EXCEL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(Autonomous)
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
VI Semester
ME8693- HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Regulations 2017
Question Bank
UNIT – II CONVECTION

PART- A
Q.No Questions Marks CO BL
Compare the difference between natural convection and forced convection
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heat transfer.
2 Define Boundary layer thickness. 2 CO2 R
3 What is hydrodynamic boundary layer? 2 CO2 R
4 Define Reynold’s, and Nusselt number. 2 CO2 R
An electrically heated plate dissipates heat by convection at a rate of 8000
W/m2 into the ambient air at 25°C. If the surface of the hot plate is at
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125°C, calculate the heat transfer coefficients for convection between the
plate and the air.
6 Define Nusselt number and Stanton number. 2 CO2 R
7 State the Grashoff number. 2 CO2 R
8 What is thermal boundary layer? 2 CO2 R
9 State the Newton's law of cooling 2 CO2 R
10 Give any two examples for natural convection 2 CO2 U
11 Define Boundary layer thickness. 2 CO2 R
12 What is the importance of boundary layer? 2 CO2 R
13 State the importance of dimensional analysis? 2 CO2 R
14 Compare the free and forced convection? 2 CO2 U
15 Point out the physical significance of Reynolds number 2 CO2 R
16 Compare the laminar flow and turbulent flow? 2 CO2 U
17 What are the dimensionless parameters used in forced convection? 2 CO2 R
Which mode heat transfer is the convection heat transfer coefficient
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usually higher, natural or forced convection? why?.
19 List the dimensionless parameters used in forced convection. 2 CO2 U
20 Sketch the boundary development of a flow 2 CO2 U

PART- B
Q.No Questions Marks CO BL
1 Explain boundary layer concept with neat sketch. What is its significance 16 CO2 U
on heat transfer?
2 A flat plate 1m wide and 1.5m long is to be maintained at 90°C in air with a 16 CO2 AP
free stream temperature of 10°C. Determine the velocity with which air
must flow over flat plate along 1.5m side, so that the rate of energy
dissipation from the plate is 3.75 kW.
3 The air at 15 °C, 30 km/hr flows over cylinder of diameter 400 mm and 16 CO2 AP
length 1500 mm with surface temperature of 45 °C. Calculate the heat
transfer rate.
4 Atmospheric air at 275K and a free stream velocity of 20 m/s flows over a 16 CO2 AP
flat plate 1.5m long that is maintained at a uniform temperature of 325K.
Calculate the average heat transfer coefficient over the region where the
boundary layer is laminar, the average heat transfer coefficients over the
entire length of the plate and the total heat transfer rate from the plate to the
air over the length 1.5 m and width 1m. Assume transition occurs at Re c
=2x105.
5 Water flows through 2.5cm diameter tube at the rate of 0.5 kg/min. The 16 CO2 AP
tube surface is maintained at 110°C. If the temperature of water increases
from 20°C to 40°C, find the length of the tube.
6 Air at 25°C flow over 1m x 3m (3m long) horizontal plate maintained at 16 CO2 AP
200°C at 10 m/s. Calculate the average heat transfer coefficients and Heat
transfer rate.
7 A steam pipe 10 cm outside diameter runs horizontally in a room at 23°C. 16 CO2 AP
Take the outside surface temperature of pipe as 165°C. Determine the heat
loss per meter length of the pipe.
8 A thin 80cm long and 8cm wide horizontal plate is maintained at a 16 CO2 AP
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.
9 A steam pipe 10cm OD runs horizontally in a room at 23°C. Take outside 16 CO2 AP
temperature of pipe as 165°C. Determine the heat loss per unit length of the
pipe. Pipe surface temperature reduces to 80°C with 1.5 cm insulation.
What is the reduction in heat loss?
10 A 205 kg/hr of air are used to cool the system from 100 °C to 30 °C by 16 CO2 AP
flowing throughout a 3.5 cm inner diameter. Calculate the air side heat
transfer coefficient.
11 A water at 50 °C, 1m/s flows throughout a 15 mm diameter tube whose 16 CO2 AP
wall temperature is maintained at 90 °C. The tube length is 2 m. determine
heat transfer rate and outlet temperature of water.

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