HW# 6 – Collection of Heat Transfer Problems

1. The convection heat transfer coefficient between a surface at 35 ºC and the temperature outside at
25 ºC is 25 W/ m 2 -k, determine the heat flux leaving the surface by convection.

2
a) 250 W/ m
2
b) 150 W/ m
2
c) 320 W/ m
2
d) 420 W/ m
ANS: A
TOPIC: CONVECTION

2. Air at 330 ºC flows over a flat plate of dimensions 0.45 m by 0.30 m. If the convection heat
transfer coefficient is 270 W/ m 2 -k, when the plate is maintained at 45 ºC determine the heat
transfer rate from the air to one side of the plate.
a) 10388.25W
b) 4200.2 W
c) 6520.3 W
d) 4000 W
ANS: A
TOPIC: CONVECTION/HEAT EXCHANGERS

3. The rear window of an automobile is defogged by passing warm air at 45 ºC over its inner
surface, and the associated convection coefficient is 35 W/ m 2 -k. Under conditions for which the
outside ambient air temperature is -11 ºC and the associated convection coefficient is 70 W/ m 2 -k.
What are the inner and outer surface temperature of the window? Given: the glass window has a
thickness of 4.3mm, k = 1.4 W/m-k.
a) 10.16 ºC, 6.42 ºC
b) 4.7 ºC, 3.3 ºC
c) 3.3 ºC, 4.7 ºC
d) 5.2 ºC, 3.3 ºC
ANS: A
TOPIC: CONDUCTION

4. A piece of 304 stainless steel measuring 2 by 2 by 0.1m thick and having a uniform temperature
of 32 ºC is heated by sudden immersion into a 440 ºC molten salt bath. The mean convection
coefficient is 330 W/m2- ºC. Determine the time required for the center temperature of the piece of
metal to reach 400 ºC, given: k=21 W/m- ºC, α =7 x 10^-6 m^2/s .
a) 1300 s
b) 1214 s
c) 460 s
d) 600 s
ANS: B
TOPIC: CONDUCTION
HW# 6 – Collection of Heat Transfer Problems

5. A surface of area 0.4 m^2, emissivity 0.7, and temperature 130 ºC is placed in a large, evacuated
chamber whose walls are maintained at 23 ºC. What is the rate at which radiation is emitted by the
surface?
a) 600 W
b) 400 W
c) 600.27 W
d) 418.79 W
ANS: D
TOPIC: RADIATION

6. The inner and outer surface temperatures of a glass window 4 mm thick are 25 and 10°C,
respectively. What is the heat loss through a window that is 2 m by 4 m on a side? Given: the
thermal conductivity of glass is 1.4 W/m-k.
a) 8000 W
b) 6000 W
c) 5000 W
d) 42000 W
ANS: D
TOPIC: CONDUCTION

7. A fan that can provide air speeds up to 50 m/s is to be used in a low speed wind tunnel with
atmospheric air at 25°C. If one wishes to use the wind tunnel to study flat plate boundary layer
behavior up to Reynolds numbers of 10^8. The minimum plate length is? Given: v = 15.71 m^2/s.
a) 31.4 m
b) 23.1 m
c) 17.3 m
d) 43.6 m
ANS: A
TOPIC: HEAT EXCHANGERS

8. A room that usually contains 30 people is to be air-conditioned using inverter air-

conditioning units of 6 kW cooling capacity. A person at rest may be assumed to dissipate
heat at a rate of 363 kJ/h. There are 10 light bulbs in the room, each with a rating of 110 W.
The rate of heat transfer to the classroom through the walls and the windows is estimated to
be 15000 kJ/h. If the room air is to be maintained at a constant temperature of 21°C. How
many units of the inverter air-conditioning units required?
a) 1
b) 4
c) 3
d) 2
ANS: D
TOPIC: CONDUCTION
HW# 6 – Collection of Heat Transfer Problems

9. A 7-m diameter spherical tank is filled with liquid oxygen at – 185°C. The tank is thin
shelled, and its temperature can be taken to be the same as the oxygen temperature. The tank
is insulated with 6 cm thick super insulation that has an effective thermal conductivity of
0.00016 W/m–°C. If the tank is exposed to an ambient air at 14°C with a heat transfer
coefficient of 14 W/m2-°C. What is the rate of heat transfer to the tank?
a) 10 W
b) 31 W
c) 82 W
d) 20 W
ANS: C
TOPIC: HEAT EXCHANGERS

