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What will be an ideal response?


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Compute the average heat transfer coefficient hc for 10°C water flowing at 4 m/s in a long, 2.5-cm-ID pipe (surface temperature 40°C) by three different equations and compare your results. Also determine the pressure drop per meter length of pipe.

GIVEN
• Water flowing through a pipe
• Water temperature (Tb) = 10°C
• Water velocity (V) = 4 m/s
• Inside diameter of pipe (D) = 2.5 cm = 0.025 m
• Pipe surface temperature (Ts) = 40°C
FIND
(a) The average heat transfer coefficient ( h c) by 3 different equations.
(b) The pressure drop per meter length (?p/L)
ASSUMPTIONS
• Steady state
• Uniform and constant wall surface temperature
• Pipe wall is smooth
• Fully developed flow (L/D > 60)
SKETCH

PROPERTIES AND CONSTANTS
for water at 10°C
for water at 10°C
Density (?) = 999.7 kg/m3
Thermal conductivity (k) = 0.577 W/(m K)
Kinematic viscosity (?) = 1.300 × 10–6 m2/s
Prandtl number (Pr) = 9.5
Absolute viscosity (?b) = 1296 × 10–6 (Ns)/m2
At the surface temperature of 40°C ?s = 658 × 10–6 (Ns)/m2

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Which of the following types of interference will occur when the pulses in the figure above meet?

a. no interference b. constructive interference c. destructive interference d. total interference

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