2.

A 6-m-long section of an 8-cm-diameter horizontal hot water pipe passes through a large

room whose temperature is 20 0C. If the outer surface temperature of the pipe is 70 0C,

determine the rate of heat loss from the pipe by natural convection.

Assume P= 1 atm

Tf = ( T +T ∞ ) = ( 70+2 ) =45° C ( Table A-15)

2 2

D= Lc= 0.08m
k= 0.02699 W/m.ͦ C
Pr= 0.7241
v= 1.749x10-5m²
ß= 1 = 1
Tf 318 K

m2 1
) 3
Ra = GrPr= gβ Ts−T2 ∞ Lc Pr
( ( 9.81 )( )
s 318
K ( 70−20 K ) ( 0.008 m3 )
x 0.7241
2
v −5

( 1.749 x s10 m2 )
= 1.869 x 106

2
 0.387 Ra D
1/ 6

Nu  0.6 
Nu for horizontal cylinder =
 
1  (0.559 / Pr) 9 / 16  8 / 27 


0.387 ( 1.869 x 106 )

=

[ 0.6+

[(
1+
0.559

( 0.7241 )
9
16 )) ❑27
8

]
= 17.40
Q = h As (T + T∞)

h = ( kNu )
Lc
 W
(
= 0.02699 m .0 Cx 17.40 )
0.08 m
= 5.869W/m2.°C
As = πDL
= π(0.08m)(6m)
= 1.508 m²
Q = (5.869W/m2.°C) (1.508 m²)(70-20°C)

=443W

Hence, the rate of heat loss from the pipe by natural convection is 443 W.