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Chapter 4
TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION
Mehmet Kanoglu
University of Gaziantep
Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.
Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals & Applications
Fourth Edition
Yunus A. Cengel, Afshin J. Ghajar
McGraw-Hill, 2011
2
Objectives
• Assess when the spatial variation of temperature is
negligible, and temperature varies nearly uniformly with
time, making the simplified lumped system analysis
applicable
• Obtain analytical solutions for transient one-dimensional
conduction problems in rectangular, cylindrical, and
spherical geometries using the method of separation of
variables, and understand why a one-term solution is
usually a reasonable approximation
• Solve the transient conduction problem in large mediums
using the similarity variable, and predict the variation of
temperature with time and distance from the exposed
surface
• Construct solutions for multi-dimensional transient
conduction problems using the product solution approach
3
LUMPED SYSTEM ANALYSIS
Interior temperature of some
bodies remains essentially
uniform at all times during a
heat transfer process.
The temperature of such
bodies can be taken to be a
function of time only, T(t).
Heat transfer analysis that
utilizes this idealization is
known as lumped system
analysis.
A small copper ball
can be modeled as a
lumped system, but
a roast beef cannot.
4
Integrating with
T = Ti at t = 0
T = T(t) at t = t
The geometry and
parameters involved in the
lumped system analysis.
time
constant
5
The temperature of a lumped system
approaches the environment
temperature as time gets larger.
• This equation enables us to
determine the temperature
T(t) of a body at time t, or
alternatively, the time t
required for the temperature
to reach a specified value T(t).
• The temperature of a body
approaches the ambient
temperature T exponentially.
• The temperature of the body
changes rapidly at the
beginning, but rather slowly
later on. A large value of b
indicates that the body
approaches the environment
temperature in a short time
6
Heat transfer to or from a
body reaches its
maximum value when the
body reaches the
environment temperature.
The rate of convection heat
transfer between the body
and its environment at time t
The total amount of heat transfer
between the body and the surrounding
medium over the time interval t = 0 to t
The maximum heat transfer between
the body and its surroundings
7
Criteria for Lumped System Analysis
Lumped system analysis
is applicable if
When Bi  0.1, the temperatures
within the body relative to the
surroundings (i.e., T −T) remain
within 5 percent of each other.
Characteristic
length
Biot number
8
9
Small bodies with high
thermal conductivities
and low convection
coefficients are most
likely to satisfy the
criterion for lumped
system analysis.
Analogy between heat
transfer to a solid and
passenger traffic to an island.
When the convection coefficient h is
high and k is low, large temperature
differences occur between the inner
and outer regions of a large solid.
10
TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION IN LARGE PLANE
WALLS, LONG CYLINDERS, AND SPHERES WITH
SPATIAL EFFECTS
We will consider the variation of temperature
with time and position in one-dimensional
problems such as those associated with a large
plane wall, a long cylinder, and a sphere.
Schematic of the
simple geometries in
which heat transfer is
one-dimensional.
Transient temperature profiles in a
plane wall exposed to convection
from its surfaces for Ti >T.
11
Nondimensionalized One-Dimensional Transient
Conduction Problem
12
Nondimensionalization
reduces the number of
independent variables in one-
dimensional transient
conduction problems from 8 to
3, offering great convenience
in the presentation of results.
13
Exact Solution of One-Dimensional Transient
Conduction Problem
14
15
The analytical solutions of
transient conduction problems
typically involve infinite series,
and thus the evaluation of an
infinite number of terms to
determine the temperature at a
specified location and time.
16
Approximate Analytical and Graphical Solutions
Solution with one-term approximation
The terms in the series solutions converge rapidly with increasing time,
and for  > 0.2, keeping the first term and neglecting all the remaining
terms in the series results in an error under 2 percent.
17
18
(a) Midplane temperature
Transient temperature and heat transfer charts
(Heisler and Grober charts) for a plane wall of thickness
2L initially at a uniform temperature Ti subjected to
convection from both sides to an environment at
temperature T with a convection coefficient of h.
19
(b) Temperature distribution
20
(c) Heat transfer
21
The dimensionless temperatures anywhere in a plane wall,
cylinder, and sphere are related to the center temperature by
The specified surface temperature corresponds to the case of convection
to an environment at T with with a convection coefficient h that is infinite.
22
The fraction of total heat transfer
Q/Qmax up to a specified time t is
determined using the Gröber charts.
23
• The Fourier number is a
measure of heat
conducted through a body
relative to heat stored.
• A large value of the
Fourier number indicates
faster propagation of heat
through a body.
