Heat Definition and 1000 Threads

  1. rudransh verma

    I How Does Heat Transfer Impact Our Sensation of Temperature?

    We know heat is the motion of molecules of a gas for example. As temperature increases this motion increases and the gas expands. We know this gas would be hot if we touch it. So I want to ask how does the fast motion of molecules somehow translates to the heat that we feel. Why does it feel...
  2. StarChem

    Vaporization Heat and the Heat Capacity of H20 comparison

    According to the Vaporization Heat table, the heat needed for 1 mol of H2O to evaporate at 100°C is 40.7KJ and 44.0KJ/mol is needed to evaporate H2O at 25°C. Thus 44.0-40.7=3.7KJ is the energy needed to heat H2O to 100°C from 25°C. However, according to the heat capacity of H2O, 3.7KJ will only...
  3. organiclatte

    Air-to-Water Heat Exchanger - Car radiator

    I'm looking for a way to keep a liquid under 50°C. This liquid has a thermal conductivity of .1396 and a specific heat of 2.054 both at 40°C. and a constant energy source submerged in it ranging from 16KW to 17.5KW. I'm barely starting to read about this topic, according some forums, a car...
  4. T

    Calculating Transient Heat Transfer in Pipes with Thick Walls

    Hi Everyone, I am looking to find how much heat can be stored in a concrete pipe of roughly 0.3-0.4m diameter, and an internal diameter of 0.05m. Air will travel through the internal diameter at 500°C and 17.5bar which will provide the heat for the pipes. This system will then be reversed so...
  5. E

    How to find the heat energy produced in a resistor?

    i found current to be 2/5 A. then 2/5A multipled by 6s = 2.4C. and since one joule per coulomb is equal to the unit of p.d, i get 2.4J. I don't get 4.8J(supposed answer)
  6. Edwardminett

    Heat Exchanger: +40C rise at 16 liters/minute flow rate

    Summary:: How to calculate the rate of heat transfer between hot external water and cold internal water in a pipe. The image attached is my attempt at the question however, I find myself stuck trying to work out internal and external heat transfer coefficient.
  7. sarahjohn

    Finding Specific Heat of a solid

    I thought it might me a ratio of the atomic masses. 27 / 63.6 = x / 900 x = 382 J/kg-K
  8. D

    B Is Mean Temp in 2 phase Heat Exchangers Higher Than Logarithmic Mean?

    Is Mean Temp in 2 phase Heat Exchangers Higher Than Logarithmic Mean? I am looking at this paper: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1314&context=iracc Having a bit of trouble understanding all of it, but my basic question is just: If I have a heat pump where the hot...
  9. G

    I Heat capacity for a real gas using the ideal gas (zero pressure) equation

    Summary:: Heat capacity for real gas with ideal gas (zero pressure) equation I'm looking at this problem and I'm stuck. I usually question everything but this problem is confusing me. I don't know how they've made the jump from reduced properties (from generalized Cp charts(?)) to...
  10. Wrichik Basu

    Python Solving the heat equation numerically using Python

    I want to solve the heat equation numerically. The equation is: $$k \dfrac{\partial^2 T}{\partial x^2} = \dfrac{\partial T}{\partial t}.$$ This is a parabolic PDE. Following this pdf (specifically, equation 7 given on page 3), I wrote the following Python function to implement the explicit...
  11. D

    B Lorenz COP of a heat pump and the temperatures of the hot/cold reservoirs

    @Dale : “The COP of a heat pump and the efficiency of a heat engine both depend strongly on the temperatures of the hot and cold reservoirs. For this calculation you need to go back and check the sources for the temperatures corresponding to each of these numbers. You will find that the Stirling...
  12. D

    B Can a Heat Pump and Stirling Engine Create a Perpetual Energy Cycle?

