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CHE228 Tutorial 12 - Forced Convection Internal Flow A

1. The document provides 4 practice problems related to forced convection in internal flow. Problem 1 asks to determine mean velocity, hydrodynamic entry length, and thermal entry length for 3 fluids flowing in a 20 mm diameter tube. Problem 2 asks to calculate heat transfer rate from hot water in a steel pipe to an external cross-flowing air stream. Problem 3 asks to determine outlet temperature if flowrate is doubled for a hot fluid in a tube with cross-flow cooling. Problem 4 asks to sketch temperature profiles and compare exit temperatures for developed and undeveloped flow with constant heat flux.

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CHE228 Tutorial 12 - Forced Convection Internal Flow A

1. The document provides 4 practice problems related to forced convection in internal flow. Problem 1 asks to determine mean velocity, hydrodynamic entry length, and thermal entry length for 3 fluids flowing in a 20 mm diameter tube. Problem 2 asks to calculate heat transfer rate from hot water in a steel pipe to an external cross-flowing air stream. Problem 3 asks to determine outlet temperature if flowrate is doubled for a hot fluid in a tube with cross-flow cooling. Problem 4 asks to sketch temperature profiles and compare exit temperatures for developed and undeveloped flow with constant heat flux.

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ChE 228/511 Process Heat Transfer

Tutorial 12 Forced convection: Internal flow A

1. Problem 8.6: Consider three fluids: (i) pressurised water, (ii) engine oil (unused) and (iii)
molten 22%/78% NaK (a liquid metal) flowing separately in 20 mm diameter tubes. The mass
flowrate for each is 0.01 kg/s and the fluids are at 366 K. Determine in each case the mean
velocity, the hydrodynamic entry length, and the thermal entry length.

2. Problem 8.57: A thick walled steel pipe (k = 60 W/mK) carrying hot water is cooled
externally by a cross flow air stream at a velocity of 20 m/s and a temperature of 25C. The
inner and outer diameters of the pipe are Di = 20 mm and Do = 25 mm, respectively. At a
certain location along the pipe, the mean temperature of the water is 80C. Assuming the flow
inside the tube is fully developed with a Reynolds number of 20,000, find the heat transfer
rate to the air stream per unit pipe length.

3. Problem 8.53: A hot fluid passes through a thin-walled tube of 10 mm diameter and 1 m
length, and a coolant at T = 25C is in cross flow over the tube. When the flowrate is m =
18 kg/h and the inlet temperature is Tm,i = 85C, the outlet temperature is Tm,o = 78C.
Assuming fully developed flow and thermal conditions in the tube, determine the
outlet temperature Tm,o if the flowrate is increased by a factor of 2. That is, m
= 36 kg/h, with
all other conditions the same. The thermophysical properties of the hot fluid are =
1079 kg/m3, cp = 2637 J/kgK, = 0.0034 Pa.s and k = 0.261 W/mK.
4. Problem 8.12 (Extra question only if you have time): Consider flow in a circular tube.
Within the test section length (between locations 1 and 2) a constant heat flux q s is
maintained.

(a) For the following two cases, sketch the surface temperature Ts(x) and the fluid mean
temperature Tm(x) as a function of distance along the test section x. In case A, flow is
hydrodynamically and thermally fully developed. In case B, flow is not developed.
(b) Assuming the surface flux q s and the inlet mean temperature Tm,1 are identical in
both cases, will the exit mean temperature Tm,2 for case A be greater than, equal to, or
less than Tm,2 for case B? Briefly explain why.

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