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    Redulla Heat Transfer Assignment 2

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    This document contains 4 heat transfer problems involving calculating heat flow, temperature gradients, and thermal conductivity. The problems provide thermal properties and geometry of various materials like polystyrene foam, glass, and an unknown material. The solutions involve using the heat conduction equation to determine the requested values like heat flow in watts or kilocalories and thermal conductivity in watts per meter-kelvin.

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    Redulla Heat Transfer Assignment 2

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    Name: Redulla, Alan Roy J.

    Course: ME 317 Heat Transfer

    Section: 3-A Title: Heat Conduction Problems

    ASSIGNMENT NO. 2

    1. Problem: A hollow sphere has an outside radius of 1m and is made of polystyrene foam
    with a thickness of 1cm. A heat source inside keeps the inner surface 7.62K hotter than the
    outside surface. How much power (in W) is produced by the heat source? The thermal
    W
    conductivity of polystyrene foam is 0.033 .
    m−℃

    Given:

    r = 1m ∆T = 7.62K = 7.62℃

    x = 1cm W
    k = 0.033
    m−℃

    Required: Q̇ (in W)

    Solution:

    ( 4 π ( 1m )2 ) ( 7.62℃ )
    Q̇=k
    A ∆ T Q̇=
    x
    0.033 W
    m−℃
    [ 1cm ( 1001mcm ) ]
    Q̇=315.994 W Q̇=315.99 W

    2. Problem: A glass window has an area of 1.60m 2 and a thickness of 14mm. If one side is at a
    temperature of 7℃ and the other is at -7℃, how much thermal energy (in kCal) flows
    through the window in a time of 24 hours? The thermal conductivity of glass is 1.89x10 -4
    kCal
    .
    m−s−℃
    Given:

    A = 1.60m2 ∆T =7℃-(-7℃)=14℃ kCal


    k= 1.89x10-4
    m−s−℃
    x = 14mm t = 24 hrs

    Required: Q (in kCal)

    Solution:
    2
    1.89 ×10−4 kCal 3600 s ( 1.60 m ) ( 14 ℃ )
    Q̇=k
    A∆T
    x
    Q=kt
    A ∆ T Q=

    Q=26,127.36 kCal
    x
    m−s−℃
    ( 24 hr ) (1 hr )
    [
    14 mm ( 1m
    1000 mm ) ]

    3. Problem: Determine the heat flow (in kW) across a plane wall of 10 cm thickness with a
    W
    constant thermal conductivity of 8.5 when the surface temperatures are steady at
    m−K
    ℃
    100℃ and 30℃. The wall area is 3 m2. Also find the temperature gradient (in ) in the
    cm
    flow direction.

    Given:

    x= 10cm
    W ∆T = 100℃ -30℃ = 70℃ = 70 K
    k = 8.5
    m−K
    A = 3m2
    dT ℃
    Required: Q̇ (in kW) and (in )
    dx cm

    Solution:
    2
    8.5 W ( 3 m ) ( 70 K )
    Q̇=k
    A ∆ T Q̇=
    x
    m−K
    [
    10 cm

    Q̇=17850 W Q̇=17.85 kW
    ( 1m
    100 cm ) ] dT 70℃ dT
    =
    dx 10 cm dx
    =7
    ℃
    cm

    4. Problem: A slab of material has an area of 2m2 and is 5mm thick. One side is maintained at
    a temperature of -7℃ while the other is at 5℃. It is determined that 140,976 J of heat
    flows through the material in a time of 10 minutes. What is the thermal conductivity of the
    W
    material (in )?
    m−℃

    Given:

    A= 2m2 ∆T = 5℃ - (-7℃ )= 12℃ dt = 10 min


    x = 5mm Q = 140,976 J
    W
    Required: k (in )
    m−℃
    Solution:
    140,976 J 1 min 1m
    Q̇=k
    A∆T
    x
    k=
    Q̇ x
    A ∆T k=
    10 min ( 60 s)( (5 mm
    1000))
    mm k =0.04895
    W
    m−℃
    k =0.0 5
    W
    m−℃
    2 m2 ( 12 ℃ )

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