PROBLEM 3.

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KNOWN: Temperature dependence of tube wall thermal conductivity.
FIND: Expressions for heat transfer per unit length and tube wall thermal (conduction)
resistance.
SCHEMATIC:

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) Steady-state conditions, (2) One-dimensional radial conduction, (3)

No internal heat generation.
ANALYSIS: From Eq. 3.29, the appropriate form of Fouriers law is
dT dT
q r kA r k 2 rL
dr dr
dT
qr 2 kr
dr
dT
qr 2 rk o 1 aT .
dr
Separating variables,
q dr
r k o 1 aT dT
2 r
and integrating across the wall, find
q ro dr T
r ri k o o 1+aT dT
2 r Ti
q r aT 2 To
r ln o ko T
2

ri 2 Ti

q
r
2
r
ln o
ri


a
k o To Ti To2 Ti2
2

a T T
qr 2 k o 1 To Ti o i . <
2 ln ro / ri
It follows that the overall thermal resistance per unit length is
T T ln ro / ri
R t i o . <
qr a
2 k o 1 To Ti
2
COMMENT: Note the necessity of the stated assumptions to treating qr as independent of r.