    I was reading about heat pumps and it made me wonder… would the following process be physically possible…? I attach the hot side of the heat pump to the hot side of the stirling engine. 400% COP (coefficient of performance) means 1 kilowatt hour of electricity consumed by the heat pump delivers...
  13. cwill53

    I Entropy and Heat Capacity Relation

    I have a simple question sort of about exact differentials and deciding which variables matter and when. I know we can write entropy ##S## as ##S(P,T)## and ##S(V,T)## to derive different relations between heat capacities ##C_V## and ##C_P##. I was wondering if it is technically correct to...
  14. Ashshahril

    Change in heat and internal energy

    ΔQ=mC(T3-T1) But, will this C be Cp or Cv. Both pressure and volume changes. So, neither of them can be. Feeling so confused
  15. L

    Engineering Reviewing Efficiency of Otto & Diesel Cycle Heat Engines

    Hi, i have this question and don't understand it. can somebody explain what i have to do. i know a ideal engine is a engine running on carnot cycle i what the cycles are i don't know what relative efficiency is and what there looking for (Q) Review the relative efficiency of ideal heat engines...
  16. M

    Question about Refrigerants used within a Heat Pump

    I've been given the following 2 questions (please see below), and I've been asked to come with answers and arguments for my decision for the proposed answer, since there is just 1 correct answer per question. (so you can see my attempt below) Q1)The refrigerants have to: a)Vapourise at high...
  17. A

    Calculating work and heat transfer in this Carnot process

    Hey guys! This is problem from Callens Thermodynamics textbook and I'm stuck with it. My goal was to get a expression for the entropy ##S## which is dependent on ##T## so I can move into the ##T-S##-plane to do my calculations: I startet by expressing the fundamental equation as a function of...
  18. T

    Heat Transfer - Critical Radius of Insulation

    A steel pipe with foam insulation is embedded in a concrete wall. The steel pipe is carrying cold water and therefore gains heat from outside atmosphere. Heat transfers through the concrete wall, foam insulation and then to the pipe. Is it possible to calculate critical radius of insulation for...
  19. E

    I Calculating the Area of an RN Event Horizon with Specific Heat Formula

    By definition ##C = T_H \dfrac{\partial S}{\partial T_H} \bigg{)}_Q## so given ##A=4S## we first need to work out the area of the event horizon. More specifically, let ##\Sigma## be a partial Cauchy surface of constant ##v## in ingoing EF ##(v,r,\theta, \phi)## co-ordinates then ##A## is the...
  20. ahbin98

    Heat Transfer Formulae for Charcoal-Concrete Experiment

    My experiment procedure is that I am using burning charcoal as the heat source, and there are three thermocouples used, first one measuring the temperature of the charcoal, second one measuring the inner temperature of the concrete block, third thermocouple is placed on the top part which is...
  21. bardia sepehrnia

    Engineering Average heat transfer coefficient (forced convection)

    So firstly, I don't understand if the mass flow rate is for steam or for water. If it is for water, I know I can find the heat transfer rate using equation:Q=mcdeltaT. But then I don't know how to find h (the average heat transfer coefficient) because I don't know the surface area (As). I can...
  22. M

    What are the key parameters affecting heat transfer in thin tubes?

    Hi, I am trying to understand how I can estimate the time it takes for a fluid at room temperature flowing through a thin capillary glass tube (2 mm ID) connected to an oven to reach the equilibrium temperature (oven temperature). Assuming the oven is preheated and the tube inside the oven is...
  23. yecko

    Vaporization latent heat vs boiling point

    answer is 78oCdelta G = delta H - T delta S -235,310- (-277,690) = -38.56e3- T (282.59-160.70) T = -664K I am not sure if my concept is correct. May anyone help a little bit on that please? thank you
  24. L

    Engineering Heat transfer from composite pipe -- Is my answer right?

    Im practicing the questions in the problem book and seem to be getting different answers to the book can somebody check cheers. [Answers: 57.99 W/m: 1739.7 W: 84.9ºC] textbook answers A water pipe of bore 65 mm bore and 6mm wall thickness, carrying water at 85ºC is insulated with one layer of...
  25. E

    A query about heat capacity and specific heat capacity

    Homework Statement:: why does heat capacity depend on the mass/size of the object when it's units is J/K , and why is specific heat capacity dependent on the material/substance when it's unit is J/kgK? Relevant Equations:: Q=Cθ Q=mcθ -
  26. E

    Specific heat capacity & heat capacity

    the answer is 1/2 , but when I did the working out, I got 2/1.. so I'm quite confused
  27. K

    Rate of reaction? (UV and heat)

    I remember when I was in high school, heat was very often said to be a factor of speeding up chemical reactions that we all know, because heat is actually energy, energy will excite the molecules and make them easier to collide with other molecules or leave its own molecules (breaking bond)...
  28. A

    Calculating specific heat capacity from entropy

    Hey guys! I'm currently struggling with a specific thermodynamics problem. I'm given the entropy of a system (where ##A## is a constant with fitting physical units): $$S(U,V,N)=A(UVN)^{1/3}$$I'm asked to calculate the specific heat capacity at constant pressure ##C_p## and at constant volume...
  29. Twigg

    What's the deal with plasma physicists setting heat cap. ratio to 3?

