Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Introduction
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1.1.3- The First Law of Thermodynamics
  The first law of thermodynamics, also known as the conservation of energy principle or (the
energy balance) which for any system undergoing any process may be expressed as follows: The net
change (increase or decrease) in the total energy of the system during a process is equal to the difference
between the total energy entering and the total energy leaving the system during that process, That is;
            Total energy   Total energy   Change in the total 
                             −                     =                       (1.4)
         entering the system   leaving the system   energy of the system 
Noting that energy can be transferred to or from a system by heat, work, and
mass flow, and that the total energy of a simple compressible system consists
of internal, kinetic, and potential energies. So, the energy balance for any
system undergoing any process can be expressed as;
             Ein − Eout             =           Esystem                   (J )            (1.5.a)
                                           
            Net energytransfer          Changein internal,kinetic,
          by heat,work,and mass          potential,etc., energies
                                                                                                          Fig.(1.2) In steady operation,
or, in the rate form, as;                                                                                 the rate of energy transfer to
                 E in − E out        =            Esystem / dt                  (W )       (1.5.b)     a system is equal to the rate
                                                                                                 of energy transfer from the
          Rateof net energytransfer          Rateof changein internal                                                 system
           by heat,work,and mass            kinetic,potential,etc., energies
Note- The energy change of a system is zero (ΔEsystem = 0) if the state of the
system does not change during the process, that is, the process is steady. So,
as shown in Fig.(1.2), the energy balance in this case reduces to;
         E in              =              E out                (W )               (1.6)
                                          
Rateof net energytransfer       Rateof net energytransfer
 by heat,work,and mass           by heat,work,and mass
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1.1.4- Surface Energy Balance
   A surface contains no volume or mass, and thus no energy. Therefore, a
surface can be viewed as a fictitious system whose energy content remains
constant during a process (just like a steady-state or steady-flow system). Then
the energy balance for a surface can be expressed as;
        E in = E out   (W )       (1.9)
This relation is valid for both steady and transient conditions, and the surface
energy balance does not involve heat generation since a surface does not have a
volume. For example, the energy balance for the outer surface of the wall in
Fig.(1.5) can be expressed as;     Q1 = Q2 + Q3
                                                                                       Fig.(1.5) Energy
             1.1-                                                                  interactions at the outer
                                                                                    wall surface of a house
as in Fig.(1.6).
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as in Fig.(1.7).
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1.3-
, Fig.(1.10).
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EXAMPLE 1.4-
A common way of measuring the thermal conductivity of a
material is to sandwich an electric thermo-foil heater between
two identical samples of the material, as shown in Fig.(1.12), a
circulating fluid such as tap water keeps the exposed ends of the
samples at constant temperature. The lateral surfaces of the
samples are well insulated to ensure that heat transfer through
the samples is one-dimensional. In a certain experiment,
cylindrical samples of diameter 5cm and length 10cm are used.
The two thermocouples in each sample are placed 3cm apart.
After initial transients, the electric heater is observed to draw
0.4A at 110V, and both differential thermometers read a
temperature difference of 15C°, Determine the thermal
conductivity of the sample.
SOLUTION
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist since the
temperature readings do not change with time. 2 Heat losses
through the lateral surfaces of the apparatus are negligible since
those surfaces are well insulated, and thus, the entire heat
generated by the heater is conducted through the samples. 3                 Fig.(1.12) Schematic for Example-1.4
The apparatus possesses thermal symmetry.
Analysis The electrical power consumed by the resistance
heater and converted to heat is;
        P=V×I=(110V)×(0.4A)=44W
The rate of heat flow through each sample is;
        Q˙=P/2=22W
The area normal to the direction of heat flow is;
        A=πD2/4=π(0.05m)2/4=0.00196 m2
        Q˙=k A ΔT/L
        k= Q˙ L/( A ΔT)=(22W)(0.03m)/[( 0.00196 m2)(15C°)
         =22.4 W/m C°
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Note1- The thermal conductivities of materials vary over a wide range, as shown in Fig.(1.13). The
thermal conductivities of gases such as air vary by a factor of 104 from those of pure metals such as
copper. Note that pure crystals and metals have the highest thermal conductivities, and gases and
insulating materials the lowest.
