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1. A vertical furnace wall is made up of
an inner wall of firebrick 20 cm thick
followed by insulating brick 15 cm thick
and an outer wall of steel 1 cm thick.
The surface temperature of the wali
adjacent to the combustion chamber is
1200 °C while that of the outer surface
of steel is 50 °C. The thermal
conductivities of the wall material in
W/m-K are: firebrick,10; insulating brick
0.26; and steel, 45. Neglecting the film
resistances and contact resistance of
joints, determine the heat loss per sq.m.
of the wall area.
a. 1.93 W/m?
b. 2.93 W/m?
1.55 W/m?
d. 2.55 W/m?
2. One insulated wall of a cold-storage
compartment is 8 m long by 2.5 m high
and consists of an outer steel plate 18
mm thick. An inner wood wall 22.5 mm.
thick, the steel and wood are $0 mm
apart to form a cavity which is filled
with cork. If the temperature drop
across the extreme faces of the
composite wall is 15 °C. Calculate the
heat transfer per hour through the wall
and the temperature drop across the
thickness of the cork. Take the
coefficients of thermal conductivity for
steel, cork and wood as 45, 0.045 and
0.18 W/m-K respectively.
a. 608.24kJ, 12.12°C
508.24 kJ, 11.12°C
608.24 kJ, 13.12°C
508.24 kJ, 14.12°C
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1. Aheat exchanger is to be designed for the following specifications:
Hot gas temperature 1145 °C
Cold gas temperature 45°C
Unit surface conductance on the hot side 230 w/m?-K
Unit surface conductance on the cold side 290 w/m?-K
Thermal conductivity of the metal wall 115 w/m?-K
Find the maximum thickness of the metal wall between the hot gas and cold
gas so that the maximum temperature of the wall does not exceed 545°C.
a. 10.115 mm 17.115 mm
b, 13.115 mm. dd, 20.115 mm4. If the total resistance to heat flow of a
composite wall is 3.0875 m*K/w. What is the
over-all transfer coefficient of the wall?
a. 0.324 W/m?-K c. 0.243 W/m?-K
b. 0.423 W/m?-k .0.234 W/m?-K
A pipe with an outside diameter of 2.5 in.
insulated with a 2 inJayer of asbestos (k,
./hr-Ft-°F), followed by a layer
0.396 Btu
of cork 1.5 in. thick (k,= 0.30 Btu-in/hr-ft
oF). If the temperature of the outer surfa
of the cork is 90 °F and pipe conveys 290
calculate the heat loss per 100 ft
insulated pipe.
a, 847.64 Btu/hr
b, 3847.51 Btu/hr
c. 2847.42 Btu/hr
1. A counterflow bank of boiler tubes
has a total area of 900 ft? and its over-
all efficiency of heat transfer is 13
Btu/hr-ft?-°F. Calculate the heat
transferred if the log mean temperature
difference is 1380 °F.
16,146,000 Btu/hr
17,147,000 Btu/hr
18,148,000 Btu/hr
15,145,000 Btu/hr
a.
b.
c
d.
2. A composite wall is made up of an
external thickness of brickwork 110 mm
thick inside which is a layer of fiberglass
75 mm thick. The fiberglass is faced
internally by an insulating board 25 mm
thick. The " coefficient’ of thermal
conductivity for the three are as follows:
Brickwork 1.5 W/mK
Fiberglass 0.04 W/m?-K
Insulating board 0.06 W/m?-K
The surface transfer coefficients of the
inside wall is 3.1 W/m?-K while that of
the outside wall is 2.5 W/mK. Take the
internal ambient temperature as 10 °C
and the external temperature is 27 °C.
Determine the heat loss through such
wall 6 m high and 10 m long.
a. 330.10w c. 430.10 w
b. 230.10w d. 530.10 w
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d. 1847.14 Btu/hr
2. The hot gas temperature in a heat
exchanger is 350 °C (h, = 220 W/m2-K)..
