SASURIE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, VIJAYAMANGALAM DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ASSIGNMENT: 2 (SET-I) DATE:

1. Air at 30C, flows over a flat plate at a velocity of 4 m/s and plate is maintained at a uniform temperature of 90C. If the transition occurs at a critical Reynolds number of 5 x 105, calculate the thickness at which the boundary layer changes from laminar to turbulent. At that location, find the following. (i). Hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness, (ii). Thermal boundary layer thickness, (iii). Local heat transfer coefficient, (iv). Average heat transfer coefficient, (v) Heat transfer from both sides for unit width of the plate, (vi) Mass flow rate & (vii) The skin friction coefficient. [FLAT PLATE] [Heat and Mass transfer, Author: S.Senthil, Page No.2.50]

2. Air at 20C and at atmosphere pressure at a velocity of 4.5 m/s past a flat plate with a sharp leading edge. The entire plate surface is maintained at a temperature of 60C. Assuming that the transition occurs at a critical Reynolds number of 5 x 105, find the distance from the leading edge at which the flow is the boundary layer changes from laminar to turbulent. At the location, calculate the following. (i). Hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness, (ii). Thermal boundary layer thickness, (iii). Local heat transfer coefficient, (iv). Average heat transfer coefficient, (v) Heat transfer from both sides for unit width of the plate, (vi) Mass flow rate & (vii) The skin friction coefficient. Assuming cubic velocity profile and approximate method. [FLAT PLATE] [Heat and Mass transfer, Author: R.K. Rajput, Page No.422]

3. A vertical plate measuring 180 mm x 180 mm and at 50C is exposed to atmosphere at 10C. Compare the free convection heat transfer from this plate with that which would result due to a forced convection over the plate at a velocity equal to twice the maximum velocity which would occur in free convection boundary layer. [FREE CONVECTION] [Heat and Mass transfer, Author: R.K. Rajput, Page No.512]

4. A horizontal tubular 1-1 condenser is used to condense saturated steam at 80C. The condenser is a shell and tube one with brass tubes (k=110 W/mC) of 1.59 cm OD and 1.34 cm ID. Steam is outside tubes and cooling water enters the tubes at 20C with a velocity of 1.4 m/s and leaves at 40C. If the rate of cooling water supply is 55000 kg/h and the latent heat of condensation of steam at 80C is 2304 kJ/kg, calculate: (i) The number of tubes, (ii) The length of each tube. For calculating the tube side heat transfer coefficient use the Dittus-Boelter equation and for the shell side heat transfer coefficient, the average value may be taken as 10760 W/m2K. Data: Properties of water at 30C. k = 0.659 W/mK; = 979. 8 kg/m 3; cp = 4.180 kJ/kg K; = 0.4044 x 10-3 Pa S. [FLOW OVER CYLINDER AND SPHERE] [Heat and Mass transfer, Author: R.K. Rajput, Page No.473]

5. In a glass making process, a plate glass 0.5 m x 2mm and 3 mm in thickness is cooled by blowing hot air with velocity 1 m/s in direction parallel to plate, such that the rate of cooling is slow. The initial glass plate temperature is 425C and hot air temperature is 200C. Estimate: (i). Initial rate of cooling in C/min, (ii). Time required for cooling from 425C to 375C. Assume properties of glass as: = 2500 kg/m3; cp = 0.76 kJ/kg K; Assume that air flow takes place on both sides of plate. [FLAT PLATE] [Engineering Heat and Mass transfer, Author: Mahesh M.Rathore, Page No.536]

SASURIE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, VIJAYAMANGALAM DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ASSIGNMENT: 2 (SET-II) DATE:

1. Air at 20C and at a pressure of 1 bar is flowing over a flat plate at a velocity of 3 m/s. If the plate is 280mm wide and at 56C calculate the following at x = 280mm. (i). Boundary layer thickness, (ii). Local friction coefficient, (iii). Average friction coefficient, (iv). Thickness of the thermal boundary layer, (v) Local convective heat transfer coefficient, (vi). Average convective heat transfer coefficient, (vii) Rate of heat transfer by convection & (viii) Total drag force on the plate. [FLAT PLATE] [Heat and Mass transfer, Author: S.Senthil, Page No.S.74]

2. A hot plate 1.2m wide, 0.35m height ad a 115C is exposed to the ambient still air at 25C. Calculate the following. (i), Maximum velocity at 180mm from the leading edge of the plate, (ii). The boundary layer thickness at 180mm from the leading edge of the plate, (iii). Local heat transfer coefficient at 180mm from the leading edge of the plate, (iv) Average heat transfer coefficient over the surface of the plate, (v). Total mass flow through the boundary, (vi). Heat loss from the plate & (vii) Rise in temperature of the air passing through the boundary. Use approximate solution. [FREE CONVECTION] [Heat and Mass transfer, Author: S.Senthil, Page No.2.204]

