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This document outlines 7 thermal engineering assignment problems involving heat transfer calculations for various geometries: 1) Calculate the thermal conductivity required for a wire to have critical insulation thickness and the insulation needed to reduce heat transfer by 75%. 2) Calculate heat lost per meter of a insulated steam pipe with multiple insulation layers. 3) Calculate the maximum temperature in a plate with internal heat generation and one insulated side. 4) Derive the steady state temperature distribution equation for a sphere with uniform heat generation. 5) Calculate heat lost per meter of depth for a fin with given properties in a convection environment. 6) Calculate tip temperature of a rod for different convection coefficients and

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Assignment 2

This document outlines 7 thermal engineering assignment problems involving heat transfer calculations for various geometries: 1) Calculate the thermal conductivity required for a wire to have critical insulation thickness and the insulation needed to reduce heat transfer by 75%. 2) Calculate heat lost per meter of a insulated steam pipe with multiple insulation layers. 3) Calculate the maximum temperature in a plate with internal heat generation and one insulated side. 4) Derive the steady state temperature distribution equation for a sphere with uniform heat generation. 5) Calculate heat lost per meter of depth for a fin with given properties in a convection environment. 6) Calculate tip temperature of a rod for different convection coefficients and

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Assignment 2

(Due on 20th August 2019)

1. A 1.0-mm-diameter wire is maintained at a temperature of 400°C and exposed to a convection


environment at 40°C with h = 120 W/m2-°C. Calculate the thermal conductivity that will just
cause an insulation thickness of 0.2 mm to produce a “critical radius.” How much of this
insulation must be added to reduce the heat transfer by 75 percent from that which would be
experienced by the bare wire?

2. A hot steam pipe having an inside surface temperature of 250°C has an inside diameter of 8
cm and a wall thickness of 5.5 mm. It is covered with a 9-cm layer of insulation having k =0.5
W/m-°C, followed by a 4-cm layer of insulation having k = 0.25W/m-°C. The outside
temperature of the insulation is 20°C. Calculate the heat lost per meter of length. Assume k =
47 W/m-°C for the pipe.

3. A plate having a thickness of 4.0 mm has an internal heat generation of 200 MW/m3 and a
thermal conductivity of 25 W/m-°C. One side of the plate is insulated and the other side is
maintained at 100°C. Calculate the maximum temperature in the plate.

4. Derive an expression for the steady state temperature distribution in a sphere of radius r with
uniform heat generation ˙q and constant surface temperature Tw.
1  q
Use equation: (rT ) + = 0 , i.e. 1-D heat transfer from sphere in radial direction.
r r 2
k
Integrate using boundary conditions.

5. A straight fin of rectangular profile has a thermal conductivity of 14 W/m-°C, thickness of 2.0
mm, and length of 23 mm. The base of the fin is maintained at a temperature of 220°C while
the fin is exposed to a convection environment at 23°C with h = 25 W/m2-°C. Calculate the
heat lost per meter of fin depth. Also calculate its efficiency.

6. A 1.5-mm-diameter stainless-steel rod [k = 19 W/m-°C] protrudes from a wall maintained at


45◦C. The rod is 12 mm long, and the convection coefficient is 500W/m2-°C. The environment
temperature is 20°C. Calculate the temperature of the tip of the rod. Repeat the calculation for
h = 200 and 1500 W/m2-°C. What is the efficiency of the fin in all cases?

7. Redo problem 6 for tip is insulated.

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