CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SERIES: HEAT TRANSFER

SOLVED PROBLEMS

The bottom face of a horizontal slab of thickness 6 mm is maintained at 300 C. The

top face is exposed to a flowing gas at 30 C. The thermal conductivity of the slab is
1.5 W/mK and the convective heat transfer coefficient is 30 W/m 2K. At steady state,
what is the temperature of the top face?

Source: GATE 2014

SOLUTION:

For the heat of convection

q
=h ( T 2 T gas )
A

q W
A (
= 30 2
m K )
( T 230 )

q
=30T 2900 eqn A
A

For the heat of conduction

q T T 2
=k 1
A x 2x 1

q
A (
= 1.5
W
m K () 300T
0.006 m )
2

q
=75,000250 T 2 eqn B
A

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SERIES: HEAT TRANSFER
SOLVED PROBLEMS

Equate A and B

30 T 2900=75,000250 T 2

T 2 =271.07 C

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