What is the surface temperature on the
wall if the heat transferred is 1500
W/m??
a, 350°C
b. 338°C
c. 343 °C
d. 358°C3, At an average temperature of 100 °C, 4, What is the external heating surface
hot air flows through a 2.5 mlong tube _ area in square feet of a tube with the
with an inside diameter of 50 mm. The _ following dimensions: tube inside
temperature of the tube is 20 °C along diameter = 5 in. wall thickness = % in
its entire length. Convective film length = 18 ft.
coefficient is 20.1 W/m?-K. Determine
the heat transfer from air to the tube. : eos , og
a, 900w ©. 624w " “
b. 909w d.632w
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An insulated steam pipe located where the ambient temperature is
32 °C, has an inside diameter of 50 mm with 10 mm thick wall. The
outside diameter of the corrugated asbestos insulation is 125 mm and
the surface coefficient of still air, h, = 12 W/m?-K. Inside the pipe is steam
having a temperature of 150 °C with film coefficient h, = 6000 W/m?-K.
Thermal conductivity of pipe and asbestos insulation are 45 and 0.12
W/m-K respectively. Determine the heat loss per unit length of pipe.
a. 110 W c. 130 W
b. 120 W d. 140 W
1. A thin square steel plate, 10cm 2. How many watts will be
on a side is heated in a radiated from a spherical black
blacksmiths forge to. a_- body 15 cm in diameter at a
temperature of 800 °C. If the temperature of 800 °C?
emissivity is 0.60, what is the total 3 5.34 KW 6.34 kW
rate of radiation of energy?
b. 4.34 kW d, 3.34 kW
a. 900 W c. 300 W
b. 400 W d. 700 W3. Calculate the radiation in watts
per square centimeter from a
block of copper at 200 °C and
1000 °C. The oxidized copper
surface at 0.60 the rate of a black
body.
a. 0.17
b. 0.27
c. 0.37
d. 0.07
5. The temperature of the flame in
a furnace is 1277 °C and the
temperature of its surrounds is
277 °C. Calculate the maximum
theoretical quantity of heat
energy radiated per minute per
square meter to the surrounding
surface area.
a. 19,321.65 k}
b, 18,321.65 k)
c. 17,321.65 kJ
d, 16,321.65 kJ
7. The inner wall of a thermos
bottle is at 0°C while the outer at
37°C, The space between the wall
is evacuated and the walls are
silvered so. the emissivity is
reduced to 0.10. If each wall has
an area of 700 cm?, how much
energy is transformed by radiation
between the walls each second?
a. 146) ©.16.5)
b. 1.04) d. 17.03)
4. A steam pipe having a surface
temperature of 300 °C passes
through a room where the
temperature is 25 °C. The outside
diameter of pipe is 100 mm and
emissivity factor is 0.60.
Determine the radiated heat loss
for a 5 m pipe length,
a. 5.34 kW ¢. 3.34 KW
b. 4.34 kW d. 6.34 kW
6. A small sphere has a radius of
3.50 cm and is maintained at a
temperature of 360 °C. Assuming
it to be a black body surrounded
by empty space, how much
energy does it radiate each
second?
a. 30) c. 40)
b. 35J d.45J1, What is the heat transfer in the glass
surface area of 0.70 m? having an inside
temperature of 25 °C and 13 °C outside
temperature. The thickness of the glass
surface is 0.007 m. The thermal
conductivity is 1.8 W/m.K.
a. 4.16 kW c. 2.16 kW
b. 3.16 kW d. 1.16 kW
3, The thermal insulation of a woolen
glove may be regarded as being
essentially a layer of quiescent air 3 cm
thick, of conductivity 5.7 x10°
keal/m.s.°C. How much heat does a
person lose per minute from his hand of
area 200 cm? and skin temperature 35
°C ona winter at -5 °C?
