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Heat Transfer: Lecture 27: Natural Convection

This document discusses natural convection and heat transfer. It provides examples of calculating heat transfer rates from vertical fins, insulated ducts, and pipes. It examines the effects of insulation thickness, temperature differences, material properties, and convection on surface temperatures and heat loss/gain rates. Radiative heat transfer is also considered in some examples. Step-by-step workings are shown for determining temperatures, heat transfer coefficients, and total heat transfer rates.

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Heat Transfer: Lecture 27: Natural Convection

This document discusses natural convection and heat transfer. It provides examples of calculating heat transfer rates from vertical fins, insulated ducts, and pipes. It examines the effects of insulation thickness, temperature differences, material properties, and convection on surface temperatures and heat loss/gain rates. Radiative heat transfer is also considered in some examples. Step-by-step workings are shown for determining temperatures, heat transfer coefficients, and total heat transfer rates.

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HEAT TRANSFER

Lecture 27: Natural Convection

April 8 2020
The rem
Fin width,
75 mm
insulated

Problem I
(b) Vertical fins, 5 mm thick, 75 mm wide, and 500 mm
long, can easily be welded to the lateral surface.
What is the heat removal rate by free convection if ε, T2
30 such fins are attached? T1

9.35 Airflow through a long, 0.2-m-square air conditioning


duct maintains the outer duct surface temperature at
10!C. If the horizontal duct is uninsulated and exposed
to air at 35!C in the crawlspace beneath a home, what is
the heat gain per unit length of the duct?
Conside
9.36 Consider the conditions of Example 9.3, including the planform
effect of adding insulation of thickness t and thermal formed u
conductivity k " 0.035 W/m ! K to the duct. We wish suremen
to now include the effect of radiation on the outer sur- sample
face temperatures and the total heat loss per unit length respectiv
of duct. the therm
(a) If Ts,1 " 45!C, t " 25 mm, ! " 1, and Tsur " 288 K, 9.40 Convect
what are the temperatures of the side, top, and bot- zontal s
tom surfaces? What are the corresponding heat gage wh
losses per unit length of duct? tempera
(b) For the top surface, compute and plot T and q# as a figuratio
Problem I: Solution
Problem I: Solution
Problem I: Solution
as much heat as
outer surface. Using this result and recognizing that ent air. In this
the tube surface temperature is not known, determine the methods for hea
water outlet temperature, the total heat transfer rate,

Problem II
and the time required to completely liquefy the paraffin,
for the prescribed conditions. Thermophysical properties
associated with the liquid state of the paraffin are
k ! 0.15 W/m ! K, ! ! 8 # 10$4 K$1, " ! 770 kg/m3,
# ! 5 # 10$6 m2/s, and $ ! 8.85 # 10$8 m2/s.
9.58 A horizontal tube of 12.5-mm diameter with an outer
surface temperature of 240"C is located in a room with
an air temperature of 20"C. Estimate the heat transfer
rate per unit length of the tube due to free convection.
9.59 Saturated steam at 4 bars absolute pressure with a mean
velocity of 3 m/s flows through a horizontal pipe whose
inner and outer diameters are 55 and 65 mm, respec-
(a) For rotating
tively. The heat transfer coefficient for the steam flow is
estimating th
known to be 11,000 W/m2 ! K.
(a) If the pipe is covered with a 25-mm-thick layer of Nu
85% magnesia insulation and is exposed to atmos- (ReD & 4.
pheric air at 25"C, determine the rate of heat transfer
by free convection to the room per unit length of the where ReD ! %
pipe. If the steam is saturated at the inlet of the pipe, (rad/s). Determi
estimate its quality at the outlet of a pipe 30 m long. maximum heat r
(b) Net radiation to the surroundings also contributes tional speed in th
to heat loss from the pipe. If the insulation has a (b) Estimate th
Problem II: Solution
Problem II: Solution

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