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DEPARTMENT OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
QUESTION BANK
V SEMESTER
ME6502 Heat and Mass transfer Regulation – 2013
JEPPIAAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE
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Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and
PO1 an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering
PO2 problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and
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PO3 system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the
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understanding of the limitations.
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JEPPIAAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
To create excellent professionals in the field of Mechanical Engineering and to uplift the quality of
technical education on par with the International Standards.
Department Mission
PEO’s
1. To understand the basic concept of various mechanical engineering field such as design,
manufacturing, thermal and industrial engineering.
2. To apply the knowledge in advanced mechanical system and processes by using design and
analysis techniques.
3. To develop student’s professional skills to meet the industry requirements and entrepreneurial
skills for improving nation’s economy stronger.
ME6601- HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
COURSE OUTCOMES
C302.1 Ability to explain the conduction heat transfer under steady and transient conditions.
C302.3 Examine the sizing of heat exchangers and analyze the phase change heat transfer
C302.4 Evaluate the various principles involved in the radiation heat transfer
OBJECTIVES:
To understand the mechanisms of heat transfer under steady and transient conditions.
To understand the concepts of heat transfer through extended surfaces.
To learn the thermal analysis and sizing of heat exchangers and to understand the basic
concepts of mass transfer.
(Use of standard HMT data book permitted)
UNIT I CONDUCTION 9
General Differential equation of Heat Conduction– Cartesian and Polar Coordinates – One
Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction –– plane and Composite Systems – Conduction with
Internal Heat Generation – Extended Surfaces – Unsteady Heat Conduction – Lumped Analysis –
Semi Infinite and Infinite Solids –Use of Heisler’s charts.
UNIT II CONVECTION 9
Free and Forced Convection - Hydrodynamic and Thermal Boundary Layer. Free and Forced
Convection during external flow over Plates and Cylinders and Internal flow through tubes .
UNIT III PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER AND HEAT EXCHANGERS 9
Nusselt’s theory of condensation - Regimes of Pool boiling and Flow boiling. Correlations in boiling
and condensation. Heat Exchanger Types - Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient – Fouling Factors -
Analysis – LMTD method - NTU method.
UNIT IV RADIATION 9
Black Body Radiation – Grey body radiation - Shape Factor – Electrical Analogy – Radiation Shields.
Radiation through gases.
UNIT V MASS TRANSFER 9
Basic Concepts – Diffusion Mass Transfer – Fick’s Law of Diffusion – Steady state Molecular
Diffusion – Convective Mass Transfer – Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer Analogy –Convective
Mass Transfer Correlations.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course, the students can able to understand and apply different heat
and mass transfer principles of different applications.
TEXT BOOK:
1. Yunus A. Cengel, "Heat Transfer A Practical Approach", Tata McGraw Hill, 2010
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Frank P. Incropera and David P. Dewitt, "Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer", John
Wiley & Sons, 1998.
2. Venkateshan. S.P., "Heat Transfer", Ane Books, New Delhi, 2004.
3. Ghoshdastidar, P.S, "Heat Transfer", Oxford, 2004,
4. Nag, P.K., "Heat Transfer", Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2002
5. Holman, J.P., "Heat and Mass Transfer", Tata McGraw Hill, 2000
6. Ozisik, M.N., "Heat Transfer", McGraw Hill Book Co., 1994.
7. Kothandaraman, C.P., "Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer", New Age International,
New Delhi, 1998.
8. Yadav, R., "Heat and Mass Transfer", Central Publishing House, 1995.
9. M.Thirumaleshwar : Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, "Heat and Mass Transfer", First
Edition, Dorling Kindersley, 2009
JEPPIAAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE
Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai – 600 119
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
QUESTION BANK
SUBJECT : ME6502 HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
UNIT- I CONDUCTION
General Differential equation of Heat Conduction– Cartesian and Polar Coordinates – One
Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction –– plane and Composite Systems – Conduction with
Internal Heat Generation – Extended Surfaces – Unsteady Heat Conduction – Lumped Analysis –
Semi Infinite and Infinite Solids –Use of Heisler’s charts
PART – A
CO Mapping : C214.1
Q.No Questions BT Competence PO
Level
1 Write the three dimensional heat transfer Poisson and BTL-1 Remembering PO1,
Laplace equations in Cartesian co-ordinates PO2,PO12
2 Define Heat transfer? BTL-1 Remembering
PO1, PO12
3 What are the modes of heat transfer? BTL-1 Remembering
PO1, PO12
4 What is conduction? BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
5 State Fourier’s law of conduction. BTL-1 Remembering PO1,
PO2,PO12
6 Define Thermal conductivity BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
7 List down the three types of boundary conditions BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
8 Define convection. BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
9 Define Radiation BTL-1 Remembering
PO1, PO12
10 State Newton’s law of cooling or convection law BTL-1 Remembering PO1,
PO2,PO12
11 Define overall heat transfer co-efficient BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
12 Define fins or extended surfaces BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
13 State the applications of fins BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
14 Define fin efficiency BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
15 Define Fin effectiveness BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
16 What is meant by steady state heat conduction? BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
17 What is meant by transient heat conduction or BTL-1 Remembering
PO1, PO12
unsteady state conduction
18 What is Periodic heat flow? BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
19 What is non Periodic heat flow? BTL-1 Remembering
PO1, PO12
20 What is meant by Newtonian heating or cooling BTL-1 Remembering
PO1, PO12
process
21 What is meant by Lumped heat analysis? BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
22 What is meant by semi-in finite solids? BTL-1 Remembering
PO1, PO12
23 What is meant by infinite solid BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
24 Define Biot number. BTL-1 Remembering
PO1, PO12
25 What is the significance of Biot number? BTL-1 Remembering
PO1, PO12
26 What are the factors affecting the thermal BTL-1 Remembering
conductivity? PO1, PO12
PART – B & C
A hollow cylinder of 5cm ID and 10 cm OD,
has an inner surface temperature of 200°C and
1
an outer surface temperature of 100°C. If the BTL-5 Evaluating
PO1,
thermal conductivity of the cylinder material is PO2,PO12
70 W/mK. Determine the heat flow through the
cylinder per unit length.