Note2- The thermal conductivity of an alloy of two metals is usually much lower than that of either
metal, as shown in Table (1.1). For example, the thermal conductivity of steel containing just 1% of
chrome is 62 W/m·C°, while the thermal conductivities of iron and chromium are 83 and 95 W/m·C°,
respectively.
Note3- The thermal conductivities of materials vary with temperature, where the variation of thermal
conductivity over certain temperature ranges is negligible for some materials, but significant for others,
as shown in Fig.(1.14).
        Fig. (1.13) The range of thermal conductivity of       Fig. (1.14) The variation of the thermal conductivity
             various materials at room temperature             of various solids, liquids, and gases with temperature
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1.2.1.b- Thermal Diffusivity                                             Table (1.2) The thermal diffusivities of
  The product ρCp, which is frequently encountered in heat transfer       some materials at room temperature
analysis, is called the heat capacity of a material and represents the
heat storage capability of a material. Another material property that
appears in the transient heat conduction analysis is the thermal
diffusivity, which represents how fast heat diffuses through a
material and is defined as;
             Heat Conducted     k
       =                   =             (m 2 / s )        (1.12)
              Heat Stored      Cp
The thermal diffusivities of some common materials at 20 C° are
given in Table (1.2).
Note- The thermal conductivity k represents how well a material
conducts heat, and the heat capacity ρCp represents how much
energy a material stores per unit volume. Therefore, the thermal
diffusivity of a material can be viewed as the ratio of the heat
conducted through the material to the heat stored per unit volume.
1.2.2- Convection
   Convection is the mode of energy transfer between a solid
surface and the adjacent liquid or gas that is in motion, and it
involves the combined effects of conduction and fluid motion. The
faster the fluid motion, the greater the convection heat transfer. In
the absence of any bulk fluid motion, heat transfer between a solid
surface and the adjacent fluid is by pure conduction. Consider the
cooling of a hot block by blowing cool air over its top surface as
shown in Fig. (1.15). Energy is first transferred to the air layer
adjacent to the block by conduction, this energy is then carried away    Fig. (1.15) Heat transfer from a hot
from the surface by convection.                                              surface to air by convection
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Fig.(1.17).
1.2.3- Radiation
   Radiation is the energy emitted by a body in the form of electromagnetic
waves as a result of the changes in the electronic configurations of the atoms
or molecules. Unlike conduction and convection, the transfer of energy by
radiation does not require the presence of a material medium to take place
as shown in Fig.(1.18). In fact, energy transfer by radiation is faster than it
by conduction or convection since it transfers at the speed of light. All
bodies at a temperature above absolute zero emit thermal radiation, where
the maximum rate of radiation that can be emitted from a surface at an
absolute temperature T1 in (K) to another surface at an absolute temperature
T2 is given by the Stefan–Boltzmann law as;
        Qrad.max = 1  As1 (T1 − T2 )
                                 4       4
                                             (W )    (1.14)
where σ = 5.67   ×10-8   (W/m2
                            ·    K° 4)
                                  is the Stefan–Boltzmann constant, while Fig.(1.18) A hot object in a
ε1 and As1 are the emissivity and surface area of the first radiative body, vacuum chamber loses heat by
respectively.                                                                     radiation only
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Note- The S.I. units may have prefixes placed front of them to indicate multiplication by various powers
of ten. For example, the prefix "k" denotes multiplication by 103. The complete set of S.I. prefixes is
given in Table(1.5).
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PROBLEMS                                                      constant pressure. Also, determine the cost of this
1.1- A cylindrical resistor element on a circuit              heat if the unit cost of electricity in that area is
board dissipates 0.6 W of power. The resistor is              0.075$/kWh.            Answers: 9038 kJ, 0.19 $
1.5cm long, and has a diameter of 0.4cm.
