2. 2D Conduction
ME 309 2
Transient Conduction
• All heat transfer problems are time-dependent
– Slow ones may be considered steady-state
• Changing environment, operating conditions, and feedback control lead
time-dependent transient problems
• Real problems may include finite and semi-infinite solids, or complex
geometries, as well as two and three dimensional conduction
• Solution techniques involve the lumped capacitance method, exact and
approximate solutions, and finite difference methods.
Lumped Capacitance Method can be used for solids within which temperature
gradients are negligible (Sections 5.1-5.2)
3. 2D Conduction
ME 309 3
i
T
x
T
)
0
,
(
x
Lumped Capacitance Method
• A hot metal is initially at a uniform temperature, Ti , and at t=0 is
quenched by immersion in a cool liquid, of lower temperature
The temperature of the solid decreases in time, t>0, due to
convection heat transfer at the solid-liquid interface, until it reaches
T
T
T
T
4. 2D Conduction
ME 309 4
Lumped Capacitance Method
• If the thermal conductivity of the solid is very high, resistance to
conduction within the solid will be small compared to resistance to
heat transfer between solid and surroundings.
• Temperature gradients within the solid will be negligible, i.e.. the
temperature of the solid is spatially uniform at any instant.
i
T
x
T
)
0
,
(
x
T
5. 2D Conduction
ME 309 5
1
1
1
0
ln
ln
,
;
)
(
1
1
th
i
th
th
t
s
s
i
i
s
t
t
d
dt
d
hA
Vc
dt
dt
d
hA
Vc
T
T
T
T
dt
dT
Vc
T
T
hA
i
6. 2D Conduction
ME 309 6
Lumped Capacitance Method
Overall energy balance on the cooling solid:
dt
dT
Vc
T
T
hAs
)
(
The temperature of the solid at a specified time t is:
t
Vc
hA
T
T
T
T s
i
i
exp
The total energy transfer, Q, occurring up to some time t is:
st
out E
E
where
T
T
The time required for the solid to reach a temperature T is:
i
s
hA
Vc
t ln
T
Ti
i
t
t
s dt
hA
dt
q
Q
0
0
i
t
i
Vc
Q
exp
1
)
(
7. 2D Conduction
ME 309 7
Transient Temperature Response
Based on eq. (5.2), the temperature difference between solid and fluid
decays exponentially.
Thermal time constant
t
t
s
t C
R
Vc
hA
)
(
1
Rt is the resistance to
convection heat transfer,
Ct is the lumped thermal
capacitance of the solid
Increase in Rt or Ct causes
solid to respond more slowly
and more time will be required
to reach thermal equilibrium.
8. 2D Conduction
ME 309 8
Validity of Lumped Capacitance Method
A suitable criterion to determine validity of method:
relative magnitudes of temperature drop in the solid to the
temperature difference between surface and fluid.
Bi
k
hL
R
R
hA
kA
L
T
T
conv
cond
liquid
solid
solid
)
/
1
(
)
/
(
)
convection
to
due
(
/
)
conduction
to
due
(
? What should be the relative magnitude of T solid versus T
solid/liquid for the lumped capacitance method to be valid?
9. 2D Conduction
ME 309 9
Biot and Fourier Numbers
The lumped capacitance method is valid when
1
.
0
k
hL
Bi c where the characteristic length:
Lc=V/As=Volume of solid/surface area
We can also define a “dimensionless time”, the Fourier number:
c
k
L
t
Fo
c
;
2
Nondimensional form of Eq. (5.2) valid for all bulk metal cooling
cases
Fo
Bi
T
T
T
T
i
i
exp (5.4)
10. 2D Conduction
ME 309 10
Charging a thermal energy storage system consisting of a packed bed of aluminum
spheres.
How long does it take to accumulate 90% of the maximum possible thermal energy?
Aluminum sphere
D = 75 mm, T = 25 C
i
o
Gas
T C
g,i
o
= 300
h = 75 W/m -K
2
= 2700 kg/m3
k = 240 W/m-K
c = 950 J/kg-K
Problem 5.11
Assumptions:
• Radiation between spheres?
• Conduction between spheres?
• Properties?
• Conduction within the sphere?
• Lumped capacitance?
11. 2D Conduction
ME 309 11
1.Validity of lumped capacitance
• Calculate the Bi number, hL/k = 75*(0.075)/240 =
0.02
• Time to accumulate 90% of the maximum
possible thermal energy
st
t
i
E
0.90 1 exp t /
cV
3
t s 2
2700 kg / m 0.075m 950 J / kg K
Vc / hA Dc / 6h 427s.
