Prelim Quizzes To Midterms Heat Transfer

PRELIM QUIZ # 1 (PROBLEMS) TOPIC: CONDUCTION
1.) A hollow sphere has an outside radius of 1m and is made of polystyrene foam
with a thickness of 1cm. A heat source inside keeps the inner surface 5.20°C
hooter than the outside surface. How much power is produced by the heat
source? The thermal conductivity of polystyrene foam is 0.033W/m-C. A=4πR2.
ANSWER: 213.48 Watts

2.) Calculate the energy transfer rate across 6 in. wall of firebrick with a temperature
difference across the wall of 50°C. The thermal conductivity of the firebrick is 0.65
BTU/hr. -ft-°F at the temperature interest.
ANSWER: 369.08 W/m^2
3.) Calculate the heat transfer per hour though a solid brick wall 6m long, 2.9m high
and 225mm thick, when the outer surface is at 5°C and the inner surface 17°C, the
coefficient of thermal conductivity of the brick being 0.6 W/m-K.
ANSWER: 2004.48 kJ/hr.
4.) A cold storage compartment is 4.5m long by 4m wide by 2.5m high. The four
walls, ceiling and floor are covered to a thickness of 150mm with insulating
material which has a coefficient of thermal conductivity of 5.8x10 -2 W/m-K.
Calculate the quantity of heat leasing through the insulating per hour when the
outside and inside face temperature of the materials is 15°C and -5°C
respectively.
ANSWER: 2185.44 kJ/hr.
PRELIM QUIZ # 2 (PROBLEMS) TOPIC : CONDUCTION
1.) Two walls of cold storage plant are composed of an insulating material (k = 0.35 kJ/hr-
m-°C), 200mm thick at the outer layer and material (k = 2.5 kJ/hr-m-°C), 20cm thick at
the inner layer. If the surface temperature at cold side is 40°C and hot side is 350°C, find
the heat transmitted per square meter.
ANSWER: 0.132 kW/m²
2.) The wall of a furnace is made up to 22.86-cm firebrick (k = 0.15 J/s-m-K), 12.75-cm
insulating brick (k = 0.08) and 19.05cm of red brick (k = 0.5). The inner and outer surface
temperature T1 and T4 of the wall are 815.56°C and 65.50°C, respectively. Neglecting the
resistance of mortar joints, compute the rate of heat flows through 5.08 cm² of the wall
in kilo Watts.
ANSWER: 109Kw
3.) Two walls of cold storage plant 6 meter by 2 meter are composed of an insulating
material (k = 0.44 kJ/hr-m-°C), 200mm thick at the outer layer and material (k = 3.5
kJ/hr-m-°C), 15cm thick at the inner layer. If the surface temperature at cold side is 24°C
and hot side is 125°C, find the heat transmitted in kilo calories per minute.
ANSWER: 9.7 kcal/min
4.) Two walls are composed of 100mm thick insulating material at the outer layer (k = 0.139
W/m-K) and 30cm thick material at the inner layer (k = 1.111 W/m-K). Calculate the heat
transmitted per m² if the surface temperature of the cold side and hot side are 20°C and
273°C respectively.
ANSWER: 255.70 W
5.) The surface temperature of the hot side of the furnace wall is 1000°C. It is desired to
maintain the outside of the wall at 28°C. A 150-mm refractory silica is used adjacent to
the combustion chamber and 5-mm steel covers the outside. What thickness of
insulating bricks is necessary between refractory and steel, if the heat loss should be kept
at 768 W/m²? use k:14.2 W/m-K for refractory silica, 0.20 W/m-K for insulating brick, and
45 W/m-K for steel.
ANSWER: 251 mm
PRELIM QUIZ # 3(PROBLEMS) TOPIC: CONDUCTION
1.) A metal wall has a hot temperature of 572°F and surface conductance on hot side is 472
Btu/hr-ft2-°F. If heat transmitted is 2000 Btu/hr-ft2, what is the surface temperature on
the wall at hot side? ANSWER: 567.76°F
2.) Hot gases at 280°C flow on one side of a metal plate of 10 mm thickness and air
at 35°C flows on the other side. The heat transfer coefficient of the gases is
31.5 W/m2-K and that of air is 32 W/m2-K. Thermal conductivity of air is
48 W/m-k. Calculate the over-all transfer coefficient. ANSWER: 15.82 W/m2-K
3.) Determine the heat loss of a heat exchanger in Btu/hr-ft 2. The heat exchanger is
constructed of metal wall 6 in thick between the hot gas and the cold gas. The
heat exchanger is designed by the following specification:
Hot gas temperature 2093°F
Cold gas temperature 113°F
Unit surface conductance on the hot side 330 Btu/hr-ft2-°F
Unit surface conductance on the cold side 390 Btu/hr-ft2-°F
Thermal conductivity of the metal wall 215 Btu/ft.-°F
ANSWER: 250,000.41 Btu/hr.-ft2
4.) Hot gasses at 80°F on one side of a metal plate of 5 in thickness and air at 25°F
on the other side. The heat transfer coefficient of the gasses is 31.5 Btu/hr-ft 2-°R
and that of the air 32 Btu/hr-ft2-°R. Calculate the heat loss through metal plate 6
ft. high and 10 ft. long. k= 60 Btu/ft.-°R ANSWER: 47, 182.98 Btu/hr.
5.) A composite wall is made up of an external thickness of brick wall 10 in thick
inside which is a layer of fiber glass 7 in thick. The fiber glass is faced internally by
an insulating board 4 in thick. The coefficient of thermal conductivity for the
three are as follows:
Brick wall 2.5 Btu/ft.-°R
Fiber glass 0.05 Btu/ft.-°R
Insulating board 0.08 Btu/ft.-°R
The surface transfer coefficient of the inside wall is 4.1 Btu/hr-ft 2-°R while that of
the outside wall is 3.5 Btu/hr-ft2-°F. Take the internal ambient temperature as 50°F
and the external temperature is 80.6°F. Determine the heat loss through such wall
7 ft high and 11 ft long. ANSWER: 141.21 Btu/hr.
6.) A cubical tank of 6 ft. sides is constructed of metal plate 5 in thick and contains
water at 167.6°F. The surrounding air temperature is 60.8°F. Calculate the heat
loss, take the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the metal as 60 Btu/ft.-°F, the
coefficient of heat transfer of water is 3.5 Btu/hr-ft 2-°F and the coefficient of heat
transfer of the air is 2.6 Btu/hr-ft2-°F. ANSWER: 5,644.98 Btu/hr.
7.) A cubical tank of 2-meter sides is constructed of metal plate 12 mm and contains
water at 75°C. The surrounding air temperature is 16°C. Calculate the overall heat
transfer coefficient from water to air. Take the coefficient of thermal conductivity
of the metal as 48 W/m-K, the coefficient of heat transfer of water is 2.5 kW/m2-K
and the coefficient of heat transfer of air is 16 W/m2-K.
ANSWER: 15.84 W/m2-K
PRELIM EXAM TOPIC: CONDUCTION

