HMT TME505 - 2016

Quick refreshier – Unit Wise Part –A Theoretical Questions

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Unit-1
1. Define following Terms briefly
a. Thermal Diffusivity & Thermal Capacity
b. Thermal Resistance & Contact Resistance.
c. Critical Thickness of Insulation
d. Physical mechanism od Natural convection
2. What are the various modes of heat transfer? Briefly explain with governing equation.
3. Derive an expression for General Heat conduction equation in rectangular coordinate
system.
4. Explain Fourier’s Law with a neat sketch. What are the assumptions made in the
Fourier’s law?
5. Define thermal conductivity and various factors affecting it.
6. Derive an expression for heat transfer through conduction through a plane wall.
7. What are the boundary conditions to solve the heat equation for the temperature
distribution in a medium.
8. Derive an expression for thermal resistance of a cylindrical wall
Unit -2
1. Define the following
a. Biot Number & Nusselt No., Difference & physical significance
b. Lumped System Analysis & its assumptions
c. Fourier Number & its physical significance
d. Corrected length of a fin
2. Derive an expression for the temperature distribution in solids having infinite thermal
conductivity.
3. What do you mean by transient heat conduction, Various methods and assumptions?
4. What are fins? What are its different types?, Use of fins in various engineering
applications. Why fins are preferred?
5. What is the difference between Fin effectiveness and Fin Efficiency? Setup relations
between the two.
6. Derive an expression for temp distribution and heat transfer rate for a rectangular fin
with insulated tip.
7. Derive an expression (one dimensional) for temp distribution within the wall and prove
Heat generated is equal to heat lost from the side.
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Unit -3
1. Define the following terms and its physical significance
a. Prandtl Number & Nusselt Number
b. Rayleigh Number & Stanton Number
c. Grashof Number
d. Bulk Mean Temperature
2. Explain the development of thermal boundary layer on a flat plate with the help of
diagram. What is the non-dimensional parameter responsible for its growth? Define
Reynolds analogy with expression.
3. Write the correlation for forced convection and relations of laminar flow for plane
surface.
4. Significance of various dimensionless numbers for natural convection.
5. Derive an expression for momentum and energy equations for laminar free convection
heat transfer on a vertical flat plate.
6. Derive momentum equation for hydrodynamic boundary layer over a flat plate.

Unit – 4
1. Define Radiation Heat Transfer. Enumerate the factors on which the rate of emission of
radiation by a body depend.
2. Describe the radiation properties of a surface – Reflectivity, Transmittivity &
Absorptivity
3. Define the following in brief along with labeled sketch
a. Kirchoff’s Law & Planck’s Law
b. Gray , Opaque, Black, coloured and White bodies
c. Reciprocity theorem
d. Total Emissive Power, Monochromatic Emissive Power & Radiosity
e. Wein’s displacement law
f. Radiation Shape factor & its algebra.
4. What do you mean by radiation shields? Derive an expression for a radiant heat transfer
rate between two parallel plates separated by n-shields
5. A small convex object is enclosed within a large enclosure. Derive an expression for the
net heat exchangedbetween the two.

Unit 5
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1. Explain Log Mean Temperature Difference (LMTD). Derive an expression for LMTD in
case of counter flow heat exchanger.
2. What is a heat exchanger? How are they classified?
3. Describe various regimes of Boiling with the help of suitable diagram. Differentiate
between pool boiling and forced convection boiling.
4. Explain various regimes of Nucleate boiling what safety precaution to be taken?
5. Write short notes on
a. Scaling & Fouling Factor and its relationship
b. Number of Transfer Units (NTU) method.
c. Flick’s Law & its limitations
d. Schmidt & Sherwood Number
e. Describe various modes of Mass Transfer.
6. Draw a neat sketch to describe Condensation mechanism. Differentiate between film
wise and drop wise condensation.
7. Derive velocity distribution for a laminar film condensation on a vertical plate.
8. Explain steady state equimolar counter diffusion.