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Heat Transfer Calculations and Solutions

The document contains a tutorial for a Heat Transfer course at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, featuring multiple questions related to thermal conductivity, heat flux, and heat transfer rates through various materials. Each question includes assumptions for one-dimensional conduction and steady-state conditions, along with specific parameters for calculations. Solutions are provided for each question, demonstrating the application of heat transfer principles.

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Heat Transfer Calculations and Solutions

The document contains a tutorial for a Heat Transfer course at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, featuring multiple questions related to thermal conductivity, heat flux, and heat transfer rates through various materials. Each question includes assumptions for one-dimensional conduction and steady-state conditions, along with specific parameters for calculations. Solutions are provided for each question, demonstrating the application of heat transfer principles.

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Heat Transfer (ME F220)

Tutorial - 1

BITS Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Question 1
The thermal conductivity of a sheet of rigid, extruded insulation is reported to be
k = 0.029 W/m K. The measured temperature difference across a 20-mm-thick sheet of
the material is T1-T2 =10℃ (a) What is the heat flux through a 2 m x 2 m sheet of the
insulation? (b) What is the rate of heat transfer through the sheet of insulation?

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus


Solution
Assumptions:- (1) one-dimensional conduction in the x-direction. (2) Steady state
conditions. (3) Constant properties

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus


Question-2
Consider the fireclay brick wall of Example 1.1 (0.15m-thick having thermal
conductivity of 1.7 W/m K, height 0.5 m, width 1.2m) that is operating under
different thermal conditions. The temperature distribution, at an instant in time, is
T(x) = a + bx where a = 1400 K and b = −1000 K/m. Determine the heat fluxes,
q′′x , and heat rates, qx, at x = 0 and x = L. Do steady-state conditions exist?

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Solution

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Solution

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Question-3
The heat flux that is applied to the left face of a plane wall is q"=25 W/m2.
The wall is of thickness L = 12 mm and of thermal conductivity k = 12 W/m ⋅
K. If the surface temperatures of the wall are measured to be 50°C on the left
side and 30°C on the right side, do steady-state conditions exist?

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Solution
Assumptions:-
(1) one-dimensional conduction
(2) Constant properties.
(3) No internal energy generation.

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Question - 4
The heat flux through a wood slab 60 mm thick, whose inner and outer surface
temperatures are 35 and 15°C, respectively, has been determined to be 35
W/m2 . What is the thermal conductivity of the wood?

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus


Solution
Assumptions:- (1) one-dimensional conduction in the x-direction. (2) Steady state
conditions. (3) Constant properties

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus


Evaluative
1. The inner and outer surface temperatures of a glass window 5 mm thick
are 15 and 5°C. What is the heat loss through a 1 m × 3 m window?
Thermal conductivity of the glass is 1.4 W/m K.
2. The heat flux through a wood slab 50 mm thick, whose inner and outer
surface temperatures are 40 and 20°C, respectively, has been determined
to be 40 W/m2 . What is the thermal conductivity of the wood?

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