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SubjectCode/Title: ME3691/ Heat and Mass Transfer Date: 16.05.2025

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Part A (6 * 2 = 12 Marks) Answer all Questions
1 State Fourier’s Law of conduction. Define Fin efficiency& Fin effectiveness.
2 Explain bout critical radius of insulation (or) critical thickness?
3 What is meant by free or natural convection & forced convection?
4 Define Reynolds number (Re) & Prandtl number (Pr).
5 Write the meaning of Boiling and condensation? Give the applications.
6. What is meant by Film wise and Drop wise condensation?What is meant by LMTD?
7 Differentiate between absorptivity, reflectivity and transmissivity?
8 State Stefan – Boltzmann law, Wien’s displacement law &Planck’s distribution law.
9 What are the modes of mass transfer? Give the examples.
10 State Fick’s law of diffusion. What is convective mass transfer?
11 Write down the equation for conduction of heat through a slab or plane wall.
12 Explain bout critical radius of insulation (or) critical thickness?
13 What is meant by free or natural convection & forced convection?
14 Define Reynolds number (Re) & Prandtl number (Pr).
15 What is meant by Film wise and Drop wise condensation?What is meant by LMTD?
16. Define overall heat transfer co-efficient.
17 Differentiate between absorptivity, reflectivity and transmissivity?
18 State Lambert’s cosine law..
19 What is free convective mass transfer?
20 Define Schmidt Number.

Part B (5X 13 = 65 Marks) Answer All Questions

11a) A furnace wall made up of 7.5 cm of fire plate and 0.65 cm of mild steel
plate. Inside surface exposed to hot gas at 650C and outside air temperature
27C. The convective heat transfer co-efficient for inner side is 60 W/m 2K.
The convective heat transfer co-efficient for outer side is 8W/m 2K. Calculate 13 K2 C01
the heat lost per square meter area of the furnace wall and also find outside
surface temperature.

11b) An aluminium alloy fin of 7 mm thick and 50 mm long protrudes from a 13 K2 C01
wall, which is maintained at 120C. The ambient air temperature is 22C. The
heat transfer coefficient and conductivity of the fin material are 140 W/m 2K
and 55 W/Mk respectively. Determine
1. Temperature at the end of the fin.
2. Temperature at the middle of the fin.
 3. Total heat dissipated by the fin.

12 a) Air at 20C at atmospheric pressure flows over a flat plate at a velocity of 3 m/s. if
the plate is 1 m wide and 80C, calculate the following at x = 300 mm.
1. Hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness,
2. Thermal boundary layer thickness,
3. Local friction coefficient, 13 K6 C02
4. Average friction coefficient,
5. Local heat transfer coefficient
6. Average heat transfer coefficient,
7. Heat transfer.

12b) A thin 100 cm long and 10 cm wide horizontal plate is maintained at a uniform
temperature of 150C in a large tank full of water at 75C. Estimate the rate of heat
to be supplied to the plate to maintain constant plate temperature as heat is 13 K3 C02
dissipated from either side of plate.

13a) Steam at 0.080 bar is arranged to condense over a 50 cm square vertical plate. The
surface temperature is maintained at 20C. Calculate the following.
a. Film thickness at a distance of 25 cm from the top of the plate.
b. Local heat transfer coefficient at a distance of 25 cm from the top of the
plate.
c. Average heat transfer coefficient.
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d. Total heat transfer
e. Total steam condensation rate.
f. What would be the heat transfer coefficient if the plate is inclined at 30C
with horizontal plane.

13b) A vertical flat plate in the form of fin is 500m in height and is exposed to steam at
atmospheric pressure. If surface of the plate is maintained at 60C. calculate the
following.
1. The film thickness at the trailing edge 13 K4 C03
2. Overall heat transfer coefficient
3. Heat transfer rate
4. The condensate mass flow rate.

14a) A black body at 3000 K emits radiation. Calculate the following:

i) Monochromatic emissive power at 7 m wave length.
ii) Wave length at which emission is maximum.
iii) Maximum emissive power. 13 K4 C04
iv) Total emissive power,
v) Calculate the total emissive of the furnace if it is assumed as a real
surface having emissivity equal to 0.85.

14b) Assuming sun to be black body emitting radiation at 6000 K at a mean distance of
12  1010 m from the earth. The diameter of the sun is 1.5  109 m and that of the
earth is 13.2  106 m. Calculation the following.
1. Total energy emitted by the sun.
2. The emission received per m2 just outside the earth’s atmosphere.
3. The total energy received by the earth if no radiation is blocked by the 13 K2 C04
earth’s atmosphere.
4. The energy received by a 2  2 m solar collector whose normal is inclined
at 45 to the sun. The energy loss through the atmosphere is 50% and the
diffuse radiation is 20% of direct radiation.

15a) An open pan 210 mm in diameter and 75 mm deep contains water at 25C 13 K3 C05
and is exposed to dry atmospheric air. Calculate the diffusion coefficient of
 water in air. Take the rate of diffusion of water vapour is 8.52  10-4 kg/h.
[OR]
15b) An open pan of 150 mm diameter and 75 mm deep contains water at 25C
and is exposed to atmospheric air at 25C and 50% R.H. Calculate the
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evaporation rate of water in grams per hour.