Fourier number at time t
can be viewed as the
ratio of the rate of heat
conducted to the rate of
heat stored at that time.
The physical significance of the Fourier number
24
TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION IN SEMI-
INFINITE SOLIDS
Schematic of a semi-infinite body.
Semi-infinite solid: An idealized
body that has a single plane surface
and extends to infinity in all
directions.
The earth can be considered to be a
semi-infinite medium in determining
the variation of temperature near its
surface.
A thick wall can be modeled as a
semi-infinite medium if all we are
interested in is the variation of
temperature in the region near one
of the surfaces, and the other
surface is too far to have any impact
on the region of interest during the
time of observation.
For short periods of time, most bodies
can be modeled as semi-infinite solids
since heat does not have sufficient time
to penetrate deep into the body.
25
Transformation of variables
in the derivatives of the
heat conduction equation
by the use of chain rule.
Analytical solution for the case of constant temperature Ts on the surface
error
function
complementary
error function
26
Error function is a standard
mathematical function, just like the
sine and cosine functions, whose
value varies between 0 and 1.
27
Analytical
solutions for
different
boundary
conditions on
the surface
28
Dimensionless
temperature distribution
for transient conduction
in a semi-infinite solid
whose surface is
maintained at a constant
temperature Ts.
29
30
31
Variation of temperature with position and time in a semi-infinite
solid initially at temperature Ti subjected to convection to an
environment at T∞ with a convection heat transfer coefficient of h.
32
Contact of Two Semi-Infinite Solids
When two large bodies A and B, initially at
uniform temperatures TA,i and TB,i are
brought into contact, they instantly achieve
temperature equality at the contact
surface.
If the two bodies are of the same material,
the contact surface temperature is the
arithmetic average, Ts = (TA,i+TB,i)/2.
If the bodies are of different materials, the
surface temperature Ts will be different
than the arithmetic average.
Contact of two semi-infinite solids of
different initial temperatures.
The interface temperature of two bodies
brought into contact is dominated by the
body with the larger kcp.
EXAMPLE: When a person with a skin temperature of 35C touches an aluminum
block and then a wood block both at 15C, the contact surface temperature will be
15.9C in the case of aluminum and 30C in the case of wood.
33
TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION IN
MULTIDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS
• Using a superposition approach called the product solution, the transient
temperature charts and solutions can be used to construct solutions for the two-
dimensional and three-dimensional transient heat conduction problems
encountered in geometries such as a short cylinder, a long rectangular bar, a
rectangular prism or a semi-infinite rectangular bar, provided that all surfaces of
the solid are subjected to convection to the same fluid at temperature T, with the
same heat transfer coefficient h, and the body involves no heat generation.
• The solution in such multidimensional geometries can be expressed as the
product of the solutions for the one-dimensional geometries whose intersection
is the multidimensional geometry.
The temperature in a short
cylinder exposed to
convection from all surfaces
varies in both the radial and
axial directions, and thus
heat is transferred in both
directions.
34
A short cylinder of radius
ro and height a is the
intersection of a long
cylinder of radius ro and a
plane wall of thickness a.
The solution for a multidimensional geometry is the product of the solutions of the
one-dimensional geometries whose intersection is the multidimensional body.
The solution for the two-dimensional short cylinder of height a and radius ro is
equal to the product of the nondimensionalized solutions for the one-dimensional
plane wall of thickness a and the long cylinder of radius ro.
35
A long solid bar of rectangular profile
a  b is the intersection of two plane
walls of thicknesses a and b.
