Week 4: Lecture 17: First term approximation solution for radial systems
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The lecture focuses on deriving first-term approximation solutions for transient heat conduction problems involving radial systems, specifically cylinders and spheres, extending concepts previously applied to plane walls. The instructor explains that while the time-dependent behavior of temperature remains exponential across all geometries due to the nature of Fourier's law, the spatial distribution function changes based on shape: cosine functions are used for plane walls, Bessel functions for cylinders, and sine-over-ratio terms for spheres. To solve these problems, one must first calculate a specific dimensionless parameter known as the Biot number; however, it is crucial to distinguish this from the lumped capacitance criterion. For spatial variations in radial systems, the relevant Biot number uses the characteristic length of radius ($R$) rather than volume-to-surface-area ratios used for lumps bodies, and its value determines whether a single-term series solution provides sufficient accuracy or if more terms are required.
To illustrate these theoretical concepts with practical application, the video presents an example involving boiling an egg in water at 95°C to determine how long it takes for the center to reach 70°C from an initial temperature of 5°C. The egg is modeled as a sphere with a diameter of 5 cm and properties approximated by those of water evaluated at the average temperature. By calculating the appropriate Biot number using the high convective heat transfer coefficient typical of boiling, the instructor demonstrates how to retrieve coefficients for lambda one ($\lambda_1$) and $a_1$ from standard tables via interpolation. Substituting these values into the first-term approximation equation allows for the calculation of the Fourier number, which directly yields a heating time of approximately 865 seconds or 14.4 minutes to achieve the desired internal temperature.
The session concludes by discussing limiting cases and future topics in heat transfer analysis. The instructor highlights that as the Biot number approaches infinity—occurring when the convective heat transfer coefficient is extremely large, such as during vigorous boiling—the surface temperature effectively becomes constant because resistance at the boundary is negligible compared to conduction within the solid. This concept sets the stage for understanding constant wall temperature scenarios in subsequent lectures. Additionally, a brief mention is made of semi-infinite solids, which represent bodies where heat penetration depth remains small relative to their dimensions over short time periods, indicating that this specific topic will be covered next rather than being part of today's summary on radial systems and first-term approximations.
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Let us continue our previous problem
where we had taken just this is the
plane wall. I will not again spend time
on this and we just solved for the at
x=0 what is the temperature? So we got
the temperature as 42.9°
C. So now what we will do is what is the
heat flux?
The next question is what is the heat
flux?
What is the heat flux in W per meter
squared at the plane wall at t = to
8 minutes at the by convection by
convection
how much it is losing the what is the
heat transfer rate it is losing here
what is the heat transfer rate which is
losing here that is given by Newton's
law of cooling so I can write that qx X
dash
at X = L comma 480 that is 8 minutes 8
into 60 480 seconds is equal to QL dash
is equal to H into T of L comma 480
seconds
minus T infinity
minus is t infinity. So I don't know the
temperature at x = l. I need to find
that. So theta at x t equal to t of x t
minus t infinity divided by t i minus t
infinity is equal to a1 e to the power
of minus lambda 1^ 2 fer number cos of
lambda 1 x by l for the same biode
number and fer number we have already
gotten the lambdas plus. So I can just
substitute that and get so
that is at x =
theta 0 comma t that is I can get this
so directly that is a1 what is my a1 a1
is
or this can be thought of as we have
just found that is theta of 0 comma t
correct that is X equal to0 which we
have found or otherwise you can just
substitute also if you are getting
confused there is no problem that is
1.047
e to the power of -.531
squared into fer number of 5.64 64 into
cos of lambda 1.531
into x that is l by l that is 1 by x = l
by l that becomes 1. Now cos this is in
radians so I have to convert this into
degrees to operate your calculator. So
I'm multiplying that and dividing it by
180 by pi. So if you do this and this is
t at l comma 8 minutes minus of 60
divided by -20 - 60 so I get t of l
comma 8 as 8 minutes as
45.2°
C. So the previous temperature at the
center was 42.9
at the at the wall it is 45.2 which is
expected because the hotness of the oil
is felt at the wall first so it will be
at the higher temperature. So now coming
back if I substitute this here that is h
is 500 into t of this is 45.2 2 minus of
60 that is equal to -7,400
W per m²ared.
