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HEAT TRANSFER

ASSIGNMENT #3 MEC E 371


Fall 2024
Due: 2024–10–28 (Mon), 2400h Instructor: Dr. C. F. Lange
Instructions: — Upload your assignment report in electronic form (PDF format)
online in eClass. Name your file with your CCID login and the
Lab number, e.g. jsmith 371 Assignment1.pdf.
— Always verify your online submission, after logging out and in again.
— Total marks: 100
Take (-5) points on top the regular marking for not following file naming convention.
Require resubmission if file is not in PDF format.

EXTERNAL FORCED CONVECTION

1. (33 points) A solar collector consists of a series of parallel plates that covers a roof, as
shown in the figure. The plates are maintained at 15◦ C, while ambient air at 10◦ C flows
over the roof with V = 2 m/s.

(a) Determine the rate of convective heat loss from the first plate. (20)
(b) Determine the rate of convective heat loss from the third plate. (13)

2. (33 points) An incandescent lightbulb is an inexpensive but highly inefficient device


that converted electrical energy into light. It converts only about 10% of the consumed
electrical energy into light, while converting the remaining 90% into heat. In contrast,
an LED lightbulb converts 90% of the electrical energy, and it lasts 15 times longer than
an incandescent lightbulb used to. The glass bulb of the lamp heats up very quickly as
a result of absorbing all that heat and dissipating it to the surroundings by convection
and radiation.
Consider a 10 cm diameter, 100 W lightbulb cooled by a fan that blows air at 30◦ C to
the bulb at a velocity of 2 m/s. The surrounding surfaces are also at 30◦ C, and the
emissivity of the glass is ε = 0.9.
Assume that 10% of the energy passes through the glass bulb as light with negligible
absorption and the rest of the energy is absorbed and dissipated by the bulb itself.
Assume also a surface temperature of 100◦ C for evaluation of the surface viscosity of air
µs . (Is this a good assumption?)
Determine the equilibrium temperature of the glass bulb Tb .

3. (34 points) The components of an electronic system are located in a 1.5 m long horizontal
duct whose cross section is 20 cm by 20 cm. The components in the duct are not allowed
to come into direct contact with cooling air, and thus they are cooled by air at 30◦ C
flowing over the duct with a velocity of 200 m/min.
(a) If the surface temperature of the duct is not to exceed 65◦ C, determine the total
power rating of the electronic devices that can be mounted into the duct. (17)
(b) Repeat the problem for a location at a 3,000 m altitude where the atmospheric
pressure is 70.12 kPa. (17)

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