Malayan College Laguna

Correlation 2
Practice Test
Heat Transfer and Evaporation

Name:_________________________

1. The heat flux through a wood slab 50 mm thick, whose inner and outer surface temperatures are 40 and 20°C, respectively, has been
determined to be 40 W/m2. What is the thermal conductivity of the wood?
a. 1.10 W/m-K b. 0.10 W/m-K c. 0.19 W/m-K d. 0.28 W/m-K
2. The convection heat transfer coefficient between a surface at 40°C and ambient air at 20°C is 20 W/m 2K. Calculate the heat flux leaving
the surface by convection.
a. 100 W/m2 b. 200 W/m2 c. 300 W/m2 d. 400 W/m2
3. Air at 300°C flows over a flat plate of dimensions 0.50 m by 0.25 m. If the convection heat transfer coefficient is 250 W/m2K, determine
the heat transfer rate from the air to one side of the plate when the plate is maintained at 40°C.
a. 8125 W b. 7125 W c. 6125 W d. 5125 W
4. To cool a large slab of glass 4 in. thick from 400 to 100oF (center temperature) we put it into a constant temperature bath at 50oF. How
long must the glass remain in the bath if:
𝐵𝑡𝑢 𝑘
𝜌 = 160 𝑙𝑏/𝑓𝑡 3 , 𝑐𝑝 = 0.18 𝐵𝑡𝑢/𝑙𝑏 𝑜 𝐹, 𝑘 = 0.36 𝑜 , ℎ ≫ ( )
ℎ𝑟𝑓𝑡 𝐹 𝑟𝑚
a. 3 hours b. 2.5 hours c. 2 hours d. 1.2 hours
5. A 1 ¼-in. Schedule 40 steel pipe is insulated with a 2-in layer of asbestos covered by a 3 layer-in of 85% magnesia. If the temperature
inside the pipe wall is 300oF and the atmospheric temperature is 80 oF, what is the heat loss per foot of pipe.
a. 49.1 Btu/hr b. 39.1 Btu/hr c. 29.1 Btu/hr d. 19.1 Btu/hr
6. A light oil enters a heat exchanger at 240oF and at a flow rate of 8,600 lb/hr. Cooling water at 45 oF enters this countercurrent heat
exchanger and leaves at 110oF.
Heat capacity of oil= 0.55 Btu/lb-oF
Heat capacity of water= 1.00 Btu/lb-oF
If the heat duty is 48,000 Btu/hr, the cooling water flow rate(lb/hr) is most nearly
a. 7008 b. 8380 c. 7380 d. 8370
7. A composite slab is made of three layers 15 cm, 10 cm and 12 cm thickness. The first layer is of material with thermal conductivity 1.45
for 60% of the area and the rest is of material with conductivity of 2.5 W/m-K. The second layer is made of material with conductivity of
12.5 W/mK for 50% area and of material with conductivity 18.5 W/mK is used for the other 50%. The third layer is of single material of
thermal conductivity 0.76 W/mK. The slab is exposed on one side to warm air at 26°C and to cold air at – 20°C on the other side. The
convection coefficients are 15 and 20 W/m2K on the inside and outside respectively. Determine the heat flow
a. 127. 35 W/m2 b. 107. 35 W/m2 c. 137. 35 W/m2 d. 117. 35 W/m2
8. The black flat roof of a building has an absorptivity of 0.8 for solar radiation. At midday the sun has an intensity of 300 Btu/ft2-hr.
Assume that the temperature of the air and of the surroundings is 80 oF, the wind velocity is negligible, and no heat penetrates the roof
from the inside the building. The rate of heat transfer by conduction-convection Q/A (Btu/ft2-hr) can be assumed to be 0.38(∆𝑇)1.25 ,
where ∆𝑇 is the temperature difference (oF) between the roof and the air. Under these conditions, the equilibrium (or steady-state)
temperature on the roof is 177.5oF. The percentage of the heat that is lost from the roof by radiation is
a. 31.7% b. 41.7% c. 51.7% d. 61.7%
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9. A tank is maintained at 250 F using 50 psig saturated steam. The heat loss 75,000 Btu/h and is compensated for by using a 1-in Sch.
40 pipe worm heater. The following data apply:
Convective Heat-Transfer Coefficients:
Condensing steam, h 1,200 Btu/(hr-ft2-F)
Exterior of pipe-to-fluid, h 40 Btu/(hr-ft2-F)
Pipe Data:
Thermal conductivity 26 Btu/(hr-ft-F)
Interior pipe diameter 1.049 in.
Exterior pipe diameter 1.315 in
The length of pipe needed for the worm heater is most nearly
a. 120 ft b. 125 ft c. 130 ft d. 135 ft
10. We wish to concentrate a colloidal solution from 15% to 65% solids. The specific het of the feed, entering at 50 oF is 0.93. The
pressure of the saturated steam to the evaporator is 10 psia; the condenser pressure is 5-in. HG abs. The steam chest has an overall heat
transfer coefficient of 200 Btu/hr-ft2oF. Water must be evaporated at the rate of 35, 000lb/h. Neglectign BPE, what must be the heating
surface area required
a. 6317 ft2 b. 5317 ft2 c. 4317 ft2 d. 3317 ft2