Assuming heat to be transferred uniformly from                1.5- Consider a 60-gallon water heater that is
all surfaces, determine (a) the amount of heat this           initially filled with water at 45F°. Determine how
resistor dissipates during a 24-hour period, (b) the          much energy needs to be transferred to the water
heat flux, and (c) the fraction of heat dissipated            to raise its temperature to 140F°. Take the density
from the top and bottom surfaces.                             and specific heat of water to be 62 lbm/ft3 and 1.0
        Answers: 51.84 kJ, 0.2809 W/m2, 11.8%                 Btu/lbm ·F°, respectively.
                                                                                             Answer: 47,250 Btu
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                                                              1.6- A 1m rigid tank contains hydrogen at 250kPa
1.2- A 15-cm-diameter aluminum ball is to be
heated from 80C° to an average temperature of                 and 420K. The gas is now cooled until its
200C°. Taking the average density and specific                temperature drops to 300K. Determine (a) the final
heat of aluminum in this temperature range to be              pressure in the tank and (b) the amount of heat
ρ=2700kg/m3 and Cp=0.90kJ/kg·C°, respectively,                transfer from the tank.
determine the amount of energy that needs to be                                    Answers: 178.6 kPa, 180.0 kJ
transferred to the aluminum ball.                             1.7- A 20kg mass of iron at 100C° is brought into
                                     Answer: 515 kJ           contact with 20kg of aluminum at 200C° in an
1.3- Consider an electrically heated house that has           insulated enclosure. Determine the final
a floor space of 200m2 and an average height of               equilibrium temperature of the combined system.
3m at 1000m elevation, where the standard                                                         Answer: 168C°
atmospheric pressure is 89.6kPa. The house is                 1.8- An unknown mass of iron at 90C° is dropped
maintained at a temperature of 22C°, and the                  into an insulated tank that contains 80L of water at
infiltration losses are estimated to amount to 0.7            20C°. At the same time, a paddle wheel driven by
ACH. Assuming the pressure and the temperature                a 200W motor is activated to stir the water.
in the house remain constant, determine the                   Thermal equilibrium is established after 25
amount of energy loss from the house due to                   minutes with a final temperature of 27C°. By
infiltration for a day during which the average               neglecting the energy stored in the paddle wheel,
outdoor temperature is 5C°. Also, determine the               determine the mass of the iron.
cost of this energy loss for that day if the unit cost                                           Answer: 72.1kg
of electricity in that area is 0.082$/kWh.                    1.9- A 90 lbm mass of copper at 160F° and a 50
   Hint- (Infiltration of cold air into a warm house          lbm mass of iron at 200F° are dropped into a tank
during winter through the cracks around doors,                containing 180 lbm of water at 70F°. If 600 Btu of
windows, and other openings is a major source of              heat is lost to the surroundings during the process,
energy loss since the cold air that enters needs to           determine the final equilibrium temperature.
be heated to the room temperature. The infiltration                                Answer: 74.3F°
is often expressed in terms of ACH (air changes
                                                              1.10- The inner and outer surfaces of a 5m×6m
per hour). An ACH of 2 indicates that the entire air
                                                              brick wall of thickness 30cm and thermal
in the house is replaced twice every hour by the
                                                              conductivity 0.69 W/m ·C° are maintained at
cold air outside).
                                                              temperatures of 20C° and 5C°, respectively.