    This has persistently bugged me in my intro plasma course. They keep using ##\gamma = 3## aka ##N_d = 1## (where ##N_d## is the number of degrees of freedom in the molecule) as an approximation. See for example, the Bohm-Gross dispersion curve. I can tell you from deriving this that the factor...
  30. J

    Relative Humidity and Temperature Changes when adding Heat

    Can anyone help me with this? -How much heat must be added to 3.5 m3 /s of moist air with a dry bulb temperature of 10°C and a relative humidity of 60% to raise the temperature of the air by 17°C? • What will be the relative humidity of the air once this heat is added? • What is the power...
  31. J

    Calculating how much heat must be added to increase temp

    Can anyone help me with this? -How much heat must be added to 3.5 m3 /s of moist air with a dry bulb temperature of 10°C and a relative humidity of 60% to raise the temperature of the air by 17°C? • What will be the relative humidity of the air once this heat is added? • What is the power...
  32. U

    Heat conduction from an isotherm spherical cap

    On the surface of a semi-infinite solid, a point heat source releases a power ##q##; apart from this, the surface of the solid is adiabatic. The heat melts the solid so that a molten pool forms and grows. Let's hypothesize that the pool temperature is homogeneously equal to the melting...
  33. AN630078

    Thermodynamics: Internal Energy, Heat and Work Problem

    Well, internal energy is the sum of the kinetic and potential energies of all the molecules within a given mass of a substance; this energy is associated with the random, disordered motion of the molecules. An example of internal energy is compressed gases; since gases occupy the total volume...
  34. AN630078

    Can heat flow into a body without increasing the mean kinetic energy?

    Yes, heat can flow into a body without increasing the mean kinetic energy of its molecules. Transferring heat energy to an object will raise its internal energy, this will not necessarily cause an increase in temperture. Specific latent heat is the energy required to change the state of one...
  35. M

    Heat pump efficiency calculations - Compressor power issue

    The heat pump comprises of the 4 components: evaporator, compressor, condenser and expansion valve. Thermal power required to heat the building: 12.1 kW at condensing temperature tc = 44.3 deg C For the evaporator: vaporizing temperature tv = -7 deg C Subcooling temperature for the heat pump Δ...
  36. D

    Verify this function is a solution of the heat equation

    I spent hours looking at this and cannot figure out where the error is. I'm wondering if there is an error before the boxed expression. @Orodruin and @PeroK may I ask for your assistance?Consider a solution ##u:[0,\infty)\times \mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{R}## of the heat equation, ie...
  37. J

    Calculating the waste heat of Carnot engine

    The answer is 6470 J. So since I have the two temperatures I could calculate the efficiency. First I convert to kelvin then get an efficiency of 0.35481. Now I can use e=W/Qin to get Qin. I get a value of 10033.54J. Now I can use e=(Qin-Qout)/Qout to get Qout, the waste heat. I get 7405.9 J...
  38. D

    Solving the heat equation in 1D

    (3) To solve the initial value problem $$\begin{cases} \partial_t\phi-\partial^2_x\phi=0 & \text{in}\quad (0,\infty)\times R \\ \phi(0,\cdot)=\psi & \text{on}\quad \{t=0\}\times R \end{cases}$$ we use the fundamental solution in 1D $$\Phi_1(t,x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{4\pi...
  39. J

    Efficiency of heat engine question

    So efficiency is W/Qin. W= 0 for isochoric processes and for the isobaric, P(change in V). So W=Pi(Vi-Vf)+Pf(Vi-Vf) Qin is negative Qs.This would happen at step 2 and 3. For the isobaric, Q=ncv(change in T) and for isochoric, Q=ncp(change in T). Now if I put everything in the equation I get...
  40. S

    HVAC Attic to Pool Heat Exchange, will car radiator collect heat?

