HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Padur
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
HMT-ASSIGNMENT Unit IV– RADIATION
1. The inner sphere of liquid oxygen container is 40 cm diameter and outer sphere is 50 cm diameter. Both have
emissivities ε = 0.05. Determine the rate at which liquid oxygen would evaporate at – 183 °C when the outer sphere
temperature is 20°C. Latent heat of oxygen is 210 kJ/kg. Neglect other modes of heat transfer.
Q12 = -6.4727 W, m=3.0825x10-5 kg/sec
2. A long cylindrical heater 30 mm in diameter is maintained at 700 °C. It has surface emissivity of 0.8. The heater is
located in a large room whose walls are at 35 °C. Find the radiant heat transfer. Find the % reduction in radiation heat
transfer if the heater is completely covered by a radiation shield of (ε = 0.05) and diameter 40 mm.
Q12 = 3793.2634 W, Q12 = -155.4616 W, 95.9016%
3. Emissivities of two large parallel plates maintained at 800 °C and 300 °C are 0.3 and 0.5 respectively. Find the net
radiant heat exchange per square metre of the plates. If a polished aluminium shield (ε = 0.05) is placed between them,
find the percentage reduction in heat transfer. Find also the shield temperature.
15933.902 W, 1593.3902 W, 90 %, T3 = 914.01898 K
4. Two circular discs of diameter 1 m each are placed 1 m apart. Calculate the radiant heat exchange for these plates if these
are maintained at 300 °C and 80 °C respectively and their corresponding emissivities are 0.2 and 0.6.
Q12 = 401.9759 W
5. Two large parallel gray surfaces having emissivities of 0.1 and 0.8 are maintained at 800 °C and 300 °C respectively.
What is the net radiant exchange between the two plates? Find the % reduction in heat transfer when a third plate with
emissivity ε is introduced in between if at steady state it’s temperature is 500 °C. Also, find ε.
6736.2838 W, 4660.9123 W, 30.80885 %, ε = 0.35945
6. A pipe carrying steam having an outside diameter of 20 cm runs in a large room and is exposed to air at 30 °C. The pipe
surface temperature is 400 °C. calculate the loss of heat to surroundings per metre length of the pipe due to thermal
radiation. Emissivity of the pipe surface is 0.8. What would be the loss of heat if the pipe is enclosed in a 40 cm diameter
brick conduit of ε = 0.9
7. The surface of a double walled spherical vessel used for storing liquid oxygen are covered with a layer of silver lining
having an emissivity of 0.03. The temperature of the outer surface of the inner wall is -153 °C and the temperature of the
inner surface of the outer wall is 27 °C. The spheres are 21 cm and 30 cm diameter with the space between them
evacuated. Calculate the rate of evaporation of liquid oxygen due to radiant heat transfer. Latent heat of vaporization of
liquate oxygen is 220 kJ/kg.
8. Two very large parallel planes with emissivities of 0.4 and 0.8 are maintained respectively at 500 K and 700 K,
exchanges heat. Find the percentage reduction in heat transfer when a polished aluminium radiation shield (ε = 0.04) is
placed between them. Find also the shield temperature.
Q12 = -3661.7891 W, Q12 = -194.5878 W, 94.686%, T3= 625.8757 K
9. Two large parallel planes having emissivities of 0.6 and 0.8 are maintained at a temperature of 1000 K and 500 K
respectively. A radiation shield having an emissivity of 0.9 on both sides is placed between two planes. Calculate the (i)
temperature of shield (ii) Percentage reduction with heat transfer (iii) heat transfer rate without shield, with shield.
T3 = 827.5597 K, 38.938%, Q12 = 16934.7345 W, Q12 = 27733.69 W
10. Two large parallel plates are maintained at T1 K (ε = 0.8) and T2 K (ε = 0.4) if a shield of reflectivity of 0.05 introduced
exactly in between then determine percentage reduction in Heat transfer.
93.4131%
11. a concentric sphere of 300 mm ID and 360 mm OD is used for Storing liquid oxygen at -183 °C ( ε = 0.5) whereas the
outer sphere temperature is 20 °C, it is also covered with same painting . Determine Heat exchange. If another spherical
Wall is introduced exactly in between (with same colour). Then determine % age reduction Heat Transfer and shield
Temperature.
Q12 = -43.4603 W, Q12 = -22.6336 W, 47.92119% T3= 252.36289 K
12. Three hollow cylinder of dia 150 mm, 200 mm, 250 mm are arranged concentrically. Their emissivities are 0.005. The
temperature of 150 mm dia, 250 mm dia cylinders are 800 K, 200 K. Determine (a) 200 mm dia cylinder temperature (b)
Heat transfer by radiation.
T3 = 650, 6963 K, Q12 = 17.62135 W