Okay. So this is what I get as the heat
transfer rate. Now the last term what I
need to get is the energy stored
energy per meter pipe of the length
pipe length per meter pipe length
pipe length being transferred after t =
8 minutes. So for that I know Q by Q max
equal to 1us theta wall into sin of
lambda 1 by lambda 1. Okay. So that is
equal to 1 minus of if you just go back
and check this theta wall
theta wall actually this this term alone
this term alone reduces to
214 that's what I'm going to substitute
here that is theta wall that is 214
theta wall is nothing but a1 e ^ of
minus lambda 1^ 2 here number so that's
what I substituted 214 into sin of
lambda 1 that is 531 into 180 by
you now know why I'm multiplying by 180
by pi divided by 531 so this comes down
to8
now q max is equal to row v cp into t
infinity minus ti So row is
7832
and volume volume is pi d into thickness
volume of the cylinder. So how do I get
that volume of the pipe? If I to just
show quickly
that is this is what it shows that is
volume is given by by 4 d²us d²
into l and I can rearrange like this per
unit length that is per meter so l equal
to 1 and volume I can uh this is pi into
d by 2x2 and d + d by 2 here this is
very small d and di are almost same so I
can take it as D I so if I take that as
D I so I can write this as P DI
into 40 into 10 ^ minus 3. Okay. So
that's what I have done. So if I
substitute that here
pi d into thickness that is 7832
into pi into d is 04 into di is 1 m and
thickness is uh 04
into -20
- 60. So I get Q = -2.73
into 10 ^ of 7 Joule per m.
So we solved the plane wall problem. We
solved the plane wall problem and uh we
are now convergent with this solution
what we have adapted. So this is this
was the exact solution for the plane
wall. Now let us see how does it
translate to when we do it for uh the
cylinder and also for
uh what the sphere. So how does it look
like the temperature distribution for
now? Let me take up the
cylinder.
The temperature distribution for a
cylinder. So what is the figure for the
cylinder? The cylinder is
very large cylinder. This is I mean
large means longer length and
this is having R
and this is radius R.
Okay.
And this temperature T equal to T I
initially.
Now the question is and again it is
exposed to H comma T infinity.
You can imagine this is the cylinder
this is the pen. So over which the flow
is taking place and we are interested in
the temperature distribution T of R
comma T. So again without derivation we
will have to get the temperature
distribution as a function of biote
number for year number that's it. So how
does it look like? So it looks like
theta of r comma t is equal to t of r
comma t minus of t infinity divided by t
i - t infinity is equal to only one term
series I'm writing a1 e to the power of
minus lambda 1 2 fer number into
bessel's function that is J KN this is a
J not that is J KN is called zeroth
order bessel function I will write that
J not lambda 1 R by R not don't have to
worry I will give the J not value for a
given biot number and for number a biot
number okay so this is the equation for
theta now
next is theta of theta t is equal to so
but before that how do I get this uh a1
and lambda 1 for a given uh biot number
that is given in the table that's given
in the table if you just go back and see
here in my notes so if you just see here
for a given biot number what is there
here is that for a given biot number we
had used this table for a plane wall but
for cylinder it is biode number equal to
for a given biote number you can get
lambda 1 and a1 but please note for
sphere or cylinder it is actually h by k
so you can get lambda 1 and a1 for both
cylinder and sphere okay and this is for
different bard numbers it will go on
okay so that is what you are going to
get for this is what is going to be for
cylinder and this is the equation for
sphere. I will write both the equations
and reduce it for the plane wall. Okay.
So now the theta of 0 comma t theta at 0
comma t is t of 0 comma t minus t
infinity divided by t i minus t infinity
is equal to
a1 e to the power of minus lambda 1^ 2
for number because bessels zeroth order
bessel at zero is one.
Okay, that you can check in the table as
well. If you just go back and see in the
table also you are going to get that.
Now let us write for sphere. Similarly,
we can write for sphere. For a sphere
the uh this is my sphere and this is the
radius r and this is my r and everywhere
it is experiencing h comma t infinity.
So theta of r comma t
is equal to t of r comma t minus t
infinity divided by t i - t infinity is
equal to a1
e to the power of minus lambda 1^ 2
number into sin of lambda 1 r by r
divided by
lambda 1 r by r.
