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Fundamental of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

First law of thermodynamics & Mechanisms of Heat Transfer


Assignment No. 3
Model Answer

1. What is the weight of a 1-kg mass at an altitude where the local acceleration of gravity is
9.75 m/s2?
Solution:
Weight is the force acting on the mass, which from Newton's second law is
F = m × g = 1 kg × 9.75 m/s2 × (1 N.s2/kg.m) = 9.75 N

2. Consider two houses that are identical, except that the walls are built using
bricks in one house, and wood in the other. If the walls of the brick house are
twice as thick, which house do you think will be more energy efficient?
Solution:
The house with the lower rate of heat transfer through the walls will be more energy
efficient. Heat conduction is proportional to thermal conductivity (which is 0.72
W/m.°C for brick and 0.17 W/m.°C for wood) and inversely proportional to thickness.
𝑻𝟏 − 𝑻𝟐
̇ 𝑸 = 𝒌𝑨
𝑳
Although the brick wall is twice as thick the wood wall, the wood house is more energy
efficient since it has about one-fourth the conductivity of brick wall.

3. Consider two walls of a house that are identical except that one is made of
10 cm-thick wood, while the other is made of 25 cm-thick brick. Through
which wall will the house lose more heat in winter?
Solution:

4. a barometer reads 750 mmHg. If ρm = 13.59 g/cm3 and g = 9.81 m/s2, the atmospheric
pressure, in N/m2, is equal to?
Solution:

5. Define thermal conductivity and explain its significance in heat transfer.


Solution:
The thermal conductivity of a material is the rate of heat
transfer through a unit thickness of the material per unit
area and per unit temperature difference. The thermal
conductivity of a material is a measure of how fast heat
will be conducted in that material.
̇
𝑸 ×𝑳
𝒌= W/m. oC
𝑨 × ∆𝑻
6. Which is a better heat conductor, diamond or silver?
Solution:
Diamond is a better heat conductor.

7. A mercury barometer located in a room at 25oC has a height of 750 mm. What is the
atmosphere pressure in kPa?
Solution:
The density of mercury at 25oC is equal to 13534 kg/m3
𝑘𝑔 𝑚 𝑚
𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚 = 𝜌 𝑔 𝐻𝑜 = 13 534 × 9.807 × 0.750 = 99.54 𝑘𝑃𝑎
𝑚3 𝑠2 1000
8. The inner and outer surfaces of a 0.5 cm thick, 2 m  2 m window glass in winter are 10°C
and 3°C, respectively. If the thermal conductivity of the glass is 0.78 W/m · K, determine
the amount of heat loss through the glass over a period of 5 h. What would your answer
be if the glass were 1 cm thick?

Solution:

9. The inner and outer surfaces of a 4 m  7 m brick wall of thickness 30 cm and

thermal conductivity 0.69 W/m · K are maintained at temperatures of 20°C


and 5°C, respectively. Determine the rate of heat transfer through the wall,
in W.
Solution:

10.

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