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B. S. ABDUR RAHMAN UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI 6000 048

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION MAY 2015
Programme & Branch : B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering
Semester : V Date & Session : 11/01/2016, FN
Course Code & Name : ME 304, Heat and MassTransfer
Duration : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Answer all the questions and dont mix-up Part-A with other answers.
Only non-programmable calculator is allowed
Part A (Marks: 10 x 2 = 20)
1. Differentiate between steady and transient heat conduction.
2. Define effectiveness of extended surfaces.
3. Sketch the hydro dynamic and thermal boundary layer and name the regions.
4. Define Reynolds number and mention its applications in convection problems.
5. Differentiate between parallel and counter flow heat exchangers.
6. What are the advantages of NTU method?
7. State Kirchoffs law of radiation.
8. Mention the significance of shape factor.
9. Differentiate between mass transfer and heat transfer.
10. State Ficks law of diffusion.
Part B (Marks: 5 x 16 = 80)
11 (a) The door of a cold storage plant is made from two 6 mm thick glass sheets separated (16)
by a uniform air gap of 2 mm. The temperature of air inside the room is20 and
the ambient air temperature is 30 . Assume heat transfer coefficient between the
surrounding and glass pane is 23.26 W/m2K, and thermal conductivity of air and
glass are as = 0.02 WmK and = 0.75 WmK. Determine the heat
leakage into the room per unite area of the door. Also determine the temperature at
the inner surface of the glass.
(OR)
(b) (i) Aluminum circumferential fins of 1 mm thickness are soldered to 2.5 cm OD pipe. (8)
Other given data are as follows: fin length = 1.5 mm, pipe wall temperature = 1000C,
ambient temperature = 250C, convective heat transfer coefficient = 65 W/m2K.
Calculate the heat loss per fin.
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(ii) A stainless steel rod of 1 cm diameter originally at a temperature of 3200C is (8)
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suddenly immersed in a liquid at 120 C. Determine the time required for the rod to
reach the temperature of 2000C. Assume = 1000 Wm K , =
40 WmK , = 460 JkgK , = 7800 kgm . Assume unit length of the rod.
12 (a) (i) Explain the significance of Prandtl number, Nusselt number and Grashof number. (6)
(ii) A large vertical plate, 4 m high and 10 m wide is maintained at 600c and is exposed (10)
to atmospheric air at 100C. Estimate the heat transfer from the plate.
(OR)
(b) (i) Air at 100 kPa and 350C flows across a 50 mm diameter cylinder at velocity of 50 (8)
m/s. The surface of the cylinder is at 1500C. Calculate the heat loss per unit length
of the cylinder.
(ii) A horizontal pipe of 0.3 m diameter is maintained at a temperature of 2500C in a (8)
room where the ambient temperature is 150C. Calculate the heat loss per meter length
of the pipe.
13 (a) Sketch the layout and temperature profile of a counter flow heat exchanger. Derive (16)
the LMTD formula for the counter flow type heat exchanger by clearly stating the
assumptions made.
(OR)
(b) (i) Discuss the various regions of flow boiling with suitable sketches. (8)
(ii) Saturated steam at 1200c is condensed on the outer tube surface of a single pass heat (8)
exchanger. The heat transfer coefficient is 1800 W/m2K. Determine the surface area
of a heat exchanger capable of heating 1000 kg/hr of water from 200C to 900C. Also
compute the rate of condensation of steam. Assume enthalpy of evaporation as 2200
kJ/kg.
14 (a) (i) Write short notes on 1. Black body and 2. Shape factor. (8)
(ii) Two large parallel plates with emissivity 0.6 W/m2K and 0.8 W/m2K are at 1000 K (8)
and 500 K respectively. Determine the percentage reduction in heat transfer by
placing a shield of reflectivity 0.9 W/m2K between the plates and also find the shield
temperature.
(OR)
(b) A large black enclosure consists of a rectangular box of dimensions 25 cm 20 cm (16)
25 cm (height is 25 cm). The bottom surface (1) is at 530 K, the top surface (2) is
at 450 K and all the vertical surfaces (3) are at 475 K. Find the net heat transfer
rate and .
15 (a) (i) Explain steady state equimolar counter diffusion. (8)
(ii) ammonia diffuses through a 4 cm long air column. Determine the mass of ammonia (8)
that may diffuse per unite are per hour if the partial pressure at the column
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extremities are 0.6 bar and 0.1 bar. Total pressure is 1 bar. Given that = 0.28
10 m s. Assume the temperature is 300C.
(OR)
(ii) ammonia diffuses through a 4 cm long air column. Determine the mass of ammonia (8)
that may diffuse per unite are per hour if the partial pressure at the column
extremities are 0.6 bar and 0.1 bar. Total pressure is 1 bar. Given that = 0.28
10 m s. ( = 0.03169 bar at 25 C) 0

(b) (i) Explain the significance of Schmidt number and Lewis number. (8)
(ii) A well 40 m deep and 9 m in diameter is at 1 atm pressure and 250C temperature. (8)
The air at the top is having a RH 50%. Determine the rate of diffusion of water.
Assume = 0.258 10 m s. ( = 0.03169 bar at 250C)

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Dr. Kadiresh Mr. Karthik S. V.