6 75 W / m K
t
t ln 0.1 427s 2.30 984s
12. 2D Conduction
ME 309 12
Example (Problem 5.6 Textbook)
The heat transfer coefficient for air flowing over a sphere is
to be determined by observing the temperature-time history
of a sphere fabricated from pure copper. The sphere, which is
12.7 mm in diameter, is at 66°C before it is inserted into an
air stream having a temperature of 27°C. A thermocouple on
the outer surface of the sphere indicates 55°C, 69 s after the
sphere is inserted in the air stream.
Calculate the heat transfer coefficient, assuming that the
sphere behaves as a spacewise isothermal object. Is your
assumption reasonable?
15. 2D Conduction
ME 309 15
Heating of coated furnace wall
1
1
1 2 2 2
tot f 2
1 1
U R R 10 m K/W 20 W/m K.
h 25 W/m K
2
UL 20 W/m K 0.01 m
Bi 0.0033 1
k 60 W/m K
Heat transfer to the wall is determined by the total resistance to heat transfer
from the gas to the metal surface
16. 2D Conduction
ME 309 16
Other transient problems
• When the lumped capacitance analysis is not valid, we
must solve the partial differential equations analytically or
numerically
• Exact and approximate solutions may be used
• Tabulated values of coefficients used in the solutions of
these equations are available
• Transient temperature distributions for commonly
encountered problems involving semi-infinite solids can be
found in the literature
17. 2D Conduction
ME 309 17
General lumped capacitance analysis
gen
out
in
st
E
E
E
dt
dT
mc
dt
dE
18. 2D Conduction
ME 309 18
Effect of the Bi number
T∞ ,h
T∞ ,h
Bi<<1 Bi ~ 1 Bi>>1
T
19. 2D Conduction
ME 309 19
• Analytical solution for convection + radiation at
the same time does not exist
• Numerical solution
– Discretize the time-derivative of temperature as
• Radiation + convection
t
t
T
t
t
T
dt
dT
)
(
)
(
4
4
4
4
4
4
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
walls
s
s
walls
s
walls
s
T
t
T
A
T
t
T
hA
t
t
T
t
t
T
T
t
T
T
t
T
hA
t
t
T
t
t
T
T
T
T
T
hA
dt
dT
cV
20. 2D Conduction
ME 309 20
Convection + Radiation from a metal sphere
convection
radiation
k,R
T∞,h
Tw
21. 2D Conduction
ME 309 21
MATLAB code
h = 10; % convection coeff
R = 1e-2; % 1 cm radius
V = 4/3*pi*R^3;
A = 4*pi*R^2;
Cp = 300; % specific heat
rho = 3000; % density
k = 200; % conductivity
Tinf = 300;
Twall = 20;
T0 = 20;
sig = 5.7e-8;
eps = 0.0;
%
tau_c = h*A/rho/Cp/V;% time constant
const_r = sig*eps*A/rho/Cp/V; % ??
t0 = 0; % initial time
tF = 3000; % final time
dt = 1; % delta t
% initialization
tt = zeros(ceil((tF-t0)/dt+1),1);
Tc = zeros(size(tt));
Tr = zeros(size(tt));
Tcr = zeros(size(tt));
Ttc = T0; % initial temperatures
Ttr = T0; % ‘’
Ttrc = T0; % ‘’
i = 0; % initialization of index i
% start numerical integration
% from t0 to tF
for t = t0:dt:tF
i = i+1;
tt(i) = t;
% convection term
conv = tau_c*(Ttc-Tinf);
% radiation term
rad = const_r*(Ttr^4-Twall^4);
convrad = tau_c*(Ttrc - Tinf)...