(i)Derive general heat conduction equation in
Cartesian coordinates.
8
Derive the general heat conduction equation for a BTL-6 Creating
PO1,
hollow cylinder PO2,PO12
UNIT- II CONVECTION
Properties of steam – Ranking cycle—Boilers and its accessories– Basic thermodynamics of
refrigerators and heat pumps.- Basics of Heat transfer
PART – A
CO Mapping : C214.2
Q.No Questions BT Competence PO
Level
1 What is dimensional analysis BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
2 Mention the significance of velocity and thermal BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
boundary layer
3 State Buckingham’s theorem BTL-1 Remembering PO1,
PO2,PO12
4 What are the advantages of dimensional analysis BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
5 What are the limitations of dimensional analysis BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
6 Define Reynolds number BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
7 Define Prandtl number BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
8 Define Nusselts Number BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
9 Define Grashof number BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
10 Define Stanton number BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
11 What is meant by Newtonian and non- Newtonian BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
fluids
12 What is meant by laminar flow and turbulent flow BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
13 What is hydro dynamics boundary layer BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
14 What is thermal boundary layer BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
15 Define convection. BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
16 What is meant by free or natural convection BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
17 What is forced convection BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
18 What is the form of equation used to calculate PO1,
BTL-1 Remembering
transfer for flow through cylindrical pipes PO2,PO12
19 What are the dimensional parameters used in forced
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
convection
20 Define boundary layer thickness BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
21 Indicate the concept of significance of boundary layer BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
22 Define displacement thickness. BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
23 Define momentum thickness BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
24 Define energy thickness BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
25 Define bulk temperature BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
26 Define fouling factor BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
27 Parameters that influence fouling resistances
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
PART – B & C
PART – A
CO Mapping : C214.3
Q.No Questions BT Competence PO
Level
1 Define boiling BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
2 Differentiate between pool boiling and forced
BTL-4 Analyzing PO1, PO12
convection boiling
3 What advantage does the Effectiveness - NTU
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
method has over the LMTD method
4 What is meant by condensation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
5 Give the application of boiling and condensation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
6 What is meant pool boiling BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
7 What are the modes of condensation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
8 What is Film wise condensation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
9 What is Drop wise condensation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
10 What is heat exchange BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
11 What are the types of heat exchanger BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
12 What is meant by in direct contact heat exchangers BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
13 What is meant by Regenerators BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
14 What is meant by Remunerators or surface heat
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
exchangers
15 What is meant by parallel flow heat exchangers BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
16 What is meant by Counter flow heat exchangers BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
17 What is meant by cross flow heat exchangers BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
18 What is meant by Shell and tube heat exchangers BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
19 What is meant by Compact heat exchangers BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
20 What is meant by LMTD BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
21 What is meant Fouling factor BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
22 What is meant by Effectiveness BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
23 How film wise differ from drop wise condensation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
24 Give the application of boiling and condensation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
25 BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
26 Give the merits of drop wise condensation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
27 What is meant by NTU? Give its expression BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
PART – B & C
PART – A
CO Mapping : C214.4
Q.No Questions BT Competence PO
Level
1 Define Radiation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
2 What is max planck theory of black body radiation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
3 What is thermal radiation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
4 Define emissive power BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
5 Define monochromatic emissive power. BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
6 What is meant by absorptive BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
7 What is meant by reflectivity BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
8 What is meant by transmissivity BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
9 What is black body BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
10 State Wien’s displacement law BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
11 State the Stefan -Boltzmann law BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
12 Define Emissivity.[ BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
13 What is meant by gray body BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
14 State Kirchoff’s law of radiation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
15 Define intensity of radiation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
16 State Lambert’s cosine law BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
17 What is the purpose of radiation shield BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
18 Define Irradiation BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
19 What is radiosity BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
20 What are the assumptions made to calculate radiation
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
exchange between the surfaces
21 What is meant by shape factor and mention its
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
physical significance
22 Discuss the radiation characteristics of carbondioxide
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
and water vapour.
