MODULE 1 Practice Problems:
1.Calculate the heat loss per m2 of surface area for a temporary insulating wall of a food
cold storage room where the outside temperature is 299.9 K and the inside temperature
276.5 K. The wall is composed of 25.4 mm of cork board having a thermal conductivity
of 0.0433 W/m-K.
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2.The thermal conductivity of a sheet of rigid, extruded insulation is reported to be 0.029
W/mK. The measured temperature difference across a 20-mm-thick sheet of the material
is 10°C.
(a) What is the heat flux through a 2 m x 2 m sheet of the insulation?
(b) What is the rate of heat transfer through the sheet of insulation?
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3. In determining the thermal conductivity of an insulating material, the temperatures
were measured on both sides of a flat slab of 25 mm of the material and were 318.4 and
303.2 K. The heat flux was measured as 35.1 W/ m2 . Calculate the thermal conductivity
in btu/h–ft-°F and in W/m-K.
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4.A cooling coil of 1.0 ft of 304 stainless steel tubing having an inside diameter of0.25 in.
And an outside diameter of 0.40 in. is being used to remove heat from a bath. The
temperature at the inside surface of the tube is 40 °F and 80°F on the outside. The thermal
conductivity of 304 stainless steel is a function of temperature. k = 7.75 + 7.78 x 10- 3 T
where k is in btu/h · ft · ° F and T is in °F . Calculate the heat removal in btu/s and watts.
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5. A steam pipe of 0.12-m outside diameter is insulated with a layer of calcium silicate
(thermal conductivity, k = 0.089 W/m-K). If the insulation is 20 mm thick and its inner
and outer surfaces are maintained at 800 K and 490 K, respectively, what is the heat loss
per unit length of the pipe?
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6. A hollow spherical iron container with outer diameter 20 cm and thickness 0.2 cm is
filled with iced water at 0°C. If the outer surface temperature is 5°C, determine the
approximate rate of heat loss from the sphere, in kW, and the rate at which ice melts in
the container. The heat of fusion of water is 333.7 kJ/kg.
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7. A food cold storage room is to be constructed of an inner layer of 19.1 mm of pine
wood, a middle layer of cork board, and an outer layer of 50.8 mm of concrete . The
inside wall surface temperature is -17.8°C and the outside surface temperature is 29.4°C
at the outer concrete surface. The mean conductivities are for pine, 0.151; cork, 0.0433;
and concrete, 0.762 W/m · K. The total inside surface area of the room to use in the
calculation is approximately 39 m 2 (neglecting corner and end effects). What thickness
of cork board is needed to keep the heat loss to 586 W?
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8. A steel pipeline, 2-in. schedule 40 pipe, contains saturated steam at 121.1°C. The line is
insulated with 25.4 mm of asbestos. Assuming that the inside surface temperature of the
metal wall is at 121.1°C and the outer surface of the insulation is at 26.7°C, calculate the
heat loss for 30.5 m of pipe. Also, calculate the kg of steam condensed per hour in the
pipe due to the heat loss. The average k for steel is 45 W/m-K and by linear interpolation
for an average temperature of (121.1 + 26.7)/2 or 73.9°C, the k for asbestos is 0.182. The
latent heat of condensation of steam 2,199.5 kJ/kg steam.
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9. Two rods, one lead and the other copper, are connected between metal plates held at 2
°C and 106 °C. If the rods have a diameter of 10 cm and are 2 m long, what is the rate of
heat flow through the rods? Neglect any heat flow through the sides. The thermal
conductivity of lead is 35 and that of copper is 401 W/m2-K.