You see something very interesting here.
The temperature variation with time
always is exponential whether it is
plain wall or
cylinder or sphere only the space
variation function is varying. Please
note that similar to here theta of 0
comma t is t of 0 comma t minus t
infinity divided by t i minus t infinity
is equal to a1 e to the power of minus
lambda 1^ 2 for number. You know that in
plus two you have studied limit as x r t
tends to zero this becomes equal to 1.
So that's why you get this temperature
distribution. Now the next question is
what is the heat transfer for
cylinder and sphere. So for cylinder
for cylinder it is Q by Q max equal to 1
- 2 theta cylinder
into J1 lambda 1 divided by lambda 1. So
J1 is the bessel functions first order
bessel function. J1 is the first order
bessel function. You don't have to worry
about that function because the values
are given in the form of a table. Now
for a sphere
Q by Q max
is equal to 1 minus of 3 theta sphere
into sin of lambda 1 minus lambda 1 cos
lambda 1 divided by lambda 1 cq. So we
have gotten the temperature distribution
and also the energy transferred. So this
one term solutions are valid under
circum certain circumstances that is at
t =0
temperature is ti and it is uniform
throughout the body. Okay. And the heat
transfer coefficient H is constant. And
also T infinity is also constant. It
doesn't vary with time
and there is no energy generation term
then only these solutions what we have
given are valid. So what we will do is
now we will take up a simple problem
where we have to do with sphere that is
I will take egg.
I will take a problem of an egg that is
an ordinary egg is can be approximated
as a 5 cm diameter sphere. Okay. The egg
is initially at a uniform temperature of
5°C and dropped into boiling water at
95°C. Why five? Because you take your
egg from the fridge refrigerator. So the
temperature typically is around 5°C and
dropped into your boiling water which is
around 95°C.
Taking the convective heat transfer
coefficient between the yug surface and
the water boiling water as 1,200 watt
per meter squar°C
determine how long it will take for the
center of the yug to reach 70° C. So
although egg is not truly spherical, we
are going to consider this yug as
sphere. So let's see how do we solve
this problem
that is I have an egg
and its initial temperature is 5°C
and h is equal to,200
w per m²ared kelvin
and t infinity is 95°C.
Celsius.
And
now the question asked is to reach at
the center t not as 70°C.
What is the time taken? And we are
approximating this egg as a sphere of
diameter 5 cm.
So with this let us see how do we get
the uh properties the properties of the
yug are like water properties only I
should take any living substance if you
don't have any properties including me
human body if I don't have the
properties I have to take the properties
of the water because most of the volume
of my or the mass of my body is made of
water similarly with the egg also so egg
is 74% is water content so The
properties of the water are taken at 5 +
70 by 2 that is t i + t by 2 that is 75
by 2 that is 37.5°C.
So at 37.5°C
I get a K of
627
W per meter kelvin
and an alpha of.151
into 10 ^ of -6 m²ared per second. Now I
cannot calculate fer number because time
is what I need. I need to calculate fer
number because what is the time taken is
what I need to find. So next thing I can
do is buy number H R by K. H is given to
be 1,200
R is diameter is 5 cm. So 5 into 10 ^ of
-2 divided by 2 because the radius and
the thermal conductivity is 627.
So you get a biote number of 15.95.
This also means that this is not lumped
because biode number is pretty much
greater than 0.1.
Now in fact the you should if you have
to calculate the lumped LC equal to
volume by surface area volume by this is
d by 6 you get for a sphere. So you get
5 into 10 ^ of -2 divided by 6 actually
lumped criterion will still be lower
than will be still greater than 15 95
even then that is biot number hlc by k
if you put that is,200
into 5 into 10 ^ of -2 divided by 6
divided by 627 will be around 15.95. 5
divided by
3. So still this will be very high. So
point is bode number will be higher than
0.1 and it is lumped. So if this is
lumped then I have to take the one turn
series solution for the center of the
sphere. If you recall we have theta of 0
comma t equal to t of 0 comma t minus t
infinity
divided by t i minus t infinity is equal
to a1 e to the power of minus lambda 1 2
fian number okay so I have to get for
biot number 15.95
I have to get the uh values of lambda 1.
