Heat transfer Convection

1. The cross section of a storm window is shown below. How much heat will be lost through the window

measuring 1.83m by 3.66m on a cold day when the inside and outside air temperatures are 295K and 250K respectively? The convective coefficients on the inside and outside surfaces of the window are 20 W/m2.K and 15 W/m2.K respectively. What temperature drop will exist across each of the glass panes? What will be the average temperature of the air between the glass panes?

2. Water at an average 700F is flowing in a 2-in. steel pipe sch40. Steam is condensing on the outside of the

pipe. The convective coefficient for the water inside the pipe is 500 BTU/h.ft2.0F and the condensing steam coefficient on the outside is h = 1500. a. Calculate the heat loss per unit length of 1 foot of pipe. b. Calculate the Uo and Ui
3. (Conduction problem) A fresh food product is held in cold storage at 278K. It is packed in a container in

the shape of a flat slab with the faces insulated except for the top flat surface which is exposed to air at 278K. For estimation purposes the surface temperature will be assumed to be 278K. The slab is 152.4mm thick and the exposed surface area is 0.186m2. The density of the foodstuff is 641 kg/m3. The heat of respiration is 0.07 kJ/kg.h and the thermal conductivity is 0.346 W/m.K. Calculate the temperature in the food product at steady state and the total heat given off in W. (Note: to solve this problem get the first derivative of it is assumed in this problem that there is no circulation of air inside the foodstuff)
4. It is logical from the equations that increasing the thickness of the insulation, decreases the heat transfer.

However, in some cases, there is only a maximum thickness that should be possible to have the minimum heat losses. To recall our calculus, we solve before maxima/ minima problems. An electrical wire having a diameter of 1.5 mm and covered with a plastic insulation (thickness = 2.5mm) is exposed to air at 300K and ho = 20 W/m2.K. The insulation has a k = 0.4 W/m.K. It is assumed that the wire surface is constant at 400K and is not affected by the covering. a. Calculate the critical radius b. Calculate the heat loss per meter wire length with no insulation c. Repeat b with insulation (note: to solve a, you will need to differentiate, first derivative, q with respect to r2
dq = 0 then equate d ( r2 )

to zero. Then, derive the equation for solving r2. Please read Geankoplis book, 3rd edition, section 4.3F page 231, Critical thickness of insulation)