Forced Convection Heat Transfer Coeffic. Correlations (S.I.

units)

4. Flow Past a Circular Cylinder or Past a Bank of Tubes

Inputs Calculations

Fluid = water Diameter, D = 0.075 m

Ave. Fluid Temp, Tb = 30 o

C l= 0.118 m

Diameter, D = 75 mm Reynolds No., Rel = 59,730

Ave. Velocity, V = 0.4 m/s Prandtl Number, Pr = 5.7

Fluid Density, r = 995 kg/m3 Correlation for Flow Past a Circ. Cylinder

Fluid viscosity, m = 0.00079 N-s/m2 Nul lam = 289

Fluid Sp. Heat, Cp = 4.19 kJ/kg-K Nul turb = 501

Fluid Thermal Nul o = 579

Conductivity, k = 0.58 W/m-K

Correlation for Flow Past a Bank of Tubes
Fluid Thermal
Conductivity, k = 0.00058 kJ/s-m-K Transverse Pitch
Ratio, a = 1
Fluid Thermal
Conductivity, k = 2.088 kJ/hr-m-K Longitudinal Pitch
Ratio b = 1.2

Tube Bank Parameters:

Transverse Tube For b > 1, y = 0.215
Spacing, SQ = 0.075 m
For b < 1, y = 0.346
Longitudinal Tube
 Spacing, SL = 0.09 m Value of y to use = 0.215

Correlation for Flow Past a Bank of Tubes (continued)

Reynolds No., Reyl = 277,815

For an in-line tube arrangement: For a staggered tube arrangement:

fA = 2.75 fA = 1.56

Nuo bank = 1592 Nuo bank = 900

ho bank = 28,219 kJ/hr-m2-K ho bank = 15,959 kJ/hr-m2-K

Correction for Temperature Variation: ( h = h o(mb/mw)0.14

Inputs Calculations

Ave. Fluid Temp, Tb = 30 o

C For an in-line tube arrangement:

Fluid Visc. at Tb, m b = 0.000785 N-s/m2 hbank = 29,512 kJ/hr-m2-K

Ave. Wall Temp, Tw = 50 o

C For a staggered tube arrangement:

Fluid Visc. at Tw, m w = 0.00057 N-s/m2 hbank = 16,690 kJ/hr-m2-K

Equations for Flow Past a Cylinder or Past a Bank of Tubes

Correlation for Flow Past a Circular Cylinder

Definitions for Flow Past a Tube Bank

Correlation for Flow Past
a bank of tubes