10. Consider two varied materials, A and B. The ratio of thermal conductivities is kA/kB =
12, the ratio of the densities is PA/PB = 0.065, and the ratio of specific heats is Cp A/Cp B =
17, the ratio of the thermal diffusivities is?
a) 16
b) 11
c) 0.01
d) 0.3
ANS: B
TOPIC: CONVECTION

11. Rice (k = 0.9 W/m-K) is stored on the ground in 8 m thick layers. Air at 24°C contacts
the upper surface of this layer of rice with h = 2 W/m2–K, the temperature distribution inside
this layer is given by,
(T-Ts)/(To-Ts) =1-(x/L)^2

where Ts is the upper surface temperature, To is the lower surface temperature, x is measured
upwards from the ground, and L is the thickness of the layer. When the temperature of the
upper surface is 30°C. What is the temperature of the rice next to the ground?
a) 83 °C
b) 43 °C
c) 30 °C
d) 22 °C
ANS: A
TOPIC: CONDUCTION

12. A 2-cm diameter, 40 cm long rod made of aluminum (k = 233 W/m- °C) is attached to a
surface at 90°C. The surface is exposed to 30°C surroundings temperature with a heat
transfer coefficient of 12 W/m2– °C, if the rod can be assumed to be very long. What its
efficiency?
a) 0.66
b) 0.23
c) 0.78
d) 0.33
ANS: C
TOPIC: THERMO
HW# 6 – Collection of Heat Transfer Problems

13. An opaque material of 3 m x 3 m area is considered to diffuse with an absorptivity of =

0.45 and an emissivity of = 0.8. The material is maintained at 398 K and is simultaneously
exposed to solar irradiation with GS = 1220 W/m2. What will be radiosity and net radiation
heat transfer from the surface?
a) 1138 W/m2,5301 W
b) 1411 W/m2, 2100 W
c) 1622 W/m2,3022 W
d) 1888 W/m2, 2310 W
ANS: A
TOPIC: RADIATION

14. One end of aluminum rod 3 m long and 2 cm diameter is maintained at 230°C. When a
steady state is reached, the rate of heat flow across any cross-section is 0.3 cal s^–1, the
temperature of the other end is? (k = 0.28 cal s–1°C ^-1 cm^–1)
a) 130.3°C
b) 170.4 °C
c) 127.7 °C
d) 188.9 °C
ANS: C
TOPIC: CONDUCTION

15. The thermal conductivity of a cement is 1.8 W m^–1 K^–1 and that of brick is 2.8 W m^–
1 K^–1, the thickness of brick will have the same insulation as a cement of thickness 19 cm
is?
a) 30.14 cm
b) 11.20 cm
c) 33.25 cm
d) 30 cm
ANS: D
TOPIC: CONDUCTION

16. A Certain liquid cools from 70°C to 50°C in 12 minutes, the temperature of the liquid in
next 12 minutes is? Note: the temperature of the surroundings is assumed to be 25°C.
a) 26.54 °C
b) 38.89 °C
c) 31.77 °C
d) 45.65 °C
ANS: B
TOPIC: CONVECTION
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17. The energy coming from the sun which is the energy arriving per second at Earth from
the sun, is 1440 W m–2, the surface temperature of the sun, given that the sun’s radius = 7 x
10^5 km, the distance of the sun from Earth = 1.5 x 10^8 km and Stefan’s constant = 5.6704
X 10^–8 W m^–2 K^–4 is?
a) 5844 K
b) 4080 K
c) 7887 K
d) 9988 K
ANS: A
TOPIC: RADIATION

18. Determine the energy radiated per second from the filament of an incandescent lamp at
2100 K. If the surface area is 4.0 x10^–5 m^2 and its relative emittance is 0.75. (Stefan’s
constant = 5.6704 X 10^–8 W m^–2 K^–4).
a) 77.89 J/s
b) 99.87 J/s
c) 33.08 J/s
d) 33.98 J /s
ANS: C
TOPIC: RADIATION

19. Two rods of the same metal have the same length and area. The heat delta Q flows
through them for 10 minutes when they are joined side by side, if both the rods are joined in
parallel. At what time when the same amount of heat delta Q will flow in?
a) 20.5 min.
b) 10.1 min
c) 2.5 min.
d) 11 min.
ANS: C
TOPIC: CONVECTION

20. Steam at 373 K is passed through an aluminum tube of diameter 20 cm and length 3 m. If
the thickness of the tube is 3 mm and the thermal conductivity of the aluminum is 390W m –
1
K–1. Determine the heat lost per second take the outside temperature is 18oC.
a) 87 x 10^2 J
b) 78 x 10^4 J
c) 1.634 x10^7 J
d) 11 x 10^ 4 J
ANS: C
TOPIC: CONVECTION