B.E./B.Tech.

DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013

Fifth Semester
Mechanical Engineering
UME11501 HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Time: Three hours
Maximum: 100Marks
(Heat and mass transfer tables, steam tables are permitted for use)
Answer ALL questions
PART A (10 2 = 20 Marks)
1. What is Poisson's equation and Laplace equation for heat flow?
2. What do you understand by lumped capacity analysis?
3. What is overall heat transfer co-efficient?
4. How does laminar flow differ from turbulent flow?
5. Define Film wise condensation and Drop wise condensation.
6. What are the types of heat exchanger?
7. State Plancks distribution law and Wien's distribution law.
8. What is radiosity (J) and irradiation?
9. Define the following: i) Mass concentration ii) Molar concentration
10. Define Fourier number & Biot number for mass transfer.
PART B (5 16 = 80 Marks)
11. (a) A furnace wall consists of three layers. The inner layer of 10 cm thickness is made of
firebrick (k =1.04 W/mK). The intermediate layer of 25 cm thickness is made of masonry brick
(k = 0.69 W/mK) followed by a 5 cm thick concrete wall (k = 1.37 W/mK). When the furnace is
in continuous operation the inner surface of the furnace is at 800C while the outer concrete
surface is at 50C. Calculate the rate of heat loss per unit area of the wall, the temperature at the
interface of the firebrick and masonry brick and the temperature at the interface of the masonry
brick and concrete.

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Or

(b) (i) A cylinder 1m long and 5cm in diameter is placed in an atmosphere at 45 0 c. it is

provided with 10 longitudinal straight fin of material having k=120W/mk.The height of 0.76mm
thick fin is 1.27cm from the cylinder surface. The heat transfer coefficient between cylinder and
atmosphere is17 W/m2k.calculate the rate of heat transfer and the temperature of the end of fins
if surface temperature of cylinder is 1500c.

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(ii) A aluminum plate (k=160 W/mC, =2790kg/m3, Cp=0.88kj/kgC) of thickness

L=3cm and at a uniform temperature of 225C is suddenly immersed at time t=0 a well stirred
fluid maintained at a constant temperature T=25C take h=320 W/m 2C.Determine the time
required for the centre of the plate to reach 50C.

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12. (a) (i) Air at 400c flows over a tube with a velocity of 30m/s. the tube surface temperature is
1200c, calculate the heat transfer coefficient for the following thickness.1.Tube could be square
with a side of 6cm.2.Tube is circular cylinder of diameter 6cm.

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(ii) Air at 200 kPa and 200C is heated as it flows through a tube with a diameter of 25
mm at a velocity of 10 m/sec. The wall temperature is maintained constant and is 20C above the
air temperature all along the length of tube. Calculate: The rate of heat transfer per unit length of
the tube.

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Or

(b) (i) Air at 400 K and 1 atm pressure flows at a speed of 1.5 m/s over a flat plate of 2 m
long. The plate is maintained at a uniform temperature of 300 K. If the plate has a width of 0.5
m, estimate the heat transfer coefficient and the rate of heat transfer from the air stream to the
plate. Also, estimate the drag force acting on the plate.
(ii) Define Reynolds, Nusselt and Prandtl numbers.

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13. (a) (i) Dry saturated steam at a pressure of 2.45 bar condenses on the surface of a vertical
tube of height 1 m. The tube surface temperature is kept at 117C. Estimate the thickness of the
condensate film and the local heat transfer coefficient at a distance of 0.2m from the upper end of
the tube.

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(ii) A tube of 2 m length and 25 mm OD is to be used to condense saturated steam at

100C while the tube surface is maintained at 92C. Estimate the average heat transfer
coefficient and the rate of condensation of steam if the tube is kept horizontal. The steam
condenses on the outside of the tube.

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Or

(b) (i) Describe the principle of parallel flow and counter flow heat exchangers showing the
axial temperature distribution.

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(ii) A parallel flow heat exchanger has hot and cold-water stream running through it, the flow
rates are 10 and 25 kg/min respectively. Inlet temperatures are 75 C and 25 C on hot and cold
sides. The exit temperature on the hot side should not exceed 50 C. Assume h i = ho =
600W/m2K. Calculate the area of heat exchanger using E -NTU approach.

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14. (a) (i) Calculate the net radiant heat exchange per m 2area for two large parallel plates at
temperature of 4270c and 270c respectively.

(hot plate)

= 0.9 and

(cold plate)

= 0.6.if a polished

aluminium shield is placed between them, find the percentage of reduction in the heat transfer
(shield) = 0.4.
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(ii) State and prove the following laws:
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(1) Kirchhoffs law of radiation
(2) Stefan - Boltzmann law.
Or
(b) Two parallel plates of size 1m X 1m are spaced 0.5m apart are located in a very large
room, the walls of which are maintained at a temperature of 27 0c.one plate is maintained at 9000c
and the other at 4000c their emissivities are 0.2 and 0.5 respectively. If the plates exchange heat
between themselves and surroundings, find the neat heat transfer to each plate and to the room.
Consider only the plate surfaces facing each other.

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15. (a) Discuss briefly the following

(i) Ficks law of diffusion

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(ii) Equimolar counter diffusion

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(iii) Evaporation process in the atmosphere

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Or
(b) (i) Oxygen at 250c and pressure of 2 bar is flowing through the rubber pipe of inside
diameter 25mm and wall thickness 2.5mm .the diffusivity of o 2 through rubber is 0.21x10-9 m2/s
and the solubility of o2 in rubber is 3.12x10-3 kg mole/m3-bar.find the loss of o2 by diffusion per
metre length of pipe.

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(ii) Dry air at 270c and 1 atm flows over a wet flat plate 50 cm long at a velocity of 50
m/s. Calculate the mass transfer co-efficient of water vapour in air at the end of the plate. Take
the diffusion coefficient of water vapour in air is DAB = 0.26 X 10-4 m2/s.

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