1.) Hot gasses at 90°F on one side of a metal plate of 10 in thickness and air at
20°F on the other side. The heat transfer coefficient of the gasses is
31.5Btu/hr-ft2-°F and that of the air 22 Btu/hr-ft2-°F. Calculate the overall
transfer coefficient. k= 40 Btu/ft.-°F. ANSWER: 10.20 Btu/(hr.-〖ft〗^2-R)
2.) A cold soda initially at 2oC gains 18 KJ of heat in a room at 20oC during a 15-
minute period. What is the average rate of heat transfer during the process?
ANSWER: 0.020 W
3.) A storage plant has two walls composed of insulating material (k = 0.25 KJ/hr-
m-oC) with 10 cm thick and concrete (k = 3.2382 KJ/hr-m-oC) with 15 cm thick.
The surface temperature on hot side is 34 oC and cold side is -10oC. If the area
is 9 m square, find the temperature between walls. Note: Insulating material
is on cold side. ANSWER: 30.33oC
4.) used to produce consumer goods and services or other producer goods.
ANSWER: Producer goods and services
5.) Heat transfer across a 6” wall of firebrick is 500 W/m2. Considering, the
surface temperature on cold side is 30oC and thermal conductivity of brick is
0.7 Btu/hr-ft-oF, find the temperature on hot side. ANSWER: 74.04oC
6.) A furnace's wall surface is at a temperature of 1450 oC. The outside wall
temperature is 40oC. The furnace wall is made of 20 cm of refractory material
having a thermal conductivity of 1.4 W/moK. The outside wall is steel, 1 cm
thick with thermal conductivity of 47 W/moK. Calculate the thickness in
meters of brick to be installed in between the refractory material and steel if
its thermal conductivity is 0.28 W/moK and the heat loss is not to exceed 750
W/m2. ANSWER: 0.48634 m
7.) Is the interest to be paid which is proportional to the length of time the
principal is used. ANSWER: Simple Interest
8.) What is the thermal conductivity of a material that is used a 6 m 2 test panel,
35 mm thick, with a temperature difference of 20oF between surfaces? During
the 4 hours of test period, the heat transmitted is 500 KJ. ANSWER: 0.01732
W/m-K
9.) Two walls are composed of 100mm thick insulating material at the outer layer
(k = 0.139 W/m-K) and 30cm thick material at the inner layer (k = 1.111 W/m-
K). Calculate the heat transmitted per m² if the surface temperature of the
cold side and hot side are 20°C and 273°C respectively. ANSWER: 255.70 W
10.) Leap year (exact interest) ANSWER: 366 days
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PRELIM QUIZ # 1 (PROBLEMS) TOPIC: CONDUCTION

ANSWER: 213.48 Watts

PRELIM EXAM TOPIC: CONDUCTION

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