36
The transient heat transfer for a two-dimensional
geometry formed by the intersection of two one-
dimensional geometries 1 and 2 is
Transient heat transfer for a three-dimensional body
formed by the intersection of three one-dimensional
bodies 1, 2, and 3 is
37
Multidimensional solutions expressed as products of one-dimensional
solutions for bodies that are initially at a uniform temperature Ti and
exposed to convection from all surfaces to a medium at T
38
Multidimensional solutions expressed as products of one-dimensional
solutions for bodies that are initially at a uniform temperature Ti and exposed
to convection from all surfaces to a medium at T
39
Summary
• Lumped System Analysis
 Criteria for Lumped System Analysis
 Some Remarks on Heat Transfer in Lumped Systems
• Transient Heat Conduction in Large Plane Walls, Long
Cylinders, and Spheres with Spatial Effects
 Nondimensionalized One-Dimensional Transient Conduction
Problem
 Exact Solution of One-Dimensional Transient Conduction
Problem
 Approximate Analytical and Graphical Solutions
• Transient Heat Conduction in Semi-Infinite Solids
 Contact of Two Semi-Infinite Solids
• Transient Heat Conduction in Multidimensional Systems

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W4_Lecture_Transient heat conduction.ppt

  • 1. Chapter 4 TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION Mehmet Kanoglu University of Gaziantep Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals & Applications Fourth Edition Yunus A. Cengel, Afshin J. Ghajar McGraw-Hill, 2011
  • 2. 2 Objectives • Assess when the spatial variation of temperature is negligible, and temperature varies nearly uniformly with time, making the simplified lumped system analysis applicable • Obtain analytical solutions for transient one-dimensional conduction problems in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical geometries using the method of separation of variables, and understand why a one-term solution is usually a reasonable approximation • Solve the transient conduction problem in large mediums using the similarity variable, and predict the variation of temperature with time and distance from the exposed surface • Construct solutions for multi-dimensional transient conduction problems using the product solution approach
  • 3. 3 LUMPED SYSTEM ANALYSIS Interior temperature of some bodies remains essentially uniform at all times during a heat transfer process. The temperature of such bodies can be taken to be a function of time only, T(t). Heat transfer analysis that utilizes this idealization is known as lumped system analysis. A small copper ball can be modeled as a lumped system, but a roast beef cannot.
  • 4. 4 Integrating with T = Ti at t = 0 T = T(t) at t = t The geometry and parameters involved in the lumped system analysis. time constant
  • 5. 5 The temperature of a lumped system approaches the environment temperature as time gets larger. • This equation enables us to determine the temperature T(t) of a body at time t, or alternatively, the time t required for the temperature to reach a specified value T(t). • The temperature of a body approaches the ambient temperature T exponentially. • The temperature of the body changes rapidly at the beginning, but rather slowly later on. A large value of b indicates that the body approaches the environment temperature in a short time
  • 6. 6 Heat transfer to or from a body reaches its maximum value when the body reaches the environment temperature. The rate of convection heat transfer between the body and its environment at time t The total amount of heat transfer between the body and the surrounding medium over the time interval t = 0 to t The maximum heat transfer between the body and its surroundings
  • 7. 7 Criteria for Lumped System Analysis Lumped system analysis is applicable if When Bi  0.1, the temperatures within the body relative to the surroundings (i.e., T −T) remain within 5 percent of each other. Characteristic length Biot number
  • 8. 8
  • 9. 9 Small bodies with high thermal conductivities and low convection coefficients are most likely to satisfy the criterion for lumped system analysis. Analogy between heat transfer to a solid and passenger traffic to an island. When the convection coefficient h is high and k is low, large temperature differences occur between the inner and outer regions of a large solid.
  • 10. 10 TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION IN LARGE PLANE WALLS, LONG CYLINDERS, AND SPHERES WITH SPATIAL EFFECTS We will consider the variation of temperature with time and position in one-dimensional problems such as those associated with a large plane wall, a long cylinder, and a sphere. Schematic of the simple geometries in which heat transfer is one-dimensional. Transient temperature profiles in a plane wall exposed to convection from its surfaces for Ti >T.
  • 12. 12 Nondimensionalization reduces the number of independent variables in one- dimensional transient conduction problems from 8 to 3, offering great convenience in the presentation of results.
  • 13. 13 Exact Solution of One-Dimensional Transient Conduction Problem
  • 14. 14
  • 15. 15 The analytical solutions of transient conduction problems typically involve infinite series, and thus the evaluation of an infinite number of terms to determine the temperature at a specified location and time.
  • 16. 16 Approximate Analytical and Graphical Solutions Solution with one-term approximation The terms in the series solutions converge rapidly with increasing time, and for  > 0.2, keeping the first term and neglecting all the remaining terms in the series results in an error under 2 percent.
  • 17. 17
  • 18. 18 (a) Midplane temperature Transient temperature and heat transfer charts (Heisler and Grober charts) for a plane wall of thickness 2L initially at a uniform temperature Ti subjected to convection from both sides to an environment at temperature T with a convection coefficient of h.
  • 21. 21 The dimensionless temperatures anywhere in a plane wall, cylinder, and sphere are related to the center temperature by The specified surface temperature corresponds to the case of convection to an environment at T with with a convection coefficient h that is infinite.
  • 22. 22 The fraction of total heat transfer Q/Qmax up to a specified time t is determined using the Gröber charts.
