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22-Agric-A3 Heat Engineering: May 2018

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  1. Question 1 R-134a Ideal Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle
  2. Question 2 Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient of a Heater Surface
  3. Question 3 Laminar Boundary-Layer Thickness on a Flat Plate
  4. Question 4 Radiation Exchange Between a Heater and a Conical Shield

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National Exams — May 2018 — 04-Agric-A3 Heat Engineering. Three-hour, open-book exam; any non-communicating calculator permitted. Four questions constitute a complete paper, each of equal value, and all four questions require calculation — the first four problems as printed are worked below in full.

Reference texts: M.J. Moran, H.N. Shapiro, D.D. Boettner & M.B. Bailey, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 8th ed. (ideal vapor-compression refrigeration cycle, R-134a property tables); Y.A. Çengel & A.J. Ghajar, Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications, 5th ed. (convection coefficients, forced-convection boundary layers); F.P. Incropera & D.P. DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 7th ed. (Blasius boundary-layer solution, Table 6.1); J.P. Holman, Heat Transfer, 10th ed. (radiation view factors for coaxial disks and enclosures).