Due Date: April 19, 2017

Homework Set #5
ME 575: Applied Heat and Mass Transfer
M, W 4:00-5:15 PM, Room JD 1610
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HW#1 Species A is evaporating from a flat surface into species B. Assume that the
concentration profile for species A in the concentration boundary layer is of the form
CA(y) = Dy2 + Ey + F, where D, E, and F are constants at any x-location and y is
measured along a normal from the surface. Develop an expression for the mass transfer
convection coefficient hm in terms of these constants, the concentration of A in the free
stream CA, and the mass diffusivity DAB. Write an expression for the molar flux of mass
transfer by convection for species A.

HW#2- Consider a rectangular fin that is used to cool a motorcycle engine. The fin is
0.15 m long and at a temperature of 250C, while the motorcycle is moving at 80 km/h in
air at 27C. The air is in parallel flow over both surfaces of the fin, and turbulent flow
conditions may be assumed to exist throughout. What is the rate of heat removal per unit
width of the fin?

HW#3- To determine air velocity changes, it is proposed to measure the electric current
required to maintain a platinum wire of 0.5 mm diameter at a constant temperature of
77C in a stream of air at 27C. (a) Assuming Reynolds numbers in the range
40<ReD<1000, using Zhukauskas relation, develop a relationship between the wire
current and the velocity of the air that is in cross flow over the wire. Use this result to
establish a relation between fractional changes in the current, I/I, and the air velocity
V/V. (b) Calculate the current required when the air velocity is 10 m/s and the electrical
resistivity of the platinum wire is 17.1 10-5 m.

HW#4- A tube bank uses an aligned arrangement of 30-mm-diameter tubes with

ST=SL=60 mm and a tube length of 1m. There are 10 tube rows in the flow direction
(NL=10) and 7 tubes per row (NT=7). Air with upstream conditions of T=27C and
V=15m/s is in cross flow over the tubes, while a tube wall temperature of 100C is
maintained by steam condensation inside the tubes. Determine the temperature of air
leaving the tube bank, the pressure drop across the bank, and the fan power requirement.