KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

KCAET, TAVANUR
BTech (Agri. Engg) Mid-Examination, 2016

Fden 1202 Heat and Mass Transfer (1+1)

Total Marks: 40 Time: 1.5 Hour

I. Answer (6 x 1 = 5)
1. Thermal conductivity of water decreases with temperature (True/False)
2. Thermal conductivity of Copper is greater than that of Silver (True/ False)
3. Heat transfer occurs when there is a difference in……..
4. S.I unit of coefficient of convective heat transfer,h is………
5. Expression for logarithmic mean area for hollow cylinder is……..
6. Grashoff no. is the ratio of ………..force to viscous force

II. Match the following ( 5x 1 =5)

1. Biot no. a) Natural convection
2. Grashof no. b) Transient heat transfer
3. Reynolds no. c) Viscous force
4. Prantdl no. d) Thermal diffusion
5. Nusselt no. e) Forced convection

III. Answer ANY SEVEN ( 7 x 3 = 21)

1) Explain critical radius of insulation
2) What is lumped system analysis? Explain.
3) What is thermal boundary layer? Explain.
4) Explain about three modes of heat transfer.
5) Derive general heat conduction equation for Cartesian co-ordinate system
6) Explain the mechanism of natural convection.
7) Define fins. What are the different types of fins?
8) Explain about velocity boundary layer.
9) Define heat transfer. Name three applications for Heat and mass transfer.

IV. Answer ALL (2 x 4= 8)

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1. Air at 20 C and at a pressure of 1 bar is flowing over a flat plat at a velocity of 3 m/s. If the plate is
280 mm wide and at 56o C, calculate the following quantities at x=280 mm. Given properties of air
at bulk mean temperature are ρ = 1.1374 kg/m3, k=0.02732 W/m K, Cp= 1.005 kJ/kg K, ν = 16.768x
10-6 m2/s, Pr =0.7. Find (i) Reynolds no.(ii) Boundary layer thickness (iii) local friction co-efficient
(iv) Avg. convective heat transfer coefficient.
2. A 50cm x 50cm Copper slab 6.25 mm thick has a uniform temperature of 300o C. Its temperature is
suddenly lowered to 36o C. Calculate the time required for the plate to reach the temperature 108o C.
Take ρ= 9000 kg/m3, Cp= 0.38 kJ/kg K, k=370 W/m K and h=90 W/m2 K.