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Agni College of Technology

Thalambur, Chennai 600 130
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Model Exam
Sub Name : Heat& Mass Transfer QP Set : SET- A
Sub Code : ME6502 Department : Mechanical
Date : 10.10.17 Year & Sec : III A&B
Timing : 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm Max Mark : 100 Marks
Course outcome:
CO1 Apply heat conduction equations to different surface configurations under steady
state and transient conditions and solve problems
CO2 Apply free and forced convective heat transfer correlations to internal and external
flows through/over various surface configurations and solve problems
CO3 Explain the phenomena of boiling and condensation, apply LMTD and NTU
methods of thermal analysis to different types of heat exchanger configurations and
solve problems
CO4 Explain basic laws for Radiation and apply these principles to radiative heat transfer
between different types of surfaces to solve problems
CO5 Apply diffusive and convective mass transfer equations and correlations to solve
problems for different application

PART – A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

Answer Any Ten questions.
1. State the Fourier’s law of heat conducting. Why is negative sign used CO1
2. What is meant by lumped heat capacity analysis? CO1
3. Define critical thickness of insulation with its significance CO1
4. Define Grashof number and explain its significance in free convection heat
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transfer.
5. Define critical Reynolds number. What is its typical value for flow over a
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flat plate?
6 Sketch the temperature variation of condenser and evaporator. CO3
7. What is meant by sub-cooled and saturated boiling? CO3
8. What are fouling factors? CO3
9. Name the law of radiation used in heat transfer analysis CO4
10. Define irradiation and radiosity. CO4
11. Define equimolar counter diffusion. CO5
12. Define Sherwood Number. CO5

PART – B (5 x 13 = 65 Marks)
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13.a i) Steam at 3200C flows in a cast iron pipe (k=80 W/mK) whose inner and
other diameters are D1=5 cm and D2=5.5 cm, respectively. The pipe is
covered with 3-cm-thick glass wool insulation with k=0.05 W/mK . Heat is
lost to the surroundings at 50 C by natural convection and radiation, with a [9]
combined heat transfer coefficient of h2= 18 W/m2K. Taking the heat CO1
transfer coefficient inside the pipe to be h1=60 W/m2K, Determine the rate
of heat loss from the steam per unit length of the pipe. Also determine the
temperature drops across the pipe shell and the insulation.

(Or)
b) i) Aluminum fins, 1.5 cm long and 1 mm thick are placed on a 2.5 cm
diameter tube to dissipate heat. The tube surface temperature is 100°C and [7]
the ambient temperature is 25°C. Find the heat loss per fin if the heat CO1
transfer coefficient between the fin surface and the ambient is 65 W/m2K.
Assume k = 200 W/mK for aluminum.

Find out the amount of heat transfer through an iron fin of length 50mm,
ii)
width 100mm and thickness 5 mm. Assume k =120kJ/mh°C an
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h=42kJ/m2h°C for the material of the fin and the temperature at the base of
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the fin as 80°C. Also determine the temperature at tip of the fin, if
atmosphere temperature is 20°C.

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Thalambur, Chennai 600 130
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14.a i) Castor oil at 25°C flows at a velocity of 0.1 m/s part a flat plate, in a certain
process. If the plate is 4.5 m long and is maintained at a uniform temperature
of 95°C, calculate the following :
(1) The hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layer thicknesses on one
side of the plate [13]
(2) The total drag force per unit width on one side of the plate CO2
(3) The local heat transfer coefficient at the trailing edge and
(4) The heat transfer rate; properties of oil at 60°C are ρ= 956.8 kg/m3;
α= 7.2 x 10-8 m2/s; k = 0.213 W/mK; v = 0.65 x 10-4 m2/s

(Or)
Air at 40 C flows over a tube with a velocity of 30 m/s. The tube surface
b. i) [7]
temperature is 120 C. Calculate the heat transfer coefficient for following
cases i) Tube could be square with a side of 6 cm. ii) Tube is circular CO2
cylinder of diameter 6cm.
A 6 m long section of an 8 cm diameter horizontal hot water pipe passes
ii)
through a large room whose temperature is 200C. If the outer surface
temperature and emissivity of the pipe are 70C and 0.8 respectively. [6]
Determine the rate of heat transfer from the pipe by natural convection and CO2
radiation.