23 Give reciprocity theorem BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
24 Define summation rule BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
25 Define symmetry rule BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
26 What is mean by reradiating surfaces BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
27 What is mean by spectral directional emissivity BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
28 Describe green house effect BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
29 What is mean by solar heat gain coefficient(SHGC) BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
30 Describe direct method BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
31 What is mean by Beer’s Law BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
32 What is mean by fully developed region BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
PART – B & C
Emissivities of two large parallel plates
maintained at 800oC and 300oC are 0.3 and 0.5
respectively. Find the net radiation heat
1
exchange per square meter for this plate. Find PO1,
BTL-5 Evaluating
the percentage reduction in heat transfer when a PO2,PO12
polished aluminum radiation shield (ε=0.05) is
placed between them. Also find the temperature
of shield.
Two large parallel plates of 1mx1m spaced
0.5m apart in a very large room whose walls
2
are at 27°C. The plates are at 900°C and PO1,
BTL-1 Remembering
400°C with emissivities 0.2 and 0.5 PO2,PO12
respectively. Find the net heat transfer to each
plate and to the room
Derive the radiation exchange between
PO1,
3 (i)Large parallel gray surfaces and BTL-6 Creating
PO2,PO12
(ii) small gray bodies
Basic Concepts – Diffusion Mass Transfer – Fick’s Law of Diffusion – Steady state Molecular
Diffusion– Convective Mass Transfer – Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer Analogy –Convective
MassTransfer Correlations.
PART – A
CO Mapping : C214.5
Q.No Questions BT Competence PO
Level
1 Define Schmidt Number BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
2 What are the attributes of Fick's law of diffusion BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
3 Define molar and mass concentration BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
4 Define Scherwood number BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
5 Define Mass Concentration.
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
6 Define mass fraction BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
7 Define mole fractions BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
8 State Fick’s Law of Diffusion BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
9 Give the examples of mass transfer BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
10 What are the modes of mass transfer BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
11 What is molecular diffusion BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
12 What is Eddy diffusion BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
13 What is convective mass transfer BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
14 What is free convective mass transfer BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
15 Define forced convective mass transfer BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
16 Give two examples of convective mass transfer BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
17 Define molar concentration BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
18 Define mole fraction BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
19 Define molar density BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
20 What is mean by partial density BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
21 What is mean by binary mixture BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
22 What is mean by soret effect BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
23 Describe the two mechanisms of mass transfer BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
24 Explain Mass Transfer Coefficient BTL-5 Evaluating PO1, PO12
25 Define diffusion velocity BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
26 Define mass average velocity of the flow BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
27 Define permeability.
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
28 What is mean by vapor barriers either vapor barriers
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
29 What is mean by moving medium BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
30 Define homogeneous fluid
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
31 Define non-homogeneous fluid BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
32 What is mean by simultaneous heat and mass
transfer
BTL-1 Remembering PO1, PO12
PART B& C
1
Dry air at 27oC and 1 atm flows over a wet flat plate
50cm long at a velocity of 50m/s. Calculate the
PO1,
mass transfer coefficient of water vapor in air at the BTL-5 Evaluating
PO2,PO12
end of the plate.
2
(i) What are the assumptions made in the 1-D
transient mass diffusion problems?
(ii) The dry bulb and wet bulb temperature recorded
by a thermometer in moist air are 27oC and 17oC
PO1,
respectively. Determine the specific humidity of air BTL-5 Evaluating
PO2,PO12
assuming the following values: Prandtl
Number=0.74, Schmidt Number =0.6, Specific heat
at constant pressure=1.004 KJ/KgK,
pressure=1.0132x105 N/m2
3
(i) How does mass transfer differ from bulk fluid
motion ? State Fick’s law of diffusion
(ii)An open pan of 20cm diameter and 8cm depth
PO1,
contains water at 25oC and is exposed to dry BTL-1 Remembering
PO2,PO12
atmospheric air. Assuming the rate of diffusion of
water as 8.54x10-4 Kg/h, find the diffusion
coefficient.
4
i) Explain the Ficks first and second laws of
diffusion
PO1,
ii) Explain the phenomenon of equimolar counter BTL-2 Understanding
PO2,PO12
diffusion. Drive an expression for equimolar counter
diffusion between two gases or liquids
5
A mixture of O2 and N2 with their partial pressures
in the ratio 0.21 to 0.79 is in a container at 25oC.
Calculate the molar concentration, the mass density, PO1,
BTL-1 Remembering
the mole fraction, and the mass fraction of each PO2,PO12
species for a total pressure of 1 bar. What would be
the average molecular weight of the mixture
6
CO2 and air experience equimolar counter diffusion
in a circular tube whose length and diameter are 1m
and 50mm respectively. The system is at a total
pressure of 1 atm and a temperature of 25oC. The
ends of the tube are connected to large chambers in PO1,
BTL-5 Evaluating
which the species concentrations are maintained at PO2,PO12
fixed values. The partial pressure of CO2 at one end
is 190mm of Hg while at the other end is 95mm Hg.
Estimate the mass transfer rate of CO2 and air
through the tube
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