The heat transfer rate from hot air by convection at 100°C flowing over one side of a flat plate with dimensions 0.1-m by 0.5-m is determined to be 125 W when the surface of the plate is kept at 30°C. What is the average convective heat transfer coefficient between the plate and the air?

GIVEN

• Flat plate, 0.1-m by 0.5-m, with hot air flowing over it

• Temperature of plate surface (Ts) = 30°C

• Air temperature (T?) = 100°C

• Rate of heat transfer (q) = 125 W

FIND

• The average convective heat transfer coefficient, hc, between the plate and the air

ASSUMPTION

• Steady state conditions exist

SKETCH


For convection the rate of heat transfer is given



Solving this for the convective heat transfer coefficient yields

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