Thermal Conductivity Calculations and Heat Transfer
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1.- It is determined that the heat flow through a wooden board with a thickness of 50[ mm ] is 40[W / m2
whose temperatures on the internal and external surface are 40 and 20 °C respectively What is the
thermal conductivity of wood?
2.- Compare the heat transfer rates through a sample of white pine wood when
the transfer is transverse to the fiber and when it is parallel to the fiber. The thermal conductivity for the first
case is 0.15 W / m °C and for the second case 0.35 W / m °C .
3.- Calculate the heat flow per unit area through a 200 mm thick concrete wall if the
The temperatures on their surfaces are 20°C and 5°C. The conductivity of concrete is 0.935 W/(m °C).
4.- The wall of a storage chamber has a height of 3 m, a width of 10 m, and a thickness of
25 cm. The thermal conductivity is k = 0.85 W/(m °C). If, during the day, the inner surface of the wall is
22°C and the external surface is 4°C: (a) using the concept of thermal resistance, calculate the resistance to the
heat transfer for the wall; (b) calculate the heat flux through the wall, assuming conditions of
steady state.
5.- An experiment was conducted to determine the conductivity of a food; for this, a large ...
flat sheet of 5 mm thickness of that product. Under steady state conditions, it was determined that
when a temperature difference of 35°C was maintained between the surfaces of the sheet, the heat flow
per unit area in the center of the sheet was 4700 W/m2. Calculate the conductivity of the food
indicating two assumptions that have been made to obtain this result.
A 20 cm diameter frying pan is placed on a stove. The frying pan is made of steel (k = 15 W/[m °C]).
and contains boiling water at 98°C. The bottom of the pan has a thickness of 0.4 cm. The temperature of the surface
Internal, at the bottom and in contact with the water, is 105°C. (a) If the heat flow through the bottom is 450 W,
determine the temperature of the external surface exposed to the kitchen, (b) Determine the coefficient of
convective heat transfer for boiling water.
7.- Let it be a stainless steel pipe (k = 15 W/[m °C]), with inner and outer radii of 70 and 80 mm,
respectively, and 10 m in length. Its interior and exterior surfaces are maintained at 150°C and 30°C
respectively, there is no heat generation and steady-state conditions are maintained. Calculate the
heat flow through the pipe wall.
8.- The wall of a kettle is composed of three layers: A (k = 15 W/[m °C]), B (k= 0.06 W/[m °C]), and C (k
The thickness of each layer is: A 3 cm, B 8 cm, and C 2 cm. The heat flow through the wall is
600 W. It is suggested that to reduce the heat flow, layer B be replaced with an insulator 6 cm thick.
(k = 0.08 W/[m °C]). Using the concept of thermal resistance, determine if the suggestion is valid.
9.- A flat insulating sheet is used to reduce heat losses from the wall of a furnace.
exterior. One side of the insulator is at 100°C and the other is at 20°C. The aim is to maintain heat loss through
below 120 W/m2 of insulation. Calculate the thickness of insulation needed if its thermal conductivity is 0.
05 W/(m °C).
Steam is transported from a boiler to processing equipment through a steel pipe.
thermal conductivity = 43 W/[m °C] with an interior diameter of 6 cm, a thickness of 2 cm, and a length of 40 m. The
The interior surface is at 115°C and the exterior at 90°C. Calculate the heat losses to the outside in steady state.
stationary.