Test: Modes of Heat Transfer - 2 - Mechanical Engineering MCQ

Thermal diffusivity of a substance is:  

Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

h_m - mass transfer coefficient,
D - molecular diffusion coefficient,
L - characteristic length dimension,
k - thermal conductivity,
ρ - density,
Cp - specific heat at constant pressure, μ- dynamic viscosity)
List-I                                                                             List-II
A. Schmidt number                                                   

B. Thermal diffusivity                                               

C. Lewis number                                                     

D. Sherwood number                                             

Codes:    A B C D         A B C D
(a)          4 3 2 1       (b) 4 3 1 2
(c)          3 4 2 1       (d) 3 4 1 2

A furnace is made of a red brick wall of thickness 0.5 m and conductivity 0.7 W/mK. For the same heat loss and temperature drop,this can be replaced by a layer of diatomite earth of conductivity 0.14W/mK and thickness        

In which one of the following materials, is the heat energy propagation minimum due to conduction heat transfer? 

Assertion (A): The leakage heat transfer from the outside surface of asteel pipe carrying hot gases is reduced to a greater extent on providing refractory brick lining on the inside of the pipe as compared to that with brick lining on the outside.
Reason (R): The refractory brick lining on the inside of the pipe offersa higher thermal resistance. 

In MLT θ system (T being time and θ temperature), what is the dimension of thermal conductivity?  

Assertion (A): Non-metals are having higher thermal conductivity than metals. Reason (R): Free electrons In the metals are higher than those of nonmetals.

In a case of one dimensional heat conduction in a medium with constant properties, T is the temperature at position x, at time t. Then  is proportional to:

A building has to be maintained at 21°C (dry bulb) and 14.5°C. The outside temperature is –23°C (dry bulb) and the internal and external surface heat transfer coefficients are 8 W/m²K and 23 W/m²K respectively. If the building wall has a thermal conductivity of 1.2W/mK, the minimum thickness (in m) of the wall required to prevent condensation is:

Consider steady-state heat conduction across the thickness in a plane composite wall (as shown in the figure) exposed to convection conditions on both sides.
Given: h_i = 20 W/m²K; h_o = 50 W/m²K; T_∞.i = 20° C ; T_∞.i = -  2° C ;
k₁ = 20 W/mK; k₂ = 50 W/mK; L₁ = 0.30 m and L₂ = 0.15 m.
Assuming negligible contact resistance between the wall surfaces, the interface temperature, T (in °C), of the two walls will be:

The temperature variationunder steady heat conductionacross a composite slab of twomaterials with thermalconductivities K₁ and K₂ isshown in figure. Then, whichone of the followingstatements holds?

A steel steam pipe 10 cm inner diameter and 11 cm outer diameter iscovered with insulation having the thermal conductivity of 1 W/mK. Ifthe convective heat transfer coefficient between the surface ofinsulation and the surrounding air is 8 W / m²K, then critical radius ofinsulation is: 

Two insulating materials of thermal conductivity K and 2K are available for lagging a pipe carrying a hot fluid. If the radial thickness of each material is the same. 

A wall as shown above is made up of two layers (A) and (B). The temperatures are also shown in the sketch. The ratio of thermal conductivity of two layers is   
What is the ratio of thickness of two layers?

A 0.5 m thick plane wall has its two surfaces kept at 300°C and 200°C.Thermal conductivity of the wall varies linearly with temperature and its values at 300°C and 200°C are 25 W/mK and 15W/mK respectively. Then the steady heat flux through the wall is:  

Heat is conducted through a 10 cm thick wall at the rate of 30 W/m² when the temperature difference across the wall is 10^oC. What is the thermal conductivity of the wall?  

6.0 kJ of conduction heat transfer has to take place in 10 minutes from one end to other end of a metallic cylinder of 10 cm² cross-sectional area, length 1 meter and thermal conductivity as 100 W/mK. What is the temperature difference between the two ends of the cylindrical bar? 

A composite hollow sphere with steady internal heating is made of 2layers of materials of equal thickness with thermal conductivities inthe ratio of 1 : 2 for inner to outer layers. Ratio of inside to outside diameter is 0.8. What is ratio of temperature drop across the inner andouter layers?  

The heat flow through a composite cylinder is given by the equation:
(symbols have the usual meaning)  

A solid sphere and a hollow sphere of the same material and size are heated to the same temperature and allowed to cool in the same surroundings. If the temperature difference between the body and thatof the surroundings is T, then  

The outer surface of a long cylinder is maintained at constant temperature. The cylinder does not have any heat source.  
The temperature in the cylinder will:

What will be the geometric radius of heat transfer for a hollow sphere of inner and outer radii r₁ and r₂ ?

The overall heat transfer coefficient U for a plane composite wall of n layers is given by (the thickness of the i^th layer is t_i, thermal conductivity of the it h layer is k_i, convective heat transfer co-efficient is h)

The heat flow equation through a cylinder of inner radius “r₁” and outer radius “r₂” is desired in the same form as that for heat flow through a plane wall. The equivalent area Am is given by:  

A flat plate has thickness 5 cm, thermal conductivity 1 W/(mK),convective heat transfer coefficients on its two flat faces of 10 W/(m²K)and 20 W/(m²K). The overall heat transfer co-efficient for such a flatplate is:  

A steel plate of thickness 5 cm and thermal conductivity 20W/mK is subjected to auniform heat flux of 800 W/m² on one surface 'A' and transfers heat by convection with a heat transfer coefficientof 80 W/m²K from the other surface 'B' into ambientair Tα of 25°C. The temperature of the surface 'B'transferring heat by convection is:

A composite slab has two layers of different materials having internal conductivities k₁ and k₂. If each layer has the same thickness, then what is the equivalent thermal conductivity of the slab?