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This document contains 4 homework problems related to heat transfer. Problem 1 asks the student to calculate the rate of heat transfer from ambient air to a minivan traveling at night. Problem 2 asks the student to determine the average surface temperature of a person in hot weather using a fan. Problem 3 asks the student to calculate the outlet air temperature and heat loss rate from a hot air duct in a basement. Problem 4 asks the student to determine outlet air temperature, heat transfer rate, and fan power for a duct carrying air.

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Homework-4 - Spring 2021

This document contains 4 homework problems related to heat transfer. Problem 1 asks the student to calculate the rate of heat transfer from ambient air to a minivan traveling at night. Problem 2 asks the student to determine the average surface temperature of a person in hot weather using a fan. Problem 3 asks the student to calculate the outlet air temperature and heat loss rate from a hot air duct in a basement. Problem 4 asks the student to determine outlet air temperature, heat transfer rate, and fan power for a duct carrying air.

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ISH 202 E, Introduction to Heat Transfer

Spring 2021

Homework 4

1. The passenger compartment of a minivan traveling at 95 km/h can be modeled as a 1 m


high, 1.8 m wide, and 3.4 m long rectangular box whose walls have an insulating value pof
R-0.5 (i.e., a wall thickness to thermal conductivity ratio of 0.5 m2.°C/W). The interior of a
minivan is maintained at an average temperature of 20C during a trip at night while the
outside air temperature is 30C. The average heat transfer coefficient on the interior
surfaces of the van is 6.8 W/m2. C. The air flow over the exterior surfaces can be assumed
to be turbulent because of the intense vibrations involved, and the heat transfer coefficient
on the front and back surfaces can be taken to be equal to that on the top surface.
Disregarding any heat gain or loss by radiation, determine the rate of heat transfer from the
ambient air to the van.

2. Consider a person who is trying to keep cool on a hot summer day by turning a fan on and
exposing his body to air flow. The air temperature is 32C, and the fan is blowing air at a
velocity of 5 m/s. The surrounding surfaces are at 40C, and the emissivity of the person
can be taken to be 0.9. If the person is doing light work and generating sensible heat at a
rate of 90 W, determine the average temperature of the outer surface (skin or clothing) of
the person. The average human body can be treated as a 30 cm diameter cylinder with an
exposed surafce area 1.7 m2.

3. Hot air at 60°C leaving the furnace of a house enters a 12 m long section of a sheet metal
duct of rectangular cross section 20 cm x 20 cm at an average velocity of 4 m/s. The
thermal resistance of the duct is negligible, and the outer surface of the duct, whose
emissivity is 0.30, is exposed to the cold air at 10°C in the basement, with a convection
heat transfer coefficient of 10 W /m2.°C. Taking the walls of the basement to be at 10°C
also, determine;
a. The temperature at which the hot air will leave the basement and,
b. The rate of heat loss from the hot air in the duct to the basement.

4. Air enters a 7 m long section of a rectangular duct of cross section 15 cm x 20 cm at 50°C


at an average velocity of 7 m/s. If the walls of the duct are maintained at 10°C, determine,
a. The outlet temperature of the air
b. The rate of heat transfer from the air, and
c. The fan power needed to overcome the pressure losses in this section of the duct.

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