  • 23. 23 • The Fourier number is a measure of heat conducted through a body relative to heat stored. • A large value of the Fourier number indicates faster propagation of heat through a body. Fourier number at time t can be viewed as the ratio of the rate of heat conducted to the rate of heat stored at that time. The physical significance of the Fourier number
  • 24. 24 TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION IN SEMI- INFINITE SOLIDS Schematic of a semi-infinite body. Semi-infinite solid: An idealized body that has a single plane surface and extends to infinity in all directions. The earth can be considered to be a semi-infinite medium in determining the variation of temperature near its surface. A thick wall can be modeled as a semi-infinite medium if all we are interested in is the variation of temperature in the region near one of the surfaces, and the other surface is too far to have any impact on the region of interest during the time of observation. For short periods of time, most bodies can be modeled as semi-infinite solids since heat does not have sufficient time to penetrate deep into the body.
  • 25. 25 Transformation of variables in the derivatives of the heat conduction equation by the use of chain rule. Analytical solution for the case of constant temperature Ts on the surface error function complementary error function
  • 26. 26 Error function is a standard mathematical function, just like the sine and cosine functions, whose value varies between 0 and 1.
  • 28. 28 Dimensionless temperature distribution for transient conduction in a semi-infinite solid whose surface is maintained at a constant temperature Ts.
  • 29. 29
  • 30. 30
  • 31. 31 Variation of temperature with position and time in a semi-infinite solid initially at temperature Ti subjected to convection to an environment at T∞ with a convection heat transfer coefficient of h.
  • 32. 32 Contact of Two Semi-Infinite Solids When two large bodies A and B, initially at uniform temperatures TA,i and TB,i are brought into contact, they instantly achieve temperature equality at the contact surface. If the two bodies are of the same material, the contact surface temperature is the arithmetic average, Ts = (TA,i+TB,i)/2. If the bodies are of different materials, the surface temperature Ts will be different than the arithmetic average. Contact of two semi-infinite solids of different initial temperatures. The interface temperature of two bodies brought into contact is dominated by the body with the larger kcp. EXAMPLE: When a person with a skin temperature of 35C touches an aluminum block and then a wood block both at 15C, the contact surface temperature will be 15.9C in the case of aluminum and 30C in the case of wood.
  • 33. 33 TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS • Using a superposition approach called the product solution, the transient temperature charts and solutions can be used to construct solutions for the two- dimensional and three-dimensional transient heat conduction problems encountered in geometries such as a short cylinder, a long rectangular bar, a rectangular prism or a semi-infinite rectangular bar, provided that all surfaces of the solid are subjected to convection to the same fluid at temperature T, with the same heat transfer coefficient h, and the body involves no heat generation. • The solution in such multidimensional geometries can be expressed as the product of the solutions for the one-dimensional geometries whose intersection is the multidimensional geometry. The temperature in a short cylinder exposed to convection from all surfaces varies in both the radial and axial directions, and thus heat is transferred in both directions.
  • 34. 34 A short cylinder of radius ro and height a is the intersection of a long cylinder of radius ro and a plane wall of thickness a. The solution for a multidimensional geometry is the product of the solutions of the one-dimensional geometries whose intersection is the multidimensional body. The solution for the two-dimensional short cylinder of height a and radius ro is equal to the product of the nondimensionalized solutions for the one-dimensional plane wall of thickness a and the long cylinder of radius ro.
  • 35. 35 A long solid bar of rectangular profile a  b is the intersection of two plane walls of thicknesses a and b.
  • 36. 36 The transient heat transfer for a two-dimensional geometry formed by the intersection of two one- dimensional geometries 1 and 2 is Transient heat transfer for a three-dimensional body formed by the intersection of three one-dimensional bodies 1, 2, and 3 is
  • 37. 37 Multidimensional solutions expressed as products of one-dimensional solutions for bodies that are initially at a uniform temperature Ti and exposed to convection from all surfaces to a medium at T
  • 38. 38 Multidimensional solutions expressed as products of one-dimensional solutions for bodies that are initially at a uniform temperature Ti and exposed to convection from all surfaces to a medium at T
  • 39. 39 Summary • Lumped System Analysis  Criteria for Lumped System Analysis  Some Remarks on Heat Transfer in Lumped Systems • Transient Heat Conduction in Large Plane Walls, Long Cylinders, and Spheres with Spatial Effects  Nondimensionalized One-Dimensional Transient Conduction Problem  Exact Solution of One-Dimensional Transient Conduction Problem  Approximate Analytical and Graphical Solutions • Transient Heat Conduction in Semi-Infinite Solids  Contact of Two Semi-Infinite Solids • Transient Heat Conduction in Multidimensional Systems