1.

A steam pipe 18 cm inside diameter and 20 cm outside diameter is covered

with a two layers of insulation. The thickness of first and second layer is 4 cm
and 8cm respectively and their corresponding conductivities are 0.15 and
0.08 w/m-k respectively. The conductivity of the pipe material is 50w/m-k.
3500 c
The temperature of the inner surface of the stem pipe is and that of the
0
30 c
outer surface of insulation is . Find the quantity of heat lost per meter
length of the pipe. Also find out the percent in decrease in heat was with two
layers of insulation compared to only first layer of insulation.(2005)
2. A steel pipe having an outside diameter of 2cm is to be covered with two
layers of insulation, each having a thickness of 1cm. The average
conductivity of one material is 5 times that of the other. Assuming that inner
and outer surface temperatures of the composite insulation are fixed,
calculate by what percentage the heat transfer would be reduced when the
better insulating material is next to the pipe than it is away from the pipe.
(2005)
3. A 150 mm steam pipe has inside diameter of 120 mm and outside diameter
of 160 mm. It is insulated at the outside with asbestos. The steam
temperature is 150 0C and the air temperature is 20 0C, h (steam side) = 100
W/m2 0C, h (air side) = 30 W/m2 0C, K (asbestos) = 0.8 W/m 0C and K (steel) =
42 W/m 0C. How thick should the asbestos be provided in order to limit the
heat loses to 2.1 KW/m2?(2006)
4. A brick wall 450 mm thick is plastered with concrete 30 mm thick. The
thermal conductivity of the brick and the concrete are 0.7 W/mK and 0.92
W/mK, respectively. If the temperature of the exposed brick face is 35 degree
Celsius and that of concrete is 10 degree Celsius, determine the heat loss per
hour through the wall which is 5 m long and 3.6 m high. Also determine the
interface temperature.(2006)
5. An exterior wall of a house may be approximated by a 10 cm layer of
common brick [k =0.7 W/moC] followed by a layer of a 3.8 cm layer of cement
plaster [k =0.48 W/moC]. What thickness of loosely packed rock-wool
insulation [k=0.065 W/m.oC] should be added to reduce the heat loss (or
gain) through the wall by 80 percent?(2007,11)
6. Hot air at a temperature of 600C is flowing through a steel pipe of 10 cm
diameter. The steel pipe is covered with a layer of insulating material of
thickness 8 cm and thermal conductivity 0.3 W/m K. The inside and outside
heat transfer coefficients are 58 ad 12 W/ m2K respectively. The atmosphere
is at 250C. Find the rate of heat loss from a length of 1 m of pipe. Neglect the
resistance of the steel pipe.(2007)
7. A furnace wall is made of 75mm thick mild steel. The inside surface of brick is
at 6470C and outside is 270C. Determine heat loss per m2 areas of turnace
wall and outside surface temperature of steel plate.(2008)
8. The temperature a the inside and outside surfaces of the brick-work of a
furnace have been noted to be 6500C and 2250C. Calculate the percentage
decrease in the heat loss if thickness of the brick-work is increased by 100%.
The ambient temperature is 300C. Assume that the thermal conductivity of
 brick-work and convective heat transfer co-efficient remain same before and
after the increase in thickness.(2009)

9. Find heat transfer through the composite wall shown in figure. [kW] (2009)

TA= 370C TC= 70C

B
kA=150 W/mC, LA=2.5cm
Q A D kB=30 W/mC, LB=7.5cm
kC=50 W/mC, LC=5cm
C kD=70 W/mC, LD=7.5cm
AA=AD=2AB=2AC=0.2 m2

10.An exterior wall of a house may be approximated by a 10cm layer of common

brick [k = 0.7 W/m.0C] followed by a layer of a 3.8 cm layer of cement plaster
[k = 0.48W/m. 0C]. What thickness of loosely packed rock-wool insulation [k =
0.065W/m. 0C] should be added to reduce the heat loss (or gain) through the
wall by 70 percent?(2010)
11.A thick-walled tube of stainless steel [k = 19W/m 0 C] with 2 cm inside
diameter and 4 cm outer diameter is covered with a 3 cm layer of asbestos
insulation [k 0.2 W/m 0C]. The inside wall temperature of the pipe is
maintained at 6000C. Calculate the heat loss per meter of length. Also
calculate the tube-insulation interface temperature. Take outside temperature
as 100 0C.(2010)
12.A furnace wall is made of 20 cm of magnesite brick and 20 cm of common
brick. The magnesite brick is exposed to hot gases at 1200 0C and common
brick outer surface is exposed to 350C room air. The surface heat transfer
coefficient of the inside wall is 40W/m2K and that of the outer wall is 20W/m2K
respectively. Thermal conductivities of magnesite and common brick are 4
and 0.5 W/mK respectively. Determine:
i. Heat loss per m2 of area of the furnace wall and
ii. Maximum temperature to which common brick is subjected(2012)
13. A reactors wall 320mm thick, is made up of an inner layer of fire brick (k = 0.84W/m 0C) covered
with a layer of insulation (k = 0.16W/m0C). The reactor operates at a temperature of 1325 0C at the
atmospheric temperature of 250C.
i. Calculate the thickness of brick and insulation
ii. Heat loss per unit area presuming that the insulating material has a maximum temperature of
12000C.(2014,15)