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MEEG 342: Exam I
Date: March 15,2006: Time: 10:05 to 11:05 am:
Place: WHL 006 and WHL 110

I. Please provide brief answers (Each correct answer is worth 7 points. Partial credit
will be awarded for relevant effort) 35%

1. Heat is lost through a brick wall (k = 0.72 W/m · °C), which is 4 m long, 3 m wide, and
25 cm thick at a rate of 500W. If the inner surface of the wall is at 22°C, the temperature at
the midplane of the wall is

(a) 0°C (b) 7.5°C (c) 11.0°C (d) 14.8°C (e) 22°C

2. Water is heated in an insulated, constant diameter tube by a 7-kW electric resistance

heater. If the water enters the heater steadily at 15°C and leaves at 70°C, determine the
mass flow rate of water.

3. Which one of the followings is the correct expression for one-dimensional, steady-
state, constant thermal conductivity heat conduction equation for a cylinder with
heat generation?

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4. A typical section of a building wall is shown below on your right. This section
extends in and out of the page and is repeated in the vertical direction. The correct
thermal resistance circuit for this wall is

5. Consider a sphere and a cylinder of equal volume made of copper. Both the sphere
and the cylinder are initially at the same temperature and are exposed to convection
in the same environment. Which do you think will cool faster, the cylinder or the
sphere? Why?

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2. Air in a room is maintained at T∞ =15 C by a heated wall, which is 2 m wide, 3 m high,
and 5 cm thick and is made of material with k = 2 W/m · K. The necessary heating power is
Q = 5 kW. The back of the wall is insulated. Two methods are considered to achieve
heating: (a) a thin film heater at the back of the wall (surface heating), and (b) uniform
volumetric heating (heat generation) within the wall at a rate of egen (W/m3). The
convection coefficient between the wall and the air is h =30 W/m2 · K.
(a) Determine for each case the temperature at the surface of the wall, Ts.
(b) Determine for each case the temperature at the back of the wall, TB. (35%)

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III. Citrus fruits are very susceptible to cold weather, and

extended exposure to subfreezing temperatures can destroy
them. Consider an 8-cm-diameter orange that is initially at
15C. A cold front moves in one night, and the ambient
temperature suddenly drops to -15C, with a heat transfer
coefficient of 15 W/m2 · C. Using the properties of water for
the orange and assuming the ambient conditions to remain
constant for 4 h before the cold front moves out, determine if
any part of the orange will freeze that night. If you want to use
the one term solution, the table and formulas are provided on the next page.
(k=0.571 W/m C and α = 0.136 x 10 -6 m2/s)

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