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1 D Unsteady State
Conduction
BITS Pilani Pratik N Sheth
Pilani Campus Department of Chemical Engineering

Contents

• Q calculation

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Solution for Other geometries

• Solutions have been worked out for other geometries.

• The most important cases are those dealing with (1) plates whose thickness is
small in relation to the other dimensions, (2) cylinders where the diameter is
small compared to the length, and (3) spheres. Results of analyses for these
geometries have been presented in graphical form by Heisler

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Heat lost calculation

• The heat losses for the infinite plate, infinite cylinder, and
sphere are given in Figures 4-14 to 4-16,

• where Q0 represents the initial internal energy content of

the body in reference to the environment temperature.

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Heat lost calculation

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Problem

• A fused-quartz sphere has a thermal diffusivity of

9.5×10−7 m2/s, a diameter of 2.5 cm, and a thermal
conductivity of 1.52 W/m ◦C. The sphere is initially at a
uniform temperature of 25◦C and is suddenly subjected
to a convection environment at 200◦C. The convection
heat-transfer coefficient is 110 W/m2 ◦C.
• Calculate the temperatures at the center and at a radius of 5 mm after a time of 3
min.
• Calculate the Total heat transfer.

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Limitation of Heisler Charts

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Example

• Asteel cylinder 10 cm in diameter and 10 cm long is

initially at 300◦C. It is suddenly immersed in an oil bath
that is maintained at 40◦C, with h=280 W/m2 ◦C. Find (a)
the temperature at the center of the solid after 2 min and
(b) the temperature at the center of one of the regular
faces after 2 min.
• Heat Loss

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Thanks

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