15.a (i) Water is to be boiled at atmospheric pressure in a mechanically polished

stainless steel pan placed on top of a heating unit. The inner surface of the [13]
bottom of the pan is maintained at 1080C. If the diameter of the bottom of CO3
the pan is 30cm, determine i) the rate of heat transfer to the water ii) the rate
of evaporation of water iii) critical heat flux.
(Or)
b. (i) Calculate for the following cases, the surface area required for a heat
exchanger which is required to cool 3200 kg/hr of benzene (Cp = 1.74
kJ/kgK) from 72°C to 42°C. The cooling water (Cp = 4.18 kJ/kg°C) at 15°C
has a flow rate of 2200 kg/hr.
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(1) Single pass counter-flow CO3
(2) 1- 4 exchanger (one-shell pass and four-tube passes) and
(3) Cross flow single pass with water mixed and benzene unmixed.
Assume all the cases U = 0.28 kW/m2K

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16.a (i) Consider double wall as two infinite parallel planes. The emissivity of the
walls is 0.3 and 0.8 respectively. The space between the walls is evacuated.
Find the heat transfer/unit area when inner arid outer surface temperatures [13]
are 300 K and 260 K. To Reduce the heat flow, a shield of polished
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aluminum with ε = 0.05 is inserted between the walls. Find the reduction in
heat transfer and also find the intermediate temperature.
(Or)
b. i) The spectral emissivity function of an opaque surface at 1000 k is
approximated as
Ɛ λ1=0.3, 0≤λ<3µm
Ɛ λ2=0.7, 3 µm≤ λ<7 µm [5]
Ɛ λ3=0.3, 7 µm≤ λ<∞ CO4
Determine the average emissivity of the surface and the rate of radiation
emission from the surface, in W/m2

ii) Calculate the following for an industrial furnace in the form of a black body
and emitting radiation at 2500°C :
(1)Monochromatic emissive power at 1.2 µm length
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(2)Wavelength at which the emissive in maximum
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(3)Maximum emissive power
(4) Total emissive power

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17.a i) The diffusivity of CCl4 in air is determined by observing the steady state
evaporation of CCl4 in a tube of 1 cm diameter exposed to air. The CCl 4
liquid level is 10 cm below the top level of the tube. The system is held at [6]
250C and 1 bar pressure. The saturation pressure of CCl4 at 250C is CO5
14.76kpa. If is observed that rate of evaporation of is 0.1g/hr. determine the
diffusivity of CCl4 in to air.

O2 gas at 250C and a pressure of 2 bar is flowing through a spherical shaped

ii) [7]
pipe of ID 25 mm and wall thickness 2.5 mm the diffusivity of O2 through
rubber is DAB =0.21*10-9 m2/s and solubility of O2 in rubber is 3.12*10- CO5
3
mol/m3 bar . Find the loss of oxygen by diffusion per metre length of pipe.
(Or)
b. i) Dry air at 27 C and 1 bar flows over a wet plate of 50cm at 50m/s. Calculate [7]
the mass transfer coefficient of water vapour in air at the end of the plate. CO5
ii) Write the analogy between heat and mass transfer. [6]
CO5

Part C(1 x 15 = 15 Marks)

18. a)
Derive the general heat conduction equation in Cartesian coordinates.
CO1
(Or)
b) Explain the various laws for heat and mass transfer and also describe the
mechanism of conduction and convective heat transfer. CO1

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 Part A
Q.No 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
COs 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5
Max.Mark 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Part B
Q.No 13a 13b 14a 14b 15a 15b 16a 16b 17a 17b
i) ii) i) ii) i) ii) i) ii) i) ii) i) ii) i) ii) i) ii) i) ii) i) ii)
COs 1 - 1 1 2 - 2 2 3 - 3 - 4 - 4 4 5 5 5 5
Max.Mark 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13

Part C
Q.No 18a 18b
i) ii) i) ii)
COs 1 - 1 -
Max.Mark 15 15

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