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    4.) Convection

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    This document provides a problem, solution, and calculations for determining the rate of heat transfer for a horizontal cylinder suspended in water. The key steps are: 1) Identify the given parameters such as cylinder dimensions, water properties, and temperatures. 2) Calculate density at the cylinder surface and wall temperatures using interpolation of water property tables. 3) Determine the Grashof number, Prandtl number, and Nusselt number using the appropriate equations. 4) Calculate the heat transfer coefficient and then the rate of heat transfer from the cylinder to the water.

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    This document provides a problem, solution, and calculations for determining the rate of heat transfer for a horizontal cylinder suspended in water. The key steps are: 1) Identify the given parameters such as cylinder dimensions, water properties, and temperatures. 2) Calculate density at the cylinder surface and wall temperatures using interpolation of water property tables. 3) Determine the Grashof number, Prandtl number, and Nusselt number using the appropriate equations. 4) Calculate the heat transfer coefficient and then the rate of heat transfer from the cylinder to the water.

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    This document provides a problem, solution, and calculations for determining the rate of heat transfer for a horizontal cylinder suspended in water. The key steps are: 1) Identify the given parameters such as cylinder dimensions, water properties, and temperatures. 2) Calculate density at the cylinder surface and wall temperatures using interpolation of water property tables. 3) Determine the Grashof number, Prandtl number, and Nusselt number using the appropriate equations. 4) Calculate the heat transfer coefficient and then the rate of heat transfer from the cylinder to the water.

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    This document provides a problem, solution, and calculations for determining the rate of heat transfer for a horizontal cylinder suspended in water. The key steps are: 1) Identify the given parameters such as cylinder dimensions, water properties, and temperatures. 2) Calculate density at the cylinder surface and wall temperatures using interpolation of water property tables. 3) Determine the Grashof number, Prandtl number, and Nusselt number using the appropriate equations. 4) Calculate the heat transfer coefficient and then the rate of heat transfer from the cylinder to the water.

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    4.

    ) Convection

    Problem:
    A horizontal cylinder, 3.0 cm in diameter and 0.8 m length,is suspended in
    water at 20°C. Calculate the rate of heat transfer if the cylinder surface is at 55°C.
    Given Nu = 0.53 (NGr x NPr)1/4 The properties of water at average temperature are
    as follows:Density= 990 kg/m3 Viscosity= 2.47 kg/hr·m Thermal conductivity, k =
    0.534 kcal/hr·m·°C Cp = 1 kcal/kg·°C [Answer: Q=2181.6W]

    Solution:
    Using the VBA and the Perry’s Handbook, we can solve this problem.
    First, determine the given and convert the diameter into meter to have
    coherence with other parameters. Using the given namely; Length, diameter,
    surrounding temperature, wall temperature, density, viscosity, thermal conductivity
    and specific heat, we can find the rate of Heat transfer inside the horizontal cylinder.
    We need to find first the density of the water at the temperature of 20°C and
    55°C. As we can see at the figure below, we can have the density using interpolation.
    To be precise on the density, we will use the data in the Perry’s Chemical
    Engineering Handbook. You’ll need to put your upper limit and lower limit in terms of
    Temperature (Kelvin) and with their corresponding density. We can see that the unit
    in the density is in mol/dm3 but in the yellow box, the interpolated value is in kg/m3.
    Thanks to the VBA, we could also convert values. In order to solve the density, after
    you put the limits click the “Click to Interpolate” command button and excel will do
    the interpolation.
    The figure below shows the code for the interpolation for the surface
    temperature (same procedure was used also for the interpolation of the wall
    temperature). The code also shows the conversion of the mol/dm3 to kg/m3.

    In order to solve for the rate of heat transfer, we will use the VBA from the
    Excel. First we made a symbol for the variables in the excel (shown below). We need
    ���− ���
    to find the beta (β) using the equation, ∆�(��−��) . The ρTs is the density of the surface
    temperature at 20°C while ρTw is the density of the wall temperature at 55°C. The Δρ
    is the average density.
    We will now solve for the Grashof Number and the Prandalt number.
    Converting the viscosity (“mu” was used as the code in the VBA) in to kg/m∙s and the
    specific heat (“Cp” was used as the code in the VBA) in to J/ kg °C. The formula in
    (�3 �2��∆�)
    finding the Grashof Number (Gr), �� = �2

    ���
    The prandalt number can be solve using the equation, �� = �
    . And for the
    1
    Nusselt Number, 0.053(��� × ��� ) 4

    �� �
    We can now solve for the heat coefficient using the equation, ℎ = �
    .
    When you find out the heat coefficient, we can now solve for the rate of heat transfer.
    � = ℎ���(∆�)
    All the calculated values were also included in excel with the yellow box and
    the green box indicates the final answer. (Base on the Legend)

    If you change any variable in the white box, you need to click the “Click to
    solve” command button to make changes. There is also the “Delete All” command
    button that when you click it, it will delete the variables inside the white, yellow and
    green box.

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