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The document consists of eight engineering problems related to heat transfer, requiring calculations for heat flux, energy transfer, air conditioning requirements, mass flow rates, temperature differences, and convection heat loss. Each question provides specific parameters and conditions for the scenarios, such as lamp specifications, aluminum ball heating, classroom cooling, and heat dissipation from electronic components. The problems are designed for students to apply principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer in practical situations.

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HMT Assignment 1

The document consists of eight engineering problems related to heat transfer, requiring calculations for heat flux, energy transfer, air conditioning requirements, mass flow rates, temperature differences, and convection heat loss. Each question provides specific parameters and conditions for the scenarios, such as lamp specifications, aluminum ball heating, classroom cooling, and heat dissipation from electronic components. The problems are designed for students to apply principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer in practical situations.

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Assignment 01

Q1. Consider a 150-W incandescent lamp. The filament of the lamp is 5


cm long and has a diameter of 0.5 mm. The diameter of the glass bulb
of the lamp is 8 cm. Determine the heat flux, in W/m 2, (a) on the
surface of the filament and (b) on the surface of the glass bulb, and (c)
calculate how much it will cost per year to keep that lamp on for eight
hours a day every day if the unit cost of electricity is $0.08/kWh.
[5]

Q2. A 15-cm-diameter aluminum ball is to be heated from 80°C to an


average temperature of 200°C. Taking the average density and
specific heat of aluminum in this temperature range to be ρ = 2700
kg/m3 and Cp = 0.90 kJ/kg · °C, respectively, determine the amount of
energy that needs to be transferred to the aluminum ball. [5]

Q3. A classroom that normally contains 40 people is to be air-


conditioned using window air-conditioning units of 5-kW cooling
capacity. A person at rest may be assumed to dissipate heat at a rate
of 360 kJ/h. There are 10 light bulbs in the room, each with a rating of
100 W. The rate of heat transfer to the classroom through the walls
and the windows is estimated to be 15,000 kJ/h. If the room air is to be
maintained at a constant temperature of 21°C, determine the number
of window air-conditioning units required. [5]
Q4. Water is heated in an insulated, constant diameter tube by a 7-kW
electric resistance heater. If the water enters the heater steadily at
15°C and leaves at 70°C, determine the mass flow rate of water.
[5]

Q5. An aluminum pan whose thermal conductivity is 237 W/m · °C has


a flat bottom with diameter 20 cm and thickness 0.4 cm. Heat is
transferred steadily to boiling water in the pan through its bottom at a
rate of 800 W. If the inner surface of the bottom of the pan is at 105°C,
determine the temperature of the outer surface of the bottom of the
pan. [5]

Q6. Consider a person standing in a room maintained at 20°C at all


times. The inner surfaces of the walls, floors, and ceiling of the house
are observed to be at an average temperature of 12°C in winter and
23°C in summer. Determine the rates of radiation heat transfer
between this person and the surrounding surfaces in both summer and
winter if the exposed surface area, emissivity, and the average outer
surface temperature of the person are 1.6 m2, 0.95, and 32°C,
respectively. [5]

Q7. For heat transfer purposes, a standing man can be modeled as a


30-cm-diameter, 170-cm-long vertical cylinder with both the top and
bottom surfaces insulated and with the side surface at an average
temperature of 34°C. For a convection heat transfer coefficient of 15
W/m2 · °C, determine the rate of heat loss from this man by convection
in an environment at 20°C.
[5]

Q8. Four power transistors, each dissipating 15 W, are mounted on a


thin vertical aluminum plate 22 cm x 22 cm in size. The heat generated
by the transistors is to be dissipated by both surfaces of the plate to
the surrounding air at 25°C, which is blown over the plate by a fan. The
entire plate can be assumed to be nearly isothermal, and the exposed
surface area of the transistor can be taken to be equal to its base area.
If the average convection heat transfer coefficient is 25 W/m2 · °C,
determine the temperature of the aluminum plate. Disregard any
radiation effects. [5]

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