+const_r*(Ttrc^4-Twall^4);
% update temperatures
Tc(i) = Ttc - dt*conv;
Tr(i) = Ttr - dt*rad;
Tcr(i) = Ttrc - dt*convrad;
% store for the next step
Ttc = Tc(i);
Ttr = Tr(i);
Ttrc = Tcr(i);
end
plot(tt,Tc,tt,Tr,tt,Tcr)
22. 2D Conduction
ME 309 22
Lumped capacity solution w/ variable ambient temperature
(advanced exercise) see Lienhard
• A cold object is suddenly immersed into a bath whose temperature increases
linearly in time
T = Ti object’s initial temperature (constant)
T∞= Ti + bt bath temperature (b > 0)
Energy balance: (Hint: show this as an exercise)
Solution:
A fine exercise in differential algebra…
see the next page
th
th
th
i
th
bt
dt
d
T
bt
T
dt
dT
23. 2D Conduction
ME 309 23
Analytical solution to 1st order system’s response to a ramp input
th
th
th
th
th
t
th
t
t
th
t
th
t
e
bt
dt
e
d
e
bt
e
e
dt
d
/
/
/
/
/
*
*
1
*
th
th
th
i
th
bt
dt
d
T
bt
T
dt
dT
Multiply both sides with et/τ
Regroup the left-hand-side
24. 2D Conduction
ME 309 24
( )
( )
{ { {
( )
/
/ / /
/ / / /
/ / /
/
1
* ( )
* *
th
th th th
th th th th
th th th
th
t
t t t
th th
t t t t
v
u uv
th du
dv
t t t
th
t
th
d e bt bt
e d e e dt
dt
e bt d e bt e e d bt
e bt e b e C
b t Ce
t
t t t
t t t t
t t t
t
q
q
t t
q
t
q t
q t -
= Þ =
æ ö
÷
ç ÷
Þ = = -
ç ÷
ç ÷
ç
è ø
= - +
Þ = - +
ò ò
ò ò
14442 4443
14444
42 4444
4
3
Analytical solution to 1st order system’s response to a ramp input
Use integration by parts for
the right-hand-side
Divide by et/T
25. 2D Conduction
ME 309 25
Temperature measurement of a chamber with linearly varying
temperature
• Consider a thermometer with a thermal time
constant, th, that measures the temperature of
a chamber. If the chamber temperature
changes linearly in time. How will the
thermometer report the temperature
variation?
T
time
thermometer’s response
T-Ti = b(t-th(1 - e-t/τ))
temperature lag, bth
T = Ti
T = Ti - bth
26. 2D Conduction
ME 309 26
Nondimensionalization
• For similar geometries objects behave the
same way
• Nondimensional numbers such as Bi and Fo
can be used to identify the conditions
– Bi: helps us to validate the lumped capacitance
assumption
– Fo: can be used to set the final time of a
simulation.
• Typically Fo = 10 is more than enough to reach a
steady-state.
object
heating
object
cooling
Fo
Bi
T
T
T
T
Fo
Bi
T
T
T
T
i
i
i
i
exp
1
exp
Fo
θ/θ
i
27. 2D Conduction
ME 309 27
Consecutive heating and cooling by convection
Ambient temperature
T
Temperature response, T
,
h T¥ , ,
m c T
T¥
28. 2D Conduction
ME 309 28
Nondimensionalization of unsteady problems
Governing equation for one-dimensional unsteady problem
Initial condition: T(x,0) = Ti
Convective boundary conditions:
Temperature distribution function:
T = T(x,t,Ti,T∞,L,k,α,h)
t
T
x
T
1
2
2
T
t
L
T
h
x
T
k
L
x
,
T∞,h
L
-L
x
T(x,0) = Ti
29. 2D Conduction
ME 309 29
• Buckingham-pi theorem:
Number of dimensionless groups =
number of parameters
- number of fundamental units used in the parameters
T = T(x,t,Ti,T∞,L,k,α,h)
Number of parameters = 8
Number of fundamental units used in the parameters = 4 (m,s,kg,K)
There are total of 4 dimensionless groups:
?
?
?
?
30. 2D Conduction
ME 309 30
Nondimensionless groups of unsteady convection
k
hL
Bi
L
t
Fo
L
x
x
T
T
T
T
i
i
/
/
/
2
*
Fo
Bi
T
T
T
T
i
i
exp
Lumped capacitance uses only 3 of them. Why?
31. 2D Conduction
ME 309 31
Spatial effects (role of temperature distribution in the solid)
t
T
x
T
1
2
2
T∞,h
L
-L
x
T(x,0) = Ti
Nondimensional form of the governing equation
T
t
L
T
h
x
T
k
L
x
,
Governing equation
Boundary condition
Fo
x
*
2
*
*
2
Nondimensional form of the boundary condition ???
32. 2D Conduction
ME 309 32
Spatial effects (role of temperature distribution in the solid)
t
T
x
T
1
2
2
T∞,h
L
-L
x
T(x,0) = Ti
Nondimensional form of the governing equation
T
t
L
T
h
x
T
k
L
x
,
Governing equation
Boundary condition
Fo
x
*
2
*
*
2
Nondimensional form of the boundary condition ???
