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15MEC312 L9 Lumped System

This document discusses lumped system analysis for heat transfer. It defines a lumped system as one where the interior temperature remains uniform over time. An energy balance equation is presented that can be used to determine the temperature of a body at a given time. The temperature approaches the ambient temperature exponentially over time. Small bodies with high conductivity and low convection meet the criteria for lumped system analysis by having a low Biot number. Two example problems are given to demonstrate applying the lumped system analysis.

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15MEC312 L9 Lumped System

This document discusses lumped system analysis for heat transfer. It defines a lumped system as one where the interior temperature remains uniform over time. An energy balance equation is presented that can be used to determine the temperature of a body at a given time. The temperature approaches the ambient temperature exponentially over time. Small bodies with high conductivity and low convection meet the criteria for lumped system analysis by having a low Biot number. Two example problems are given to demonstrate applying the lumped system analysis.

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Lumped System

15MEC312

Heat Transfer

SIVANESAN M
Lumped System
➢ Interior temperature of some bodies
remains essentially uniform at all
times during a heat transfer process.
➢ The temperature of such bodies can
be taken to be a function of time
only, T(t).
➢ Heat transfer analysis that utilizes
this idealization is known as lumped
system analysis.

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Lumped System Analysis
During a differential time interval dt, the temperature of the
body rises by a differential amount dT. An energy balance of
the solid for the time interval dt can be expressed as
𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦
=
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑡

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Lumped System Analysis
➢ This equation enables us to determine the
temperature T(t) of a body at time t, or
alternatively, the time t required for the
temperature to reach a specified value T(t).
➢ The temperature of a body approaches the
ambient temperature T exponentially.
➢ The temperature of the body changes
rapidly at the beginning, but rather slowly
later on.
➢ A large value of b indicates that the body
approaches the environment temperature
in a short time

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Criteria for Lumped System Analysis
The first step in establishing a criterion for the
applicability of the lumped system analysis is to
define a characteristic length as

and a dimensionless Biot number

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Criteria for Lumped System Analysis
➢ Lumped system analysis assumes a uniform temperature distribution
throughout the body, which is the case only when the thermal resistance of the
body to heat conduction (the conduction resistance) is zero.
➢ Thus, lumped system analysis is exact when Bi = 0 and approximate when Bi > 0.
➢ Of course, the smaller the Bi number, the more accurate the lumped system
analysis.

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Criteria for Lumped System Analysis

Small bodies with high thermal conductivities and low convection coefficients are
most likely to satisfy the criterion for lumped system analysis.

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Problem 1
The temperature of a gas stream is to be measured by a thermocouple whose
junction can be approximated as a 1-mm-diameter sphere, as shown. The
properties of the junction are k = 35 W/m·K, ρ = 8500 kg/m3, and cp = 320 J/kg·K,
and the convection heat transfer coefficient between the junction and the gas is h
= 210 W/m2·K. Determine how long it will take for the thermocouple to read the
initial temperature difference of 0.01.

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Problem 2
A person is found dead at 5 PM in a room whose temperature is 20°C. The
temperature of the body is measured to be 25°C when found, and the heat
transfer coefficient is estimated to be h = 8 W/m2 · °C. Modeling the body as a 30-
cm-diameter, 1.70-m-long cylinder, estimate the time of death of that person

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