
=
2 1 2 1 1 1
ln ln T T r C r C =
( ) 606 . 347
ln
ln ln ln
2 1
2 1
1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
=

= = =
r r
T T
C T T r r C r r C
826 . 822 ln
1 1 1 2
= = r C T C
826 . 822 ln 606 . 347 ) ( + = r r T
= + = = 826 . 822 ) 7 ln( 606 . 347 ) 7 ( cm r T 146.426 C
= = = = =
1
1 1
) 2 ( ) 2 ( C L k
r
C
rL k
r
C
kA
dr
dT
kA Q
cylinder
t t

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