//Display mode mode(0); // Display warning for floating point exception ieee(1); clear; clc; disp("Introduction to heat transfer by S.K.Som, Chapter 2, Example 09") //A thin walled copper tube of outside metal radius r=0.01m carries steam at temprature, T1=400K.It is inside a room where the surrounding air temprature is Tinf=300K. T1=400; Tinf=300; r=0.01; //The tube is insulated with magnesia insulation of an approximate thermal conductivity of k=0.07W/(m*K) k=0.07; //External convective Coefficient h=4W/(m^2*K) h=4; //Critical thickness(rc) is given by k/h disp("The critical thickness of insulation in metre is") rc=k/h //We use the rate of heat transfer per metre of tube length as Q=(Ti-Tinf)/((ln(r2/r1)/(2*%pi*L*k))+(1/(h*2*%pi*r2*L))) where length,L=1m L=1; //When 0.002m thick layer of insulation r1=0.01m,r2=0.01+0.002=0.012m r1=0.01;//inner radius r2=0.012;//outer radius //Let ln(r2/r1)=X X=log(r2/r1)/log(2.718); //The heat transfer rate per metre of tube length is Q disp("The heat transfer rate Q per metre of tube length in W/m is ") Q=(T1-Tinf)/(((X)/(2*%pi*L*k))+(1/(h*2*%pi*r2*L))) //When critical thickness of insulation r1=0.01m,r2=0.0175m r2=0.0175;//outer radius r1=0.01;//inner radius //Let ln(r2/r1)=X X=log(r2/r1)/log(2.718); //The heat transfer rate per metre of tube length is Q disp("The heat transfer rate per metre of tube length Q in W/m is ") Q=(T1-Tinf)/(((X)/(2*%pi*L*k))+(1/(h*2*%pi*r2*L))) //When there is a 0.05 m thick layer of insulation r1=0.01m,r2=.01+0.05=0.06m r1=0.01;//inner radius r2=0.06;//outer radius //Let ln(r2/r1)=X X=log(r2/r1)/log(2.718); //The heat transfer rate per metre of tube length is Q disp("The heat transfer rate per metre of tube length Q in W/m is ") Q=(T1-Tinf)/(((X)/(2*%pi*L*k))+(1/(h*2*%pi*r2*L))) //It is important to note that Q increases by 5.2% when the insulation thickness increases from 0.002m to critical thickness. //Addition of insulation beyond the critical thickness decreases the value of Q (The heat loss).