3. Air at 2 bar pressure and 60C is heated as it flows through a tube of diameter 25mm at a velocity of 15 m/s. If the wall temperature is maintained at 100C, find the heat transfer per unit length of the tube. How much would be the bulk temperature increase over one meter length of the tube. [INTERNAL FLOW] [Heat and Mass transfer, Author: S.Senthil, Page No.2.146]

4. 3.8 kg of oil per second is heated from 20C to 40C by passing through a circular annulus with a velocity of 0.3 m/s. The hot gases at 400C are passed through the inside tube of 100mm diameter and are cooled to 100C. Find the length if the pipe required for the above heat transfer process assuming the gas is flowing in opposite direction to the oil? Take the following properties of oil and gases at mean temperature: For Oil, k = 0.2 W/mC; = 800 kg/m3; cp = 3.350 kJ/kg K; v = 8 x 10-6 m2/s. For Gases, k = 0.035 W/mC; = 0.8 kg/m3; cp = 1.050 kJ/kg K; v = 32.88 x 10-6 m2/s. [FLOW OVER CYLINDER AND SPHERE] [Heat and Mass transfer, Author: R.K. Rajput, Page No.478]

5. Water entering at 10C is heated to 40C in the tube of 0.02m ID at a mass flow rate of 0.01 kg/s. The outside of the tube is covered with an insulated electric heating element that produces a uniform heat flux of 15000 W/m2 over the surface. Neglecting any entrance effect, determine: (i). Reynolds number, (ii). The heat transfer coefficient. (iii). The length of pipe needed for a 30C increase in average temperature, (iv) The inner tube surface temperature at the outlet, (v) The friction factor, (vi) The pressure drop in the pipe,(vii) The pumping power required if the pump if 50% efficient. [INTERNAL FLOW] [Engineering Heat and Mass transfer, Author: Mahesh M.Rathore, Page No.574]

SASURIE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, VIJAYAMANGALAM DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ASSIGNMENT: 2 (SET-III) DATE:

1. Air flow through a long rectangular of 300 mm height x 800 mm width air-conditioning duct maintains the outer duct surface temperature at 20C. If the duct is uninsulated and exposed to air at 40C. Calculate the heat gained by the duct. Assuming duct to be horizontal. [FREE CONVECTION] [Heat and Mass transfer, Author: S.Senthil, Page No.2.174]

2. A copper bus bar 25 mm diameter is cooled by air (in cross- flow) at 30C and flowing past the bus bar with a velocity of 2.5 m/s. If the surface temperature of the bar is not to exceed 85C and resistivity of copper is 0.0175 x 10-6 ohm-m3/m, calculate the following: (i). The heat transfer coefficient from the surface to the air, (ii). The permissible current intensity for the bus bar.

The following empirical correlations may be applicable for a single cylinder placed in cross-flow: (For 10 < Re <103 , Nu = 0.44 (Re)0.5 & For 103 < Re <105 , Nu = 0.22 (Re)0.6) The thermophysical properties are evaluated at t (30C) and are give as: k = 0.02673 W/mC; v = 16.00 x 10-6 m2/s. [FLOW OVER CYLINDER AND SPHERE] [Heat and Mass transfer, Author: R.K. Rajput, Page No.481]

3. Consider an electrical heated square plate (60 cm x 60 cm) with one of its surface thermally and other surface dissipating heat by convection into atmospheric air at 30C. The heat flux over the surface of the plate is uniform and results in a mean temperature of 50C. The plate is inclined at an angle of 50 from vertical. Determine the heat loss from the plate for the following cases: (a) heated surface facing up: (b) heated surface facing down. [FREE CONVECTION] [Engineering Heat and Mass transfer, Author: Mahesh M.Rathore, Page No.653]

4. An air stream at 0C is flowing along a heated plate at 90C at a speed of 75 m/s. The plate is 45cm long and 60 cm wide. Assuming the transition of boundary layer takes place at Recr = 5 x 105. Calculate the average value of friction coefficient and heat transfer coefficient for full length of the plate. Also calculate the heat dissipation from the plate. [FLAT PLATE] [Engineering Heat and Mass transfer, Author: Mahesh M.Rathore, Page No.33]

5. Assuming a man as a cylinder of 40 cm diameter and 1.72 m high with a surface temperature of 37C. Calculate the heat lost from its body, while standing in wind flowing at 20 km/hr at 17C. Use relation NuD = 0.027 ReD0.805 Pr 1/3. [FLOW OVER CYLINDER AND SPHERE] [Engineering Heat and Mass transfer, Author: Mahesh M.Rathore, Page No.543]