Solved question paper for HMT May-2023 (B-TECH 1st-2nd)

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Heat and Mass Transfer May-2023

PTU • B-TECH • Civil Engineering • 1st-2nd • May-2023

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  1. (a) Define thermal diffusivity and explain its significance in heat transfer.
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  2. (b) What is the logarithmic mean area for a hollow cylinder and sphere?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  3. (c) Why the heat transfer coefficient for natural convection is much less than that for forced convection?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  4. (d) Explain the concept of forced convection heat transfer mechanism.
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  5. (e) Explain physical significance of Rayleigh number.
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  6. (f) What do you understand by fouling of heat exchanger?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  7. (g) How do you define the emissivity of a body?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  8. (h) What is difference between black body and grey body.
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  9. (i) Define velocity and thermal boundary layers?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  10. (j) State the Fick’s law of diffusion.
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  11. Derive an expression for heat transfer in a solid cylinder with heat generation.
    Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  12. Experimental results for heat transfer over a flat plate with an extremely rough surface were found to be correlated by an expression of the form Nux = 0.04 Re0.9 Pr1/3. Where Nux is the local value of Nusselt number at a position x measured from the leading edge of the plate. Derive an expression for ratio of average heat transfer coefficient to local heat transfer coefficient hx.
    Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  13. A thermocouple is used to measure the temperature of gas flowing through a duct, records, 280°C. If the emissivity of the junction is 0.4 and convection coefficient is 150W/m^2.K. Find the true gas temperature. The duct wall temperature is 140°C. What should be the emissivity of the junction in order to reduce the error by 30%?
    Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  14. By using dimensional analysis, develop a generalized empirical relation between Nusselt number, Reynolds number and Prandtl number for forced convection heat transfer.
    Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  15. Derive the generalised mass diffusion equation in Cartesian coordinates.
    Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  16. The walls of a house, 4 m high, 5 m wide and 0.3 m thick are made from brick with thermal conductivity of 0.9 W/mK. The temperature of air inside the house is 20°C and outside air is at - 10°C. There is a heat transfer coefficient of 10 W/m^2K on the inside wall and 30W/m^2K on the outside wall. Calculate the inside and outside wall temperatures, heat flux and total heat transfer rate through the wall.
    Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  17. 91 kg of water is to be heated from 10°C to 77°C with hot gases at 166°C flowing at 364kg/hr. Taking specific heat of gases = 1.05 kj/kg-K, of water = 4.187 kj/kg-K and the overall heat transfer coefficient = 114 W/m^2-K, calculate the area of heat exchange surface required for a) parallel flow.
    Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  18. 91 kg of water is to be heated from 10°C to 77°C with hot gases at 166°C flowing at 364kg/hr. Taking specific heat of gases = 1.05 kj/kg-K, of water = 4.187 kj/kg-K and the overall heat transfer coefficient = 114 W/m^2-K, calculate the area of heat exchange surface required for b) counter flow.
    Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  19. Write short notes on the following : a) Mixed convection

    Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH


  20. Write short notes on the following : b) NTU method
    Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH

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