ME702

RAMAIAH USN 1 M S
INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

(Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to VTU)

Bangalore – 560 054

SEMESTER END EXAMINATIONS – JANUARY 2017

Course & Branch : B.E: Mechanical Engineering Semester : VII
Subject : Heat and Mass Transfer Max. Marks : 100
Subject Code : ME702 Duration : 3 Hrs
Instructions to the Candidates:
 Answer one full question from each unit.
 Heat transfer data hand book must be permitted.

UNIT – I
1. a) State three basic modes of heat transfer with their governing CO1 (06)
equations.
b) Derive the three-dimensional general heat conduction equation in CO1 (08)
Cartesian coordinates.
c) An exterior wall of a house consists of 10.2cm brick (K=0.7 w/m-k) CO1 (06)
and 3.8cm gypsum plaster (k=0.48 w/m-k). What thickness of loosely
packed rock wool insulation (k=0.065 w/m-k) should be added to
reduce the heat transfer through the wall by 80 percent.

2 a) Explain the significance of critical thickness of insulation with regard to CO1 (06)
heat transfer from an insulate steam pipe.
b) Derive the relation for critical radius of insulation for a steam pipe. CO1 (08)
c) A wire of 6.5 mm diameter at a temperature of 60 0C is to be insulated CO1 (06)
by a material having k=0.174w/m-k. Convection heat transfer
coefficient ho=8.722W/m2-K. The ambient temperature is 20 0C. For
maximum heat loss, what is the maximum thickness of insulation and
heat loss per meter length? Also, find percentage increase in the heat
dissipation too.

UNIT – II
3. a) Explain the significance of fins. CO2 (04)
b) Derive the relation for the temperature distribution and heat transfer CO2 (08)
for infinitely long fin.
c) A carbon steel rod (k=54W/m-K) with a cross section of an equilateral CO2 (08)
triangle (each side 5mm) is 80m long. It is attached to a plane wall
which is maintained at a temperature of 400 0C. The surrounding
environment is at 500Cand unit surface conductance is 90 W/m 2-K.
Determine the heat dissipated by the rod considering it as fin with
insulated end.

4. a) Explain the use of Heisler charts in transient heat transfer. CO2 (04)
b) Define Biot and Fourier numbers and derive the relation for a CO2 (08)
temperature distribution in a lumped heat analysis in terms of Biot and
Fourier numbers.
c) A 50cm by 50cm copper slab 6.25 mm thick has a uniform temperature CO2 (08)
of 3000C. Its temperature is suddenly lowered to 30 0C. Calculate the
time required for the plate to reach the temperature of 1080C.

Page 1 of 3
ME702
UNIT – III
5. a) With reference to the flow inside the duct, discuss the concept of CO3 (08)
velocity and thermal boundary layer. What is the importance of these
boundarys layer in heat transfer.
b) Explain the significance of: CO3 (04)
i) Pradtl number
ii) Nussult number.
c) A flat plate solar collector has 8cm high and 1m wide and 1.6m depth CO3 (08)
is tilted at 400C to the horizontal. The inner wall is at 70 0C and the
outer wall is at 100C and the enclosure is filled with air at 1 atm.
Estimate the heat loss.

6. a) With the help of dimensional analysis derive an expression which CO3 (08)
relates Reynolds number, Nusselt number and Prandtl number.
b) Explain the concept of forced convection heat transfer Mechanism. CO3 (04)
c) Water flows in a tube of diameter 5cm at a velocity of 10m/s. The inlet CO3 (08)
and outlet temperatures of water are 20 0C and 600C respectively. If the
tube wall is maintained at 800C. calculate :
i) heat transfer coefficient
ii) the rate of heat transfer and
iii) the length of the tube. Use the relation
NuD = 0.0023(ReD)0.8(Pr)0.4

UNIT – IV
7. a) Derive an expression to show the relationship between the CO4 (10)
effectiveness and the number of transfer units for a counter flow heat
exchanger.
b) A simple counter flow heat exchanger operates under following CO4 (10)
conditions; Fluid A, inlet and outlet temperatures 80 oC and 40oC, Fluid
B- inlet and outlet temperatures 20 oC and 40oC. The exchanger is
cleaned causing an increase in the overall heat transfer coefficient by
10% and the temperature of the fluid B is changed to 30 oC. What will
be the new outlet temperatures of fluid A and fluid B. Assume heat
transfer coefficients and capacity rates are unaltered by temperature
changes.

8. a) Explain the following: CO4 (10)

i) Film wise and drop wise condensation
ii) Laminar film condensation on a vertical plate.
b) Water is to be boiled at atmospheric pressure in a polished copper pan CO4 (10)
by means of an electrical heater. The diameter of the heating unit is
0.5m and maintained at a uniform temperature of 106oC. Calculate:
i) Power required to boil water
ii) The rate at which water evaporate from the pan due to boiling
process
iii) The peak heat flux.
Take physical properties of water at 100 oC as hfg=2257kJ/kg,
ρL=960.6kg/m3, ρv=0.6kg/m3, PrL=1.74, μ=0.28x10-
3 -3 o
kg/ms,σs=58.8x10 N/m, ΔT=125-100=25 C, Cpl=4216 J/kgK

UNIT – V

Page 2 of 3
 ME702
9. a) Define the following: CO5 (10)
i) Planck’s distribution law
ii) Wien’s displacement law
iii) monochromatic emissivity
iv) Kirchhoff’s law of radiation
v) Stefan-Boltzmann law.
b) Two parallel plates of size 1m by 1m spaced 0.5m apart are located in CO5 (10)
a very large room, the walls of which are maintained at a temperature
of 27oC. One plate is maintained at a temperature of 900 oC and the
other is at 400oC and their emmisivities are 0.2 and 0.5 respectively. If
the plates exchange heat between themselves and surroundings, find
the net heat transfer to each plate and the to the room. Consider only
the plate surfaces facing each other.

10. a) Using the definition of radiosity and irradiation prove that the radiation CO5 (10)
heat exchange between two gray bodies is given by the relation

 T14  T24 
Q
1  1 1 1  E2
 
A1 E1 A1 E12 A2 E 2
b) Three hollow thin walled cylinders having radii 5cm, 10cm and 15cm CO5 (10)
are arranged concentrically. The temperatures of the innermost and
outermost cylinder surfaces are 1000K and 300K respectively.
Assuming vacuum between the annular spaces, determine the steady
state temperature attained by the cylinder surface having radii of
10cm. Proceed to calculate the heat flow per m 2 area of cylinder with
radius 5cm. Take 1=23=0.05.

****************

Page 3 of 3