CONFIDENTIAL

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FINAL EXAMINATION
SEMESTERI
SESSION 2OI2I2AI3

SUBJECT

HEAT TRANSFER

CODE

BDA 3063 / BDA 30603

PROGRAMME

3 BDD

EXAMINATION DATE

DECEMBER 2012 /JANUARY 2OL3

DURATION

3 HOURS

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Q1

Sketch the temperature profile for the stainless steel spoon that partially immersed in

(a)

boiling water at 95"C in a kitchen at 25"C(4 marks)

(b)

Consider a stainless steel spoon

(k:

15.1

Wm"C) partially immersed in boiling water

Ql (b). The handle

at 95'C in a kitchen at ZS"C As shown in FIGURE

has a cross section of 0.2 cm

surface of the water.

of the spoon

1.3 cm, and extends 18 cm in the air from the free

If the heat transfer coefficient

at the exposed surfaces of the

spoon handle is 17 Wm2'C. Determine ;

(i)

the tip temperature of the spoon handle; and

(ii)

spoon handle'
the temperature difference across the exposed surface of the

(16 marks)

Q2

(a)

Explain combination criteria for a fin Biot number.

(4 marks)

(b)

into a thin-walled glass whose

To warm up some milk for a baby, a mother pours milk
glass is 7 cm- She then places the glass
diameter is 6 cm. The height of the milk in the
is stirred constantlY, so that its
into a large pan filled with hot water at 60"c. The milk
transfer coeffrcient between the water
temperature is uniform at all times. If the heat
long it will take for the milk to warm up
and the glass is 120 wm2 ."c, determine how
be the same as those of water'
from 3oc to 3g"c. Take the properties of the milk to
(i) what is the characteristic length and Biot no for the glass of milk?

(ii)
(iii)

can the milk in this case be treated as a lumped system?

WhY?

(16 marks)

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e3

(a) (i)

Explain how does the convection heat transfer coefficienL ft differ from the
thermal conductivity, fr of a fluid.

(ii)

For the parallel flow over the flat plate, sketch the temperature profile for the
surface temperature larger than fluid temperature.

(5

(b)

Air at Z7"C

marks)

and velocity of 5 m/s passes over the small region A" Q0 mm x 20 mm) on

a large surface which is maintained at

surface temperature

of I27"C. In order to

fin of diameter 5 mm and length 20

of fin is
mm is affrxed to A,as shown in FIGURE Q3 (b). The surface temperature
increase the heat transfer rate, a stainless steel pin

assumed to remain at 127"C. Determine;

(D
(ii)

the maximum possible heat transfer rate through the fin; and

installation
the percentage increase in the heat transfer rate from r4" due to

of

the fin.
(15 marks)

e4

(a)

convection with an
Define natural convection and explain the situation of natural
aPProPriate il lustration'

(6 marks)

(b)

affay of equally spaced

An electronic device is to be cooled in air at}}"cby an
(b). The frns average temperature
vertical rectangular fins as shown in FTGURE Q4
is 100"C. Estimate;

(i)
(ii)
(iiD
(iv)

the optimum spacing between the fins;

the number of fins;
the rate of heat transfer from one fin; and
the total rate of heat dissipation'

(14 marks)

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Qs

(a)

To simpliff the analysis of heat exchanger, several approximations are usually made.
Discuss three (3) of them.

(6 marks)

(b)

A shell-and-tube heat exchanger with l-shell

pass and 2O-tube passes is used to heat

oC) in the shell, with hot water in the tubes. The tubes are
glycerin (Cp:2490 J/kg .
thin-walled and have a diameter of 1.5 cm and length of 2 m per pass- The water
enters
enters the tubes at 100"C at a rate of 5 kg/s and leaves at 55"C. The glycerin
at l5"C and leaves at 55oC. Determine the mass flow rate ofthe glycerin and

the shell

the overall heat transfer coefficient of the heat exchanger.

(14 marks)

Q6

(a)

to double the
consider a heat exchanger that has an NTU of 4. Someone proposes
order to increase the
size of the heat exchanger and thus double the NTU to 8 in
whether you
effectiveness of the heat exchanger and thus save enerry. Discuss

will

support or reject this ProPosal.

(5 marks)

J/kg ..C) leading to a shower enters a thin-walled double-pipe

to 45"C by
heat exchanger at l5oC at arateof 0.25 kg/s and is heated

(b) Cold water (Cp:41g0

counter-flow
hot wate r

(cp: 4lg0 J/kg . oc) that enters at 100"c

heat transfer coeffrcient is 950

w#.

at arate of 3 kg/s. If the overall

oc, determine the rate of heat transfer and the

the e - NTU method'

heat transfer surface area of the heat exchanger using
(15 marks)

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e7

(a)

Explain what view factor is and state when will the view factor from a surface to itself
is not zero.

(3 marks)

(b) Calculate the view factor Frz between the rectangular surfaces as in Figure Q7 (b).
(12 marks)

(c)

:
Two very large parallel plates are maintained at uniform temperatures of 71 600 K
:
:
Determine
and TZ= 400 K and have emissivities er 0.5 and ez 0.9, respectively.
of the
the net rate of radiation heat fiansfer between the two surfaces per unit area
plates.

(5 marks)

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FINAL EXAMINATION
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PROGRAMME

COURSE

: HEAT TRANSFER

COURSE CODE

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