MAE 310 Sample quiz 2

1.) (20 pts) Pressurized steam at 450 K flows through a long, thin-walled pipe of 0.5 m diameter. The pipe is
enclosed in a concrete casing that is of square cross section and 1.5 m on a side. The axis of the pipe is
centered in the casing, and the outer surfaces of the casing are maintained at 300 K. What is the heat loss
per unit length of pipe?
2.) (20 pts) Consider the two-dimensional grid (x=y) representing steady-state conditions with no internal
volumetric generation for a system with thermal conductivity k. One of the boundaries is maintained at a
constant temperature Ts while the others are adiabatic. Derive and expression for the heat rate (per unit
length normal to the page) crossing the isothermal boundary (Ts).

3.) (30 pts) A thermal energy storage unit consists of a large rectangular channel, which is well insulated on its
outer surface and encloses alternating layers of the storage material and the flow passage. Each layer of the
storage material is an aluminum slab of width W = 0.05 m, which is at an initial temperature of 25C.
Consider conditions for which the storage unit is charged by passing a hot gas through the passages, with
the gas temperature and the convection coefficient assumed to have constant values of T = 600C and h =
100 W/m2 K throughout the channel. How long will it take to achieve 75% of the maximum possible
energy storage? What is the temperature of the aluminum at this time?

4.) (30 pts) Recalling that your mother once said that meat should be cooked until every portion has attained a
temperature of 80C, how long will it take to cook a 2.25 kg roast? Assume that the meat is initially at 6C
and that the oven temperature is 175C with a convection heat transfer coefficient of 15 W/m2 K. Treat the
roast as a cylinder with properties of liquid water, having a diameter equal to its length.