Homework VI

ChE 327 (1) 2015 Spring Semester

Engine oil flows through a 25-mm-diameter tube at a rate of 0.5 kg/s. The oil enters the tube at a
temperature of 25°C, while the tube surface temperature is maintained at 100°C. Determine the
oil outlet temperature for a 5-m and for a 100-m long tube. For each case, compare the log mean
temperature difference to the arithmetic mean temperature difference.

Air at p = 1 atm enters a thin-walled (D =5-mm diameter) long tube (L = 2 m) at an inlet

temperature of Tm,i = 100°C. A constant heat flux is applied to the air from the tube surface. The
air mass flow rate is m =135x 10-6 kg/s.

(a) If the tube surface temperature at the exit is Ts,o= 160°C, determine the heat rate entering the
tube. Evaluate properties at T =400 K.

(b) If the tube length of part (a) were reduced to L = 0.2 m, how would flow conditions at the
tube exit be affected? Would the value of the heat transfer coefficient at the tube exit be greater
than, equal to, or smaller than the heat transfer coefficient for part (a)?

(c) If the flow rate of part (a) were increased by a factor of 10, would there be a difference in flow
conditions at the tube exit? Would the value of the heat transfer coefficient at the tube exit be
greater than, equal to, or smaller than the heat transfer coefficient for part (a)?