So if you just come down so this is
this is indeed 15.95.
This is indeed 15.95.
So this is 15 this is this is LC this is
LC
LC. So you get this is
5 into 10 ^ of -2 / 6 you get a bout
number greater than.1 but now for this
calculation I have to calculate biot
number as h by k so h is200
into 5 5 into 10 the 5 into 10 ^ of -2
divided by 2 divided by k of 627. So the
biote number happens to be 47.8.
For this 47.8
I need to get the uh lambda 1 and a1. So
if you really see here so for a biote
number of 47.8
if you do the interpolation between 40
and 50. I'm not going to do the
interpolation because I have shown that
in the previous class. So you get lambda
1 as 3.0753
which is in between these two a1 as
1.9958.
So if I take that value so you will get
lambda 1 biot number at 47.8
from the table you get lambda 1 equal to
3.0753 0753
and a1 equal to 1.9958.
So you get at the center theta of 0
comma t is equal to t of 0a t minus t
infinity divided by t i minus t infinity
is equal to a1
e ^ of minus lambda 1 2 for number. So
if you just substitute this is 70 center
of the egg should be 70 and this is 95
boiling water divided by initial is 5 -
95 is equal to 1.9958
e to the power of - 3.0753
into fer number so I get fer number
of.209
209 luckily fer number is greater than
02 only one term is sufficient
one term is sufficient so
now freer number equal to I need time
alpha t / l² so alpha what is alpha
alpha we have found 151 into 10 ^ of -6
t divided by L² that is 2 that is here
in this case it is going to be R²
R is 5 into 10 ^ of -2 / 2 so it is 2.5
into 10 ^ -2²
okay is equal to
209 that fetches me t = 865 seconds that
is approximately 14.4 minutes. So that
means for the boil for the egg to boil I
have to keep under this condition for at
least 14.4
minutes. So
so that's how we could solve this
problem. So uh so we have covered in
today's lecture what did we cover is
that if you just recall so what we gave
is the temperature distribution for the
we said that exact solution will be of
this form okay and we gave for plain
wall cylinder and a sphere and the
temperature distribution as you can see
what is so beautiful here is that the
temperature variation with time
irrespective of plane wall, cylinder and
sphere is exponential which is the same
as what we had gotten in lumped body.
Now in a plane wall it varies as a cost
function in a cylindrical wall in a
cylindric in a cylinder it consider it
takes a bessel function and in a sphere
it is s by lambda. So this is how we get
the temperature distribution. to get
this a1 and lambda 1 I need to get the
biote number. Once I know the biote
number, I can get the uh lambda 1 a1 for
plane wall, cylinder and sphere. The
most important thing I want to
re-emphasize is that for biote number
for plane wall it is hl by k and for
cylinder and sphere it is hr by k.
Remember that this biote number is
different from the biote number what we
defined for lumped body. For a lumped
body it is H LC by K where LC is volume
by surface area. You are not supposed to
take volume by surface area when you do
this plane wall or cylinder or sphere
for spatial variations in time. Okay. So
and for one term approximation is valid
for fer numbers greater than 02 and at
the center of the plane wall the all
these at the center of the plane wall it
is only going to vary exponentially for
all the cases. Okay. So now very
interesting case we come across is that
if what if if you go to this table
if you go to this table for a biote
number infinity also there is a value
given if the biote number that is how
can I realize biote number infinity as
an engineering as an engineer biote
number infinity implies that biote
number infinity implies that heat
transfer coefficient is very large. So
when will this occur? When will the heat
transfer coefficient is very large? If
you recall in my introduction slides, we
have said that for boiling the heat
transfer coefficient will be of the
order of 50,000 60,000. So in that case
the one by number that is K by HL will
become zero.
K by HL will become zero that is I can
consider that biot number as infinite.
So in that case for bot for boiling or
if the heat transfer coefficient is very
large what does that mean? So let's
understand this little slowly. So
actually it if the heat transfer
coefficient is very large 1 by number is
zero it actually becomes constant wall
temperature. Okay. So this I will
explain in the next class in more
detail. What is the physical implication
of biot number infinite and subsequent
to that we will take up uh in the next
class what is called as the uh heat
transient heat conduction in
semi-infinite
solids. Thank you.