*
*
*
?
x
33. 2D Conduction
ME 309 33
Spatial effects (role of temperature distribution in the solid)
t
T
x
T
1
2
2
T∞,h
L
-L
x
T(x,0) = Ti
Nondimensional form of the governing equation
T
t
L
T
h
x
T
k
L
x
,
Governing equation
Boundary condition
Fo
x
*
2
*
*
2
Nondimensional form of the boundary condition
*
*
*
*
*
*
Bi
x
k
hL
x
34. 2D Conduction
ME 309 34
Convective cooling of slabs for large Bi
from A.F. Mills, Basic Heat & Mass Transfer
Governing equation
Initial condition: θ*(x*,0) = (T-Ts) /(Ti-Ts) = 1
Boundary conditions: θ*(1,t*) = θ*(-1,t*) = 0
Solution by separation of variables:
“drop the stars from notation for convenience”
θ = Z(t)*X(x)
Ts
Ts
L
-L
x
T(x,0) = Ti
Fo
t
t
x
*
*
*
2
*
*
2
;
35. 2D Conduction
ME 309 35
t
t
t
e
x
C
C
e
x
C
C
x
C
x
C
X
e
C
Z
dt
dZ
Z
dx
X
d
X
2
2
2
sin
cos
sin
cos
1
1
3
1
2
1
3
2
1
2
2
2
Plug in θ = XZ into the governing
equation
Solve each homogeneous part
Put each solution into
θ to apply BC/IC
36. 2D Conduction
ME 309 36
θ = 0
L
-L
x
θ(x,0) = 1
Because of symmetry:
1. θ(x,t) = θ(-x,t)
2. dθ/dx = 0 at x = 0
t
t
e
x
C
C
e
x
C
C
2
2
sin
cos 3
1
2
1
0
How many unknowns?
How many conditions left?
θ=0
37. 2D Conduction
ME 309 37
θ=0
L
-L
x
θ(x,0)=1
θ=0
?
0
cos
)
,
1
(
2
2
1
t
e
C
C
t
38. 2D Conduction
ME 309 38
θ=0
L
-L
x
θ(x,0)=1
θ=0
?
;
)
,
(
)
,
(
2
1
cos
)
,
(
,...
2
,
1
,
0
;
2
1
0
cos
)
,
1
(
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
n
n
n
t
n
n
n
t
C
t
x
t
x
e
x
n
C
t
x
n
n
e
C
C
t
39. 2D Conduction
ME 309 39
)
2
/
1
(
)
1
(
2
2
1
cos
2
1
2
1
cos
)
0
,
(
2
1
cos
)
,
(
1
0
2
0
2
1 2
2
n
C
dx
x
n
C
x
n
C
x
e
x
n
C
t
x
n
n
n
n
n
t
n
n
n
Famous orthogonality condition: Multiply both sides by cos()
and integrate over x.
40. 2D Conduction
ME 309 40
θ(x,t)
x
increasing time
Temperature profile
0
1
Fo = 1
Fo = .01
41. 2D Conduction
ME 309 41
Semi-infinite solid
• A solid that is initially of
uniform temperature Ti and is
assumed to extend to infinity
from a surface at which
thermal conditions are altered.
• Examples:
1. Large objects with low k
2. Immediate vicinity of any object
in short term
42. 2D Conduction
ME 309 42
Similarity solution
;
2
2
t
x
Governing equation:
Boundary condition: θ(0,t) = 1
Initial condition: θ(x,0) = 0
nondimensional form ‘*’s
are dropped for convenience
Step temperature input
x ∞
t
x
4
Introduce a new variable:
Governing equation becomes?
43. 2D Conduction
ME 309 43
Similarity solution
d
d
d
d
t
x
d
d
t
x
t
d
d
t
x
d
d
t
x
d
d
x
t
x
t
x
2
4
4
1
2
1
2
;
2
2
2
2
2
/
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Rewrite the governing equation
in terms of η
Final equation is
an ODE
t = Fo
44. 2D Conduction
ME 309 44
Similarity solution
0, ,0
s i
T t T T x T
, x
erf
2 t
s
i s
T x t T
T T
s i
s
k T T
q
t
See Incropera for flux and convection Boundary Conditions at the
surface
Heat flux at the
surface