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Natural Convection
Horizontal Plates
McAdams Correlations: Hot surface facing up or cold surface surfacing down
H C
C
H
Horizontal Cylinders
In each of the correlations to follow the temperature of the hotter of the two large surfaces is designed in T1, and the cooler surface is at temperature T2. Fluid properties are evaluated at the film temperature, Tf = (T1 + T2) / 2. Convective heat flux is expressed as
q = h(T - T ) 1 2 A
Example 1
Turbulent Flow
Example 2
Hydraulic fluid (MIL-M-5606), in fully developed flow , flows through a 2.5 cm diameter copper tube, with a mean velocity of 0.05 m/s. The oil enters at 295K. Steam condenses on the outside tube surface with an effective heat transfer coefficient of 11400 W/m2-K. Find the rate of heat transfer to the oil.
Ro Rc
295K
Ri Rc << Ro, Ri
Ro
Example 2
Rc
295K
Ri Rc << Ro, Ri
305K?
=(295+305)/2
=373-(373-300)*[98.1/(98.1+11400)] =372.3K
Example 3
Cylinders In Crossflow
SL : Center-to-center distance between tubes along the direction of flow ST: Center-to-center distance between tubes normal to the direction of flow