2022-2023-III Yr I Sem-B.Tech.

Mechanical Engineering
20ME111, Heat Transfer
Question bank
Unit II Convection heat transfer
Part A
1. On a summer day, a scooter rider feels more comfortable while on the move
than while at a stop light. Justify this statement.
2. A sphere, a cube, and a thin circular plate, all made of the same material and
having the same mass are initially heated to the temperature of 250 degree
Celsius. When left in air at room temperature, what will be their response to
cooling?
3. In forced convection, distinguish between upstream velocity and free stream
velocity. For which type of flow are the two same?
4. Why are heat transfer coefficients for natural convection much less than those
in forced convection?
5. What is the physical significance of Grashof number with reference to heat
transfer by natural convection?
6. Why do we wear woolen clothes in winter?
7. Distinguish between heat capacity and specific heat capacity.
8. An iron ball requires 9000 J heat energy to raise its temperature by 10°C.
Calculate the heat capacity of the iron bail.
9. A body of mass 750 g requires 13,500 J of heat energy in order to raise its
temperature from 25 °C to 55 °C. Calculate its specific heat capacity.
10. What is convection current?
11. What is the important application of convection current of heat?
12. How does external forced convection differ from internal forced convection?
Can a heat transfer system involve both internal and external convection at the
same time? Give an example.
13. What is the physical significance of the Nusselt number?
14. How does Rayleigh number differ from Grashof number?
Part B
1. Briefly explain velocity profiles in laminar, transition and turbulent boundary
layers in a flow over a flat plate.
2. Briefly explain the development of velocity boundary layer and thermal
boundary layer in a tube.
3. Air a 20°C at the atmospheric pressure flows over a flat plate at velocity of 3
m/s. If the plate is 1m wide and 80 °C, calculate the following at a location of
300mm from the leading edge.
(i)Hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness
(ii)Thermal boundary layer thickness
(iii)Local friction coefficient
(iv)Average friction coefficient
(v) Local heat transfer coefficient
(vi)Average heat transfer coefficient
(vii)heat transfer.
4. Air at 30°C, flows over a flat plate at a velocity of 4m/s. The plate measures
50×30cm and is maintained at a uniform temperature of 90°C. Compare the
heat loss from the plate when the air flows, (i) parallel to 50cm side, (ii) parallel
to 30cm side, and (iii) the percentage of heat loss.
5. Air at 25°C flows over 1m width,3mlong horizontal plate maintained at 200°C
at 10m/s. Calculate the average heat transfer coefficients for both laminar and
turbulent regions. Take critical Reynolds number as 3.5×105.
6. For a particular engine, the underside of the crank case can be idealised as a
flat plate measuring 80cm×20cm. The engine runs at 80km/hr and the crank
case is cooled by air flowing past it at the same speed. Calculate the loss of heat
from the crank case surface of temperature 75°C to the ambient air
temperature 25°C. Assume the boundary layer becomes turbulent from the
leading edge itself.
7. Air at 15°C, 30km/hr flows over a cylinder of 400mm diameter and 1500mm
height with surface temperature of 45°C. Calculate the heat loss.
8. Engine oil flows through a 50mm diameter tube at an average temperature of
147°C. The flow velocity is 80cm/s. Calculate the average heat transfer
coefficient if the tube wall is maintained at a temperature of 200°C and it is 2m
long.
9. Lubricating oil at a temperature of 60°C enters 1 cm diameter tube with a
velocity of 3m/s. The tube surface is maintained at 40°C. Assuming that the oil
has the following average properties, calculate the tube length required to cool
the oil to 45°C. Take the density as 865kg/m3, thermal conductivity as
0.14W/mK, specific heat at constant pressure as 1.78 kJ/kg°C. Assume laminar
and fully developed flow.
10. A vertical plate of 0.7m wide and 1.2m height maintained at a temperature of
90°C in a room at 30°C. Calculate the convective heat loss.
 11. A vertical pipe of 12cm outer diameter, 2.5m long, at a surface temperature of
120°C is in a room where the air is at 20°C. Calculate the heat loss per metre
length of the pipe.
12. A thin 80cm long and 8cm wide horizontal plate is maintained at a temperature
of 130°C in large tank full of water at 70°C. Estimate the rate of heat input into
the plate necessary to maintain the temperature of 130°C.
13. A steam pipe 80mm in diameter is covered with 30mm thick layer of insulation
which has a surface emissivity of 0.94. The insulation surface temperature is
85°C and the pipe is placed in atmospheric air at 15°C. If the heat is lost both
by radiation and free convection, find (i) the heat loss from 5m length of the
pipe, (ii) the overall heat transfer coefficient, and (iii) heat transfer coefficient
due to radiation.
14. A horizontal wire of 3mm diameter is maintained at 100°C and is exposed to
air at 20°C. Calculate (i)heat transfer coefficient, and (ii) maximum current.
Take resistance of wire is 7 ohm/m.