a. 6.12Cal/min ¢, 9.12 Cal/min
b. 7.12Cal/min 8.12 Cal/min
5, Calculate the quantity of heat
conducted per minute through a
duralumin circular disc 127 mm
diameter and 19 mm thick when the
temperature drop across the thickness
of the plate is 5°C. Take the coefficient
of thermal conductivity of duralumin as
150 W/m.K.
a. 30k)
b. 40k)
35K
4.45 kd
2. What is the heat flow per hour
through a brick and mortar wall 9 in.
thick if the coefficient of thermal
conductivity has been determined as
0.40 Btu/ft-hr-°F and the wall is 10%
high by 6 ft wide, the temperature on
one side of the surface being 330 °F and
on the other 130 °F.
a. 6400Btu/hr
b. 7400 Btu/hr
c. 5400 Btu/hr
d. 8400 Btu/hr
4. A glass window has an area of 1.6 m?
anda thickness of 4 mm. If one side is at
a temperature of 6.80 °C and the other
is at -5 °C, how much thermal energy
flows through the window in a time of
24 hours? The thermal conductivity of
glass is 1.89 x10-4 kCal/m-s-°C.
a. 26,200 kCal ¢, 40,700 kCal
b. 58,000 kCal d. 77,100 kCal
6. The interior of an oven in maintained
at a temperature of 1500 °F by means of
suitable control apparatus. The walls of
the oven are 9 in. thick and constructed
from a material having a thermal
conductivity of 0.18 Btu/hr-ft-°F.
Calculate the heat loss for each square
foot of wall surface per hour. Assume
that the inside and outside wall
temperatures are 1500 and 400 °F
respectively.
a. 264 Btu/hr.ft?
b. 364 Btu/hr.ft?
b, 164 Btu/hrft?
d. 64 Btu/hrft?7. A 30 cm thick wall has an inside and
outside surface temperatures of 300 °C
and 50 °C respectively. If the thermal
conductivity of the wall is 8 W/m-K.
Calculate the heat transferred
kW/m?
a. 6.67 c. 7.67
b. 5.67 d. 8.67
1. Calculate the energy transfer
rate across 6 in. wall of firebrick
with a temperature difference
across the wall of 50 °C. Thermal
conductivity of the firebrick is 0.65
Btu/hrft.°F at the temperature
interest.
a. 285 W/m2
b, 369 W/m?
c.112 W/m?
d. 429 W/m?
3. How much heat will flow in 24
hours through a plaster wall that is
0.5 in thick and 8 ftx14ft in area if
the temperature is 80 °F on one side
and 40 °F on the other. Use k = 3.25
Btu-in/hr-ft?-°F.
a. 5.99x10°Btu
b. 6.99x105Btu
c. 7.99x10°Btu
d. 4.99x10°Btu
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2. Calculate the heat transfer per
hour through a solid brick wall 6
m long, 2.9 m high, and 225 mm
thick, when the outer surface is at
5 °C and the inner surface 17 °C,
the coefficient of — thermal
conductivity of the brick being 0.6
W/m.K.
a. 2,004.48 ki
b. 3,004.48 ki
c. 2,400.48 kJ
d. 3,400.48 kJ
4, A cold storage compartment is 4.5
m long by 4m wide by 2.5 m high.
The four walls, ceiling and floor are
covered to a thickness of 150 mm
with insulating material which has a
coefficient of thermal conductivity of
5.8 x10-2 W/m.K. Calculate the
quantity of heat leaking through the
insulation per hour when the outside
and inside face temperatures of the
material is 15 °C and -5
respectively.
a, 2185.44k) —c, 3185.44kI
b. 1185.44k) — d.4185.44kI5. A hollow sphere has an outside
radius of 1m and is made of
polystyrene foam with a thickness of
1cm. A heat source inside keeps the
inner surface 5.2°C hotter than the
outside surface. How much power is
produced by the heat source? The
thermal conductivity of polystyrene
foam is 0.033 W/m.°C.
a. 200W c. 300 W
b. 216W d. 316 W