1D Steady State Conduction: Heat Transfer
1D Steady State Conduction: Heat Transfer
1D Steady State Conduction: Heat Transfer
dT T
Heat transfer rate q kA
dx R
Thermal resistance
L
Conduction - plane wall R
kA
r
ln( 2 )
r1
- cylinder R
2 Lk
1 1 1
- sphere R
4 k r1 r2
1
Convection R
hA
Composite wall series Rtotal R1 R2
1
1 1
Parallel Rtotal
R1 R2
qf
Fin efficiency
hAf (Tb T )
qf
Effectiveness
hAb (Tb T )
Ab
Af
k
Critical radius of insulation rcr ,cylinder
h
Transient conduction
hLc
Lumped system Biot number Bi 0.1
k
- Infinite wall Lc L / 2
r
- Infinite cylinder Lc
2
r
- Sphere Lc
3
t
Dimensionless time (Fourier number) Fo
L2c
T (t ) T
Dimensionless temperature
Ti T
T (t ) T hA
Lumped capacity method exp t exp Bi Fo
Ti T C pV
T ( x, t ) Ts x
Semi-infinite solid constant surface temperature erf
Ti Ts 2 t
2
-error function erf ( ) exp(u )du
2
Forced convection
4A
Hydraulic diameter Dh
P
2ab
-rectangular Dh
( a b)
-annulus (ring) Dh Dout Din
VD VD
Dimensionless number -reynolds Re
c p viscous diffusion rate
-prandtl Pr
k thermal diffusion rate
hL Nu
-nusselt Nu Nu x
kf 2
Ts T
Film temperature T
2
Thermal boundary thickness 0.99
To Ti
Logarithmic mean temperature difference Tlm , To Ts To , Ti Ts Ti
ln(To / Ti )
Free convection
Area must be total area
1/4
hx Grx 4
Nussult number Nu g (Pr) Nu L NuL
k 4 3
buoyancy force
Grashof number Gr
viscous force
Radiation
F
j 1
ij 1
Gtr
Transmissivity
G
Relation G Gref Gabs Gtr
Heat transfer rate qij Ai Fij (Ti 4 T j4 )
Net heat flux J G out in (emission reflection) absorption
qrad
Opaque Ts4 G
qrad
q
Application
Heat exchanger
T2 T1
Log mean temperature Tlm
ln(T2 / T1 )
- Parallel flow T1 Th,i Tc,i T2 Th,o Tc,o
- Counter flow T1 Th,i Tc,o T2 Th,o Tc,i
q
Effectiveness
qmax
Maximum q qmax (mc) min Th ,1 Tc ,1