              Answers: 53.8 kWh/day, 4.41$/day
                                                              Determine the rate of heat transfer through the
1.4- Consider a house with a floor space of 200m2
                                                              wall, in W.                   Answer: 1035 W
and an average height of 3m at sea level, where the
standard atmospheric pressure is 101.3kPa.                    1.11- The inner and outer surfaces of a 0.5cm-
Initially the house is at a uniform temperature of            thick 2m×2m window glass in winter are 10C° and
10C°. Now the electric heater is turned on, and the           3C°, respectively. If the thermal conductivity of
heater runs until the air temperature in the house            the glass is 0.78 W/m ·C°, determine the amount
rises to an average value of 22C°. Determine how              of heat loss, in kJ, through the glass over a period
much heat is absorbed by the air assuming some                of 5 hours. What would your answer be if the glass
air escapes through the cracks as the heated air              were 1cm-thick?
in the house expands at                                                         Answers: 78,624 kJ, 39,312 kJ
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1.12- During an experiment, two 0.5-cm-thick                                    Answers: 12.632kW, 0.038 kg/sec
samples 10cm×10cm in size are used. When
steady operation is reached, the heater is observed
to draw 35W of electric power, and the
temperature of each sample is observed to drop
from 82C° at the inner surface to 74C° at the outer
surface. Determine the thermal conductivity of the                       Prob.(1.16)
material at the average temperature.
                           Answer: 1.09W/m ∙C°
                                                               1.17- An ice chest whose outer dimensions are
                                                               30cm×40cm×40cm is made of 3cm-thick
                                                               Styrofoam (k = 0.033 W/m ·C°). Initially, the chest
                                                               is filled with 40kg of ice at 0C°, and the inner
                                                               surface temperature of the ice chest can be taken
 Prob.(1.12)                                                   to be 0C° at all times. The heat of fusion of ice at
                                                               0C° is 333.7 kJ/kg, and the surrounding ambient
                                                               air is at 30C°. Disregarding any heat transfer from
                                                               the 40cm×40cm base of the ice chest, determine
1.13- Consider a person standing in a room                     how long it will take for the ice in the chest to melt
maintained at 20C° at all times. The inner surfaces            completely if the outer surfaces of the ice chest are
of the walls, floors, and ceiling of the house are             at 8C°.
observed to be at an average temperature of 12C°                                                Answer: 32.7 days
in winter and 23C° in summer. Determine the rates
of radiation heat transfer between this person and
the surrounding surfaces in both summer and
winter if the exposed surface area, emissivity, and
the average outer surface temperature of the
person are 1.6m2, 0.95, and 32C°, respectively.
                       Answers: 84.2 W, 177.2 W                   Prob.(1.17)
1.14- Hot air at 80C° is blown over a 2m×4m flat
surface at 30C°. If the average convection heat
transfer coefficient is 55 W/m2 ·C°, determine the             1.18- Consider a sealed 20cm-high electronic box
rate of heat transfer from the air to the plate, in kW.        whose base dimensions are 40cm×40cm placed in
                                     Answer: 22 kW             a vacuum chamber. The emissivity of the outer
1.15- A 50cm-long, 800W electric resistance                    surface of the box is 0.95. If the electronic
heating element with diameter 0.5cm and surface                components in the box dissipate a total of 100 W
temperature 120C° is immersed in 60kg of water                 of power and the outer surface temperature of the
initially at 20C°. Determine how long it will take             box is not to exceed 55C°, determine the
for this heater to raise the water temperature to              temperature at which the surrounding surfaces
80C°. Also, determine the convection heat transfer             must be kept if this box is to be cooled by radiation
coefficients at the beginning and at the end of the            alone. Assume the heat transfer from the bottom
heating process if the specific heat of water is 4.18          surface of the box to the stand to be negligible.
kJ/kg∙C°.                                                      Answer: 23.3C°
Answers: 5.225hr, 1020W/m2∙C°, 2550W/m2∙C°
1.16- A hollow spherical iron container with outer
diameter 20cm and thickness 0.4cm is filled with
iced water at 0C°. If the outer surface temperature
is 5C°, determine the approximate rate of heat loss
from the sphere, in kW, and the rate at which ice
melts in the container. The heat of fusion of ice at                Prob.(1.18)
0C° is 333.7 kJ/kg.
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