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SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL & BUILDING SCIENCES

B.Tech Mechanical with specialization in Chemical Process Engineering
MEE233 HEAT TRANSFER
Model Question Paper (Theory)
Time: 3 Hours

Max. Marks: 100

(Use of Steam table and HMT data book are permitted)
Part - A (10 2 = 20 Marks)
Answer ALL Questions

1. Define Fouriers law of conduction.

2. What is meant by semi-infinite solid?
3. State Buckinghams theorem.
4. Distinguish between free and forced convection.
5. Differentiate film wise and drop wise condensation.
6. Define emissivity.
7. List any four types of heat exchangers.
8. Sketch the temperature variation in a parallel and counter flow heat exchanger.
9. Specify the types of evaporators used in chemical industries.
10. Write down the Duhrings rule with its application.
Part - B (5 16 = 80 Marks)
Answer ALL Questions
11. a) A steel tube with 5cm ID, 7.6cm OD and k = 15 W/m oC is covered with an
insulative covering of thickness 2 cm and k = 0.2 W/m oC. A hot gas at 330 oC
with h = 400 W/m2 oC flows inside the tube. The outer surface of the insulation is
exposed to cooler air at 30 oC with h = 60 W/m2 oC. Calculate the heat loss from
the tube to the air for a 10 m length of the tube and the temperature drops
resulting from the thermal resistances of the hot gas flow, the steel tube, the
insulation layer and the outside air.

(Or)
b) A large semi infinite wall of 2 cm thick has uniform temperature of 30 oC
initially and the wall temperature is suddenly raised and maintained at 400 oC.
Find (i) the temperature at a depth of 0.8 cm from the surface of the wall after 10
seconds (ii) Instantaneous heat flow rate through that surface per m2 per hour.
Take = 0.008 m2/hr and k = 6 W/m oC
12. a) Using the basic principles of heat transfer and thermodynamics derive the
expression for the LMTD of a parallel flow and a counter flow.
(Or)
b) A vertical plate of 0.7 m wide and 1.2 m height is maintained at 90o C in a
room at 30 oC. Calculate the free convective heat loss.
13. a) Sketch the pool boiling curve neatly specifying the different regions of it and
explain the phenomenon happening in each of the region.
(Or)
b) The inner sphere of liquid oxygen container is 40 cm diameter and outer sphere
is 50 cm diameter. Both have emissivities 0.05. Determine the rate at which the
liquid oxygen would evaporate at -183 oC when the outer sphere is at 20 oC.
Latent heat of oxygen is 210 kJ/kg.
14. a) In a double pipe heat exchanger, hot fluid with a specific heat of 2300 J/kg
enters at 380 oC and leaves at 300 oC. Cold fluid enters at 25oC and leaves at
210oC. Calculate the heat exchanger area required for
i)

Counter flow

ii)

Parallel flow.

Take overall heat transfer coefficient as 750 W/m2 K and mass flow rate of hot
fluid is 1 kg/s
(Or)
b) In a refrigerating plant, water is to be cooled from 20 oC to 7 oC by brine
solution entering at 2 oC and leaving at 3 oC. The design heat load is 5500 W and
the overall heat transfer coefficient is 800 W/m2K. What area is required when
using a shell and tube heat exchanger with the water making one shell pass and
the brine making two tube passes.

15. a) A single effect evaporator concentrates 10000 kg/hr of a chemical solution

from 10 % to 20 % solids by weight. Feed enters at 30oC. Saturated steam at
110oC (latent heat of 540 kcal/kg) is available. Condensate leaves at saturation
temperature. The solution boils at 45oC (latent heat = 570 kcal/kg). Specific heats
of all solutions may be taken as 1 kcal/kg oC. Overall heat transfer coefficient
may be taken as 1800 kcal/hr m2 oC. Calculate
a. Steam consumption rate in kg/hr
b. Heat transfer area
(Or)
b) Explain about vapor recompression and types of vapor recompression in detail
with neat diagrams.