    My attic gets very hot even with the exhaust fan I installed. I would like to move than heat to my swimming pool. I currently have a FAFCO solar pool heater where the pool pump pumps water up onto my roof and thru the 12' long solar panel and down back into the pool. I would like to free up roof...
  41. M

    Specific latent heat of fusion of ice question

    a) Ew = EL + Ei mwc(T2-T1) = miL + mic(T2-0) 160 x 4.2 x (30 - 20) = 20L + (20 x 4.2 x 20) L = (6720 - 1680)/20 = 252 J/g b) accounting for 3 gram of melted ice 160 x 4.2 x (30 - 20) = (20 - 3) + (20 x 4.2 x 20)...
  42. P

    Rate of heat flux from from hot gas in a pipe to water outside

    I have solved the first 2 parts. For the 3rd part, I have obtained the equation: T(x) - T0 = (T1 - T0)e^(-Φx/fc), where f = fm in the question. How do I obtain that expression for H? Thank you!
  43. J

    Find rate of temperature change using heat capacity, density and area

    So first I found rate of heat change using the above equation, with T=883K, e=1, SA= 6*l^2=21.66 Now dQ/dt=746593.71 W Now I am not sure entirely what to do next. They give density so I likely have to get the mass from that, M=pV,=1.9^3*4037=27689.783 kg. My issue is that I don't know how to...
  44. T

    Is My Calculation of Local Energy Conservation in a Viscous Fluid Correct?

    I've come to a grinding halt with this and I can't see a way forward. Can someone please take a look at what I've done so far and let me know if what I have done is OK and then if it is, give me a hint on how to proceed. First up, Is ## u \cdot \nabla \cdot T = u_\alpha...
  45. S

    Calculate energy required to heat water using a steam coil

    I'm trying to complete this past exam paper Q. Water volume = 200hl = 20000L 1L=10^-3 m^3 20000L = 200 m^3 Density of water at 15 deg C = 999 kg m^3 Density = Mass/Volume 999 kg m^3 = Mass/(200 m^3) Mass of water = (200)(999) = 199800 kg Heat required to to heat 199800 kg water: Q =m C dT =...
  46. Shackleford

    A Solution of nonhomogeneous heat equation problem

    This is from Evans page 50. I'm sure it's something simple, but I don't follow the change from $$ \frac{\partial}{\partial t} \quad \text{to} \quad -\frac{\partial}{\partial s}$$ and from $$ \Delta_x \quad \text{to} \quad \Delta_y$$. \begin{gather*} \begin{split} u_t(x,t) - \Delta u(x,t) & =...
  47. Another

    Heat transfer in thermodynamics

    In answering questions (a.) Why heat intake in this system is ## \Delta Q_{sys} = ( \Delta Q_{hot water} + \Delta Q_{cold water} ) / 2 ## where. ##\Delta Q_{hot water} = c(T_1 - T_f) ## ##\Delta Q_{cold water} = c(T_2 - T_f) ## I think T or T_f should be between T_1 and T_2 But why is the...
  48. D

    Chemistry Thermochemistry and the heat of complete combustion

    The balanced reaction wil be : ##2C_6H_{6(l)}+15O_{2(g)}->12CO_{2(g)}+6H_2O_(l)## in order to compute the the standard enthalpy of reaction : ##\Delta H°_{f} H_2O_(l)= -285,8 \frac {KJ}{mol}##; ##\Delta H°_{f} CO_{2(g)}= -393,5 \frac {KJ}{mol}##; ##\Delta H°_{f} C_6H_{6(l)}=49,04 \frac...
  49. KrisOhn

    Boiling Water using Heat vs. Vacuum

    If you bring a pot of water to boil, you will notice that the bubbles form on the bottom surface of the pot. This seems to make sense intuitively as this is the hottest surface, so this would be where the boiling action starts. When I was in school during a thermo lab we pulled a vacuum in a...
  50. K

    Help solving this Heat Equation please

    I want to solve the heat equation below: I don't understand where the expression for ##2/R\cdot\int_0^R q\cdot sin(k_nr)\cdot r \, dr## came from. The r dependent function is calculated as ##sin(k_nr)/r## not ##sin(k_nr)\cdot r##. I don't even know if ##sin(k_nr)/r## are orthogonal for...
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