A square aluminum plate 5 mm thick and 200 mm
side is heated while vertically suspended in qui
air at 40°C. Determine the average heat transfer
cient for the plate when its temperature is 15°C by
methods: using results from the similarity soluti
the boundary layer equations, and using results f
empirical correlation.
Consider an array of vertical rectangular fins,
to be used to cool an electronic device mounted
quiescent, atmospheric air at 7, = 27°C. Each fin
L=20mm and H = 150mm and operates at
approximately uniform temperature of T, = 77°C.(a) Viewing each fin surface as a vertical plate in
infinite, quiescent medium, briefly describe
there exists an optimum fin spacing S.
Figure 9.4, estimate the optimum value of $ for
prescribed conditions.
For the optimum value of S and a fin thickness
+= LS mm, estimate the rate of heat transfer
the fins for an array of width W = 355 mm.
(b)A horizontal uninsulated steam pipe passes through a
large room whose walls and ambient air are at 300 K.
The pipe of 150-mm diameter has an emissivity of 0.85
and an outer surface temperature of 400 K. Calculate the
heat loss per unit length from the pipe.
A long, uninsulated steam line with a diameter of 89 mm
and a surface emissivity of 0.8 transports steam at 200°C
and is exposed (o atmospheric air and large surroundings
at an equivalent temperature of 20°C.
(a) Calculate the heat loss per unit length for a calm
day.
(b) Calculate the heat loss on a breezy day when the
wind speed is 8 m/s.
(c) For the conditions of part (a), calculate the heat loss
with a 20-mm-thick layer of insulation (k=
0.08 W/m + K). Would the heat loss change signifi-
cantly with an appreciable wind speed?