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- Air at temperature of 120 °C is contained in a thin-wall steel tube with heat-transfer coefficient 65 W/(m? K). The inside and outside diameters of the tube are 2.5 cm and 2.58 cm, respectively. The thermal conductivity of the steel is 18 W/m K. The tube is exposed to an environment with heat-transfer coefficient 6.5 W/(m K) and temperature 15 °C. Calculate the overall heat-transfer coefficient. O a. 5.9 W/(m² K) O b. 9.5 W/(m? K) O c. 59 W/(m? K) O d. 95 W/(m? K)arrow_forwardThe outer surface of an oil heater at a uniform temperature of 100°C is to be filled with straight rectangular fins having a uniform thermal conductivity of 180 W/m.K. The ambient air temperature is 25°C and the heat transfer coefficient is 100 W/m².K. The fin thickness t-1mm, width w= 1m and its length is L= 10mm. If the heat transfer from the tip of the fin by convection, calculate fin efficiency and effectiveness. Tь =100 с Too = 25°C h = 100 W/m2-K L = 10 mm Air k= 180 W/m-K t = 1 mmarrow_forwardA hot surface at 100 °C is to be cooled by attaching 3-cm-long, 0.25-cm-diameter aluminum pin fins to it, with a center-to-center distance of 0.6 cm, as shown in Fig. 2. The temperature of the surrounding medium is 30 °C, and the heat transfer coefficient on the surfaces is 35 W/m2 K. Determine: the rate of heat transfer from the surface for a 10-cm x 10-cm section of plate, the overall effectiveness of the fins. i ii 3 cm 0.6 cm 0.25 cm Fig. 2arrow_forward
- Water flows at 50°C inside a 2.5-cm-inside-diameter tube such that h, =3500 W/m²'C. The tube has a wall thickness of 0.8 mm with a thermal conductivity of 16 W/m C. The outside of the tube loses heat by free convection with h. =7.6W/m²C. Calculate the overall heat-transfer coefficient and heat loss per unit length to surrounding air at 20 C.arrow_forwardAn aluminum fins 1.5 cm wide and 1 mm thick are placed on a 2.5 cm diameter tube to dissipate the heat . The tube surface temperature is 170 oC . Calculate the heat loss per fin for h= 130 W/m2 .oC for aluminum.arrow_forwardA hot-water pipe (k = 50 W/m K) for house heating in winter season, made of 3/4-inch schedule 40 pipe (OD = 25.5 mm; thickness = 2.0 mm) is 10 meters long and contains water at 60 C. The air around the pipe is at 20C. The heat transfer coefficient inside and outside the pipe are 1,120 W/m2 K and 15 W/m2 K, respectively. Insulation with thermal conductivity of 20 W/m K is to be added to the pipe. Determine the heat loss from the pipe due to insulation of 120 mm thick.arrow_forward
- A central heating system from a house consists of 50m of 15mm outside diameter copper pipe with a wall thickness of 1mm. This pipe is used to distribute water at a temperature of 70 degrees C. Calculate the rate of heat loss from the length of pipe if it is fitted with a 15mm radial thickness of insulation. Take the ambient air temperature to be 15 degrees C and the internal and external surface heat transfer coefficients to be 100 W/m².K and 8 W/m2.K respectively. The thermal conductivity of the copper is known to be 400 W/m.K and 0.05 W/m.K for the insulation. State your answer correct to three significant figures in Watts. Assume steady state radial heat transfer. Answer: Ensure that you consider the overall effects of radial heat transfer through conduction and convection. Additionally ensure that you consider the overall length of the copper pipe.arrow_forwardA central heating system from a house consists of 50m of 15mm outside diameter copper pipe with a wall thickness of 1mm. This pipe is used to distribute water at a temperature of 70 degrees C. Calculate the rate of heat loss from the length of pipe if it is fitted with a 15mm radial thickness of insulation. Take the ambient air temperature to be 15 degrees C and the internal and external surface heat transfer coefficients to be 100 W/m².K and 8 W/m?.K respectively. The thermal conductivity of the copper is known to be 400 W/m.K and 0.05 W/m.K for the insulation. State your answer correct to three significant figures in Watts. Assume steady state radial heat transfer.arrow_forwardSteam at a temperature of 200 °C flows through a pipe of 5 cm inside diameter and 6 cm outside diameter. The length of the pipe is 30 m. If the steady rate of heat loss per unit length of the pipe is 2 W/m, calculate the heat fluxes at the inner and outer surfaces of the pipe. (12.7 W/m²; 10.6 W/m²)arrow_forward
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- Principles of Heat Transfer (Activate Learning wi...Mechanical EngineeringISBN:9781305387102Author:Kreith, Frank; Manglik, Raj M.Publisher:Cengage Learning