Assignment-2

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Q-1. A thick wood slab ( K=0.17 W /m =1.28 10 m / s ) that is initially at a uniform

temperature of 25 is exposed to hot gases at 550 for a period of 5 minutes. The

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heat transfer coefficient between the gases and the wood slab is 35 W /m . If the ignition

temperature of the wood is 450 , determine if the wood will ignite.(Treat the wood slab
as a semi-infinite medium subjected to convection at the exposed surface).
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Q-2.A semi-infinite aluminium cylinder ( K=237W /m =9.71 10 m /s ) of diameter

D=15 cm

is initially at a uniform temperature of T i =150 . The cylinder is now placed

in water at 10 , where heat transfer takes place by convection with a heat transfer
coefficient of
5 cm

h=35W /m2 . Determine the temperature at the centre of the cylinder

from the end surface 8 min after the start of cooling.

Q-3.Saturated steam at

condenses on a cylindrical vertical drum having an outside

diameter of 25 cm and a temperature of 90 . Calculate how long must be the drum to

condense 50 kg of steam per hour. Also estimate the thickness of the condensate layer.

Q-4.Saturated steam at atmospheric pressure condenses on a

vertical plate that is maintained at 80

2m

high and

3 m wide

by circulating cooling water through the other

side. Determine (a) the rate of heat transfer by condensation to the plate and (b) the rate at
which the condensate drips off the plate at the bottom.

Q-5. In a gas-fired boiler, water is boiled at

150

by hot gases flowing through 50 m

long, 5 cm outer-diameter mechanically polished stainless steel pipes submerged in water.

If the outer surface temperature of the pipes is

165 , determine (a) the rate of heat

transfer from the hot gases to water, (b) the rate of evaporation, (c) the ratio of the critical

heat flux to the present heat flux, and (d) the surface temperature of the pipe at which critical
heat flux occurs.

Q-6. Water is boiled at atmospheric pressure by a horizontal polished copper heating

element of diameter D=5 mm

and emissivity =0.05

immersed in water. If the surface

temperature of the heating wire is 350 , determine the rate of heat transfer from the wire
to the water per unit length of the wire.

Q-7. A one shell, two tube pass heat exchanger having

20 mm

3000

thin wall brass tubes of

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diameter has been installed in a steam power plant with a heat load of 2.3 10 W .

The steam condenses at 50 and the cooling water enters the tubes at 20 at the rate
of 3000 kg / s . Calculate the overall heat transfer coefficient, the tube length per pass, and the
rate of condensation of steam. Take the heat transfer coefficient for condensation on the outer
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surfaces of the tubes as 15000W /m K and the latent heat of steam as 2380 kJ / kg . Further

presume the following fluid properties:

c=4180 J /kg K , =855 106 Ns /m2 , k=0.613W /mK

and

Pr=5.83

Q-8. Hot oil is to be cooled by water in a 1-shell-pass and 8-tube-passes heat exchanger.
The tubes are thin-walled and are made of copper with an internal diameter of 1.4 cm . The
length of each tube pass in the heat exchanger is 5 m , and the overall heat transfer
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coefficient is 310 W /m . Water flows through the tubes at a rate of 0.2 kg/ s , and the oil

through the shell at a rate of 0.3 kg /s . The water and the oil enter at temperatures of 20
and 150 , respectively. Determine the rate of heat transfer in the heat exchanger and the
outlet temperatures of the water and the oil.

Q-9.Calculate the surface area required for a heat exchanger which is required to cool
3600 kg /hr

of benzene

( C P=1.74 kJ /kg K )

from

75

to 45 . The cooling water

( C P=4.18 kJ /kg K )

at

15

has a flow rate of 2500 kg /hr . Consider the following

arrangements:
(1) Single pass counter flow.
(2) 1-4 exchanger (one shell pass and four tube passes).
(3) Cross flow single pass with water mixed and benzene unmixed.
The overall heat transfer coefficient for each configuration is approximated to be
0.3 kW /m2 K .

Q-10.A heat exchanger is to be designed to condense

( t sat =80 ; h fg=600 kJ /kg K )

8 kg /s

with cooling water available at 15

of an organic liquid
and at a flow rate of

60 kg /s . The overall heat transfer coefficient is 480 W /m2 deg . Calculate:

(a) The number of tubes required. The tubes are to be of 25 mm

outer diameter,

2 mm

thickness and 4.85 m length.

(b) The number of tube passes. The velocity of the cooling water is not to exceed 2 m/s .