Solved question paper for HMT May-2023 (B-TECH 1st-2nd)
Solved Question Paper
Heat and Mass Transfer May-2023
PTU • B-TECH • Civil Engineering • 1st-2nd • May-2023
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(a) Define thermal diffusivity and explain its significance in heat transfer.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 Define thermal diffusivity and explain its significance in heat tra nsfer.
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(b) What is the logarithmic mean area for a hollow cylinder and sphere?Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 What is the logarithmic mean area for a hollow cylinder and sphere?
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(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
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Dec 2020 Why the heat transfer coefficient for natural convection is much l ess than that for forced convection?
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(d) Explain the concept of forced convection heat transfer mechanism.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 Explain the concept of forced convection heat transfer mechanism.
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(e) Explain physical significance of Rayleigh number.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 Explain physical significance of Rayleigh number.
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(f) What do you understand by fouling of heat exchanger?Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 What do you understand by fouling of heat exchanger?
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(g) How do you define the emissivity of a body?Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 How do you define the emissivity of a body?
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(h) What is difference between black body and grey body.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 What is difference between black body and grey body.
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(i) Define velocity and thermal boundary layers?Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 Define velocity and thermal boundary layers?
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(j) State the Fick’s law of diffusion.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 State the Fick’s law of diffusion. 2 | M-92765 (S2)-2803
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Derive an expression for heat transfer in a solid cylinder with heat generation.Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 Derive an expression for heat transfer in a solid cylinder with heat genera tion.
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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
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Dec 2020 Experimental results for heat transfer over a flat plate with an e xtremely rough surface were found to be correlated by an expression of the form Nux = 0.04 Re0.9 Pr1/3 Where Nu x 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 tra nsfer coefficient to local heat transfer coefficient hx.
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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
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Dec 2020 A thermocouple is used to measure the temperature of gas flowing thro ugh a duct, records, 280°C. If the emissivity of the junction is 0.4 and convection coe fficient is 150W/m2.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%?
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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
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Dec 2020 By using dimensional analysis, develop a generalized empirical rela tion between Nusselt number, Reynolds number and Prandtl number for forced convection heat transfer.
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Derive the generalised mass diffusion equation in Cartesian coordinates.Long Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Dec 2020 Derive the generalised mass diffusion equation in Cartesian coordinates .
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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
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Dec 2020 The walls of a house, 4 m high, 5 m wide and 0.3 m thick are made fr om brick with thermal conductivity of 0.9 W/mK. The temperature of air inside the house i s 20°C and outside air is at - 10°C. There is a heat transfer coefficient of 10 W/ m2K 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.
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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
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May 2023 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.
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Dec 2020 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 an d the overall heat transfer coefficient = 114 W/m 2 - K, calculate the area of heat exchange surface required for a) parallel flow, b) counter flow.
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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
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May 2023 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.
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Dec 2020 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 an d the overall heat transfer coefficient = 114 W/m 2 - K, calculate the area of heat exchange surface required for a) parallel flow, b) counter flow.
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Write short notes on the following : a) Mixed convection
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Write short notes on the following : b) NTU methodLong Answer 8 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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