Estimate the rate of heat loss per unit length from a 5-cm ID, 6-cm OD steel pipe covered with high-temperature insulation having a thermal conductivity of 0.11 W/(m K) and a thickness of 1.2 cm. Steam flows in the pipe. It has a quality of 99% and is at
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- Determine the rate of heat transfer per meter length to a light oil flowing through a 2.5-cm-ID, 60-cm-long copper tube at a velocity of 0.03 m/s. The oil enters the tube at 16C, and the tube is heated by steam condensing on its outer surface at atmospheric pressure with a heat transfer coefficient of 11.3 kW/m K. The properties of the oil at various temperatures are listed in the following table: Temperature, T(C) 15 30 40 65 100 (kg/m3) 912 912 896 880 864 c(kJ/kgK) 1.80 1.84 1.925 2.0 2.135 k(W/mK) 0.133 0.133 0.131 0.129 0.128 (kg/ms) 0.089 0.0414 0.023 0.00786 0.0033 Pr 1204 573 338 122 55arrow_forward3.10 A spherical shell satellite (3-m-OD, 1.25-cm-thick stainless steel walls) re-enters the atmosphere from outer space. If its original temperature is 38°C, the effective average temperature of the atmosphere is 1093°C, and the effective heat transfer coefficient is , estimate the temperature of the shell after reentry, assuming the time of reentry is 10 min and the interior of the shell is evacuated.arrow_forward(1) Steel tube with a thermal conductivity 50 WI(m-K), the outer diameter of 108 mm and the wall thickness of 5 mm, is covered with the three layer of insulation with a thickness of: 25 mm/ A, = 0,038 WI(m-K) 35 mm/ = 0,052 WI(m-K) 4 mm /Ag = 0,12 WI(m-K) The inner temperature of tube wall is twi=218°C and the outside surface of the second insulating layer tws = 76°C. Calculate the all unknown temperature on the contact layers and on the outside surface of the insulation.arrow_forward
- Calculate the overall heat transfer coefficients (based on inner and outer diameter) and the net heat loss from the pipe for a steel pipe covered with fiber glass insulation. The following data are given: ID of pipe = 2 cm; Thickness of pipe = 0.2 cm; Thickness of insulation = 2 cm; Heat Transfer Coefficient (inside) = 10 W/(m2-K); Heat Transfer Coefficient (outside) = 5 W/(m2-K); Conductivity of insulation = 0.05 W/(m-K); Conductivity of Steel = 46 W/(m-K); Inside fluid temperature = 200°C; Ambient Temperature = 30°C.arrow_forwardHot water at 160 ⁰C is passing through a pipe, and it is lagged with a plastic covering. The coefficient of thermal conduction of the plastic is 0.2 Wm-1K-1 and the heat transfer coefficient is 16 Wm-2K-1. The ambient temperature surrounding the pipe is 25 ⁰C. Determine the critical radius and hence the maximum heat loss. Calculate the heat loss for varying thicknesses of lagging and plot this against the thickness. From the graph, estimate an optimal thickness of lagging and explain your reasons. You can use Excel for the calculations and plotting.arrow_forwardIf the average connective heat transfer coefficient on the outer surfaçe of a tube (inner diameter = 9 mm, Length = 93 cm, thickness = 1.0 mm) is 82.4 W/m .K, What is the thermal conductivity (W/m.K) for an insulation material when the maximum possible insulation thickness is 7 mm?arrow_forward
- A steel duct whose internal diameter is 5.0 cm, and external diameter is 7.6 cm and thermal conductivity is: k = 15.0 (W/(m ºC)) is covered with an insulating material whose thickness is 2.0 cm and of thermal conductivity k = 0.2 (W/(m ºC)). A hot gas flows through the interior of the duct at a temperature of 330.0 ºC that generates a heat transfer coefficient by forced convection h=400.0 (W/(m^2 · ºC)). The outer surface of the insulating layer is exposed to air whose temperature is 30.0 ºC with forced convection heat transfer surface h = 60.0 (W/(m^2 · °C)). As a process engineer and in charge of company operations, you have been asked to: i. Determine the heat loss experienced by the pipe along 10.0 m.ii. The temperature drops that are generated in the different thermal resistances of the system. That is, on the air side, the duct wall and on the hot gas side.arrow_forwardHeat transfer through composite walls The wall of a refrigerated van is of 1.5 mm steel sheet at the outer surface, 10 mm plywood at the inner surface and 2 cm of glass-wool in between. Calculate the rate of heat flow if the temperatures of the inside and outside surfaces are -15⁰C and 24⁰C. Take k(steel) = 23.2 Wm-1K-1 k(glass-wool) = 0.014 Wm-1K-1 k(plywood) = 0.052 Wm-1K-1.arrow_forwardL. In. بريدك الإلكتروني Fins are used to improve heat transfer by increasing the effective * surface area TRUE O خیار 2 False A steel pipe with 50 mm OD is covered with a 6.4 mm asbestos insulation (k =0.166 W/m K) followed by a 25 mm layer of fibre glass insulation (k = 0.0485 W/m K). The pipe wall temperature is 393 K and the outside insulation temperature is 311 K. Calculate the interface temperature between the asbestos .and fibre glass إضافة ملف II >arrow_forward
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- Principles of Heat Transfer (Activate Learning wi...Mechanical EngineeringISBN:9781305387102Author:Kreith, Frank; Manglik, Raj M.Publisher:Cengage Learning