PART-C [1X15=15 Marks]

16a) Hydrogen gases at 3 bar and 1 bar are separated by a plastic membrane
having thickness 0.25 mm. the binary diffusion coefficient of hydrogen in
the plastic is 9.1  10-3 m2/s. The solubility of hydrogen in the membrane is

2.1  10-3 15 K5 C05

An uniform temperature condition of 20 is assumed.
Calculate the following:
1. Molar concentration of hydrogen on both sides
2. Molar flux of hydrogen
Mass flux of hydrogen

16b) A wall is constructed of several layers. The first layer consists of masonry
brick 20 cm. thick of thermal conductivity 0.66 W/Mk, the second layer
consists of 3 cm thick mortar of thermal conductivity 0.6 W/Mk, the third
layer consists of 8 cm thick lime stone of thermal conductivity 0.58 W/Mk
and the outer layer consists of 1.2 cm thick plaster of thermal conductivity
0.6 W/Mk. The heat transfer coefficient on the interior and exterior of the
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wall are 5.6 W/m2K and 11 W/m2K respectively. Interior room temperature
is 22C and outside air temperature is -5C. Calculate
(i)Overall heat transfer coefficient
(ii)Overall thermal resistance,
(iii) The rate of heat transfer,
(iv) The temperature at the junction between the mortar and the limestone.
 1 Write down the equation for conduction of heat through a slab or plane wall. 2
2 Explain bout critical radius of insulation (or) critical thickness? 2
3 What is meant by free or natural convection & forced convection? 2
4 Define Reynolds number (Re) & Prandtl number (Pr). 2
5 What is meant by Film wise and Drop wise condensation?What is meant by LMTD? 2
6. Define overall heat transfer co-efficient. 2
7 Differentiate between absorptivity, reflectivity and transmissivity? 2
8 State Lambert’s cosine law.. 2
9 What is free convective mass transfer? 2
10 Define Schmidt Number. 2

11a) A steel tube (K = 43.26 W/mK) of 5.08 cm inner diameter and 7.62 cm
outer diameter is covered with 2.5 cm layer of insulation (K = 0.208
W/mK) the inside surface of the tube receivers heat from a hot gas at the 13
temperature of 316C with heat transfer co-efficient of 28 W/m 2K. While
the outer surface exposed to the ambient air at 30C with heat transfer
co- efficient of 17 W/m2K. Calculate heat loss for 3 m length of the tube.

11b) An aluminium alloy fin of 7 mm thick and 50 mm long protrudes from a

wall, which is maintained at 120C. The ambient air temperature is 22C. The
heat transfer coefficient and conductivity of the fin material are 140 W/m 2K
and 55 W/Mk respectively. Determine
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1. Temperature at the end of the fin.
2. Temperature at the middle of the fin.
3. Total heat dissipated by the fin.

12 a) Air at 20C at atmospheric pressure flows over a flat plate at a velocity of 3 m/s. if
the plate is 1 m wide and 80C, calculate the following at x = 300 mm.
1. Hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness,
2. Thermal boundary layer thickness,
3. Local friction coefficient, 13
4. Average friction coefficient,
5. Local heat transfer coefficient
6. Average heat transfer coefficient,
7. Heat transfer.

12b) A thin 100 cm long and 10 cm wide horizontal plate is maintained at a uniform
temperature of 150C in a large tank full of water at 75C. Estimate the rate of heat
to be supplied to the plate to maintain constant plate temperature as heat is 13
dissipated from either side of plate.
13a) Steam at 0.080 bar is arranged to condense over a 50 cm square vertical plate. The
surface temperature is maintained at 20C. Calculate the following.
g. Film thickness at a distance of 25 cm from the top of the plate.
h. Local heat transfer coefficient at a distance of 25 cm from the top of the
plate.
i. Average heat transfer coefficient.
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j. Total heat transfer
k. Total steam condensation rate.
l. What would be the heat transfer coefficient if the plate is inclined at 30C
with horizontal plane.

13b) A vertical flat plate in the form of fin is 500m in height and is exposed to steam at
atmospheric pressure. If surface of the plate is maintained at 60C. calculate the
following.
1. The film thickness at the trailing edge 13
2. Overall heat transfer coefficient
3. Heat transfer rate
4. The condensate mass flow rate.

14a) A black body at 3000 K emits radiation. Calculate the following:

vi) Monochromatic emissive power at 7 m wave length.
vii) Wave length at which emission is maximum.
viii) Maximum emissive power. 13
ix) Total emissive power,
x) Calculate the total emissive of the furnace if it is assumed as a real
surface having emissivity equal to 0.85.

14b)
Two black square plates of size 2 by 2 m are placed parallel to each other
at a distance of 0.5
m. One plate is maintained at a temperature of 1000C and the other at 13
500C. Find the heat exchange between the plates.

15a) An open pan 210 mm in diameter and 75 mm deep contains water at 25C
and is exposed to dry atmospheric air. Calculate the diffusion coefficient of 13
water in air. Take the rate of diffusion of water vapour is 8.52  10-4 kg/h.

15b) Air at 10C with a velocity of 3 m/s flows over a flat plate. The plate is 0.3
m long. Calculate the mass transfer coefficient. 13

PART-C [1X15=15 Marks]

16a) OXYGEN gases at 25oC pressure of 2 bar and flowing through a rubber
pipe of inside diameter 25 mm and wall thickness 2.5 mm The diffusivity of
kg  mole/m3-bar
O2 through rubber is 0.21  10-9 m2/s . Find the loss
of O2 by diffusion per metre length of the pipe.
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An uniform temperature condition of 20 is assumed.
Calculate the following:
(1)Molar concentration of oxygen on both sides
(2)Molar flux of oxygen
(3)Mass flux of oxygen
16b) A wire of 6 mm diameter with 2 mm thick insulation (K = 0.11 W/mK). If
the convective heat transfer co-efficient between the insulating surface and
air is 25 W/m2L, find the critical thickness of insulation. And also find the `15
percentage of change in the heat transfer rate if the critical radius is used.