18–97E A person shakes a can of drink in an iced water to cool it. The cooling time of the drink is to be determined.
Assumptions 1 The can containing the drink is cylindrical in shape
with a radius of ro = 1.25 in. 2 The thermal properties of the drink are
taken to be the same as those of water. 3 Thermal properties of the
drink are constant at room temperature. 4 The heat transfer coefficient
is constant and uniform over the entire surface. 5 The Biot number in
this case is large (much larger than 0.1). However, the lumped system
analysis is still applicable since the drink is stirred constantly, so that
its temperature remains uniform at all times.
Properties The density and specific heat of water at room temperature
(90F) are = 62.12 lbm/ft3, cp = 0.999 Btu/lbm.°F, k = 0.358
Btu/h.ft.°F (Table A-15E).
Analysis The characteristic length and Biot number for the can of drink are
1.049.3
FftBtu/h 358.0
)ft 04167.0)(FftBtu/h 30(
ft 04167.0
ft) (1.25/122ft) ft)(5/12 (1.25/122
ft) (5/12ft) 12/25.1(
22
2
2
2
2
2
surface
k
hL
Bi
rLr
Lr
A
L
c
oo
o
c
V
For the reason explained above we can use the lumped system analysis to determine how long it will take for the canned
drink to cool to 40°F
s 615
tee
TT
TtT
LC
h
VC
hA
b
tbt
i
cpp
)s 00322.0(
1–1–
3
2
1–
3290
3240
)(
s 00322.0h 599.11
ft) F)(0.04167Btu/lbm. 999.0)(lbm/ft (62.22
F.Btu/h.ft 30