FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA MECÁNICA Y CIENCIAS DE LA PRODUCCIÓN

Actividad: Desarrollo de problemas de transferencia de calor.

Objetivo:
Aplicar el Software Interactive Heat Transfer para el desarrollo de ejercicios de
Transferencia de Calor en el caso de necesitarlo para gráficas o iteraciones.

Ejercicios a Desarrollar:

1. The temperature distribution across a wall 0.3 m thick at a certain instant of time is , where
T is in degrees Celsius and x is in meters, a = 200°C, b = -200°C/m, and c = 30°C/m2. The
wall has a thermal conductivity of 1 W/m – K, T(x)=200°C. (a) On a unit surface area basis,
determine the rate of heat transfer into and out of the wall and the rate of change of energy
stored by the wall. (b) If the cold surface is exposed to a fluid at 100°C, what is the
convection coefficient?
𝑇(𝑥) = 200 − 200𝑥 + 30𝑥 2

2. A long bar of rectangular cross section, 0.4m x 0.6m on a side and having a thermal
conductivity of 1.5 W/m-K, is subjected to the boundary conditions shown below. Two of
the sides are maintained at a uniform temperature of 200°C. One of the sides is adiabatic,
and the remaining side is subjected to a convection process with T = 30°C and h = 50W/m2-
K. Using an appropriate numerical technique with a grid spacing of 0.1m, determine the
temperature distribution in the bar and the heat transfer rate between the bar and the fluid
per unit length of the bar

3. A composite spherical shell of inner radius r1 = 0.25 m is constructed from lead of outer
radius r2 = 0.30 m and AISI 302 stainless steel of outer radius r3 = 0.31 m. The cavity is
 filled with radioactive wastes that generate heat at a rate of 𝑞̇ = 5x105 W/m3. It is proposed
to submerge the container in oceanic waters that are at a temperature of 𝑇∞ = 10°C and
provide a uniform convection coefficient of h = 500 W/m2-K at the outer surface of the
container. Are there any problems associated with this proposal?

4. As an alternative to storing radioactive materials in oceanic waters, it is proposed that the

system of Problem 3 be placed in a large tank for which the flow of water, and hence the
convection coefficient h, can be controlled. Compute and plot the maximum temperature
of the lead, T(r1), as a function of h for 100 ≤ h ≤ 1000 W/m2-K. If the temperature of the
lead is not to exceed 500 K, what is the minimum allowable value of h? To improve system
reliability, it is desirable to increase the thickness of the stainless steel shell. For h = 300,
500, and 1000 W/m2-K, compute and plot the maximum lead temperature as a function of
shell thickness for r3 ≥ 0.30 m. What are the corresponding values of the maximum
allowable thickness?

5. A steam pipe of 0.12-m outside diameter is insulated with a layer of calcium silicate.
If the insulation is 20 mm thick and its inner and outer surfaces are maintained at 𝑇𝑠,1 =
800 𝐾 and 𝑇𝑠,2 = 490 𝐾, respectively, what is the heat loss per unit length (𝑞´ ) of the pipe?
We wish to explore the effect of insulation thickness on the heat loss 𝑞´ and outer surface
𝑇𝑠,2 , with thw inner surface temperature fixed at 𝑇𝑠,1 = 800 𝐾. The aouter surface is
𝑊
exposed to an airflow (𝑇∞ = 25 𝐶) that maintains a convection coefficient of ℎ = 25 𝑚2 𝐾

and to large surroundings for which 𝑇𝑠𝑢𝑟 = 𝑇∞ = 25 𝐶. The surface emissivity of calcium
silicate is approximately 0.8. Compue and plot the temperature distribution in the insulation
 as a function of the dimensionless radial coordinate, (𝑟 − 𝑟1 )/ (𝑟2 − 𝑟1 ), where 𝑟1 = 0.06 𝑚
and 𝑟2 is a variable (0.06 < 𝑟2 ≤ 0.20 𝑚). Compute and plot the heat loss as a function of
the insulation thickness for 0 ≤ (𝑟2 − 𝑟1 ) ≤ 0.14 m

Referencia Bibliográfica:
Incropera, F. (2007). Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer. New York: Wiley.