Gujarat Technological UniversitySummer 2025 examination

GTU 3140503 Heat Transfer Summer 2025 Question Paper & PDF

B.E. · Chemical Engineering · Semester 4 · Subject code 3140503
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Total
70 marks
To pass
23 marks (33%)
Duration
2.5 Hours 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Questions
5 with internal choice
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Q.1

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Explain thermal conductivity of gases, liquid and solids.
(b)
4 marks
Enlist the property of Insulating material.
(c)
7 marks
Explain in brief various laws of radiation.

Q.2

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Enlist different types of fins with neat sketch.
(b)
4 marks
Derive an expression for heat flow through a cylinder.
(c)
7 marks

A furnace is constructed with a 24 cm thick layer of fire brick, 12 cm thick layer of insulating brick and followed by a 24 cm thick layer of building brick. The inside temperature of the furnace is 950 °C and the outside temperature is 55 °C. The thermal conductivities of fire brick, insulating brick and building brick are 6.05, 0.59 and 2.4 W/(m °C). Find the heat loss per unit area and the temperature at the interfaces.

(c)
7 marks

Derive equation for heat transfer through a composite wall made up of 3 different materials in close thermal contact with each other, with no heat loss to surrounding.

Q.3

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Give the physical significance of Prandlt No., Nusselt No. and Grashoff No.
(b)
4 marks
Explain natural convection phenomenon.
(c)
7 marks

Using Dimension analysis derive expression for forced convection for the fluid flowing inside tube in a turbulent flow.

(a)
3 marks
Explain the terms absorptivity, emissivity, transmissivity and reflectivity for heat

transfer by radiation.

(b)
4 marks

Define the black body and Give applications where this concept is used in heat transfer.

(c)
7 marks

Discuss with the help of diagram various regimes of pool boiling. What is the use of finding critical flux and critical temperature drop?

Q.4

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks

Draw the temperature profiles of cold and hot fluids for true co-current and counter –current flow in double pipe heat exchanger.

(b)
4 marks
Discuss the Concept of fin Effectiveness.
(c)
7 marks
Derive the equation for LMTD and explain its importance.
(a)
3 marks
When LMTD correction factor is used in heat exchanger calculation?
(b)
4 marks

Derive an equation for Overall heat transfer coefficient in double pipe heat exchanger.

(c)
7 marks
Explain in details with neat sketch: Shell & Tube heat exchangers.

Q.5

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Define capacity and economy of evaporator.
(b)
4 marks
Explain working of Vertical Tube Evaporator.
(c)
7 marks
Derive the material and energy balances for multi effect evaporator.
(a)
3 marks

Differentiate between forward feed and backward feed in a multiple effect evaporator with a neat sketch.

(b)
4 marks
Write short notes on Vapor recompression in evaporator.
(c)
7 marks
Write a short note on Multiple Effect Evaporator

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Official Gujarat Technological University (GTU) examination paper for Heat Transfer (Summer 2025, B.E. · Chemical Engineering, Sem 4). Features complete 70-mark regular & remedial examination pattern, official marking distribution across all 5 questions, and direct 1-click official PDF download.

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