Questions from Thermal Fluid Science


Q: Reconsider Prob. 20–48. Using appropriate software, investigate

Reconsider Prob. 20–48. Using appropriate software, investigate the effect of the surface temperature of the steam pipe on the rate of heat loss from the pipe and the annual cost of...

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Q: Air enters an 18-cm-diameter, 12-m

Air enters an 18-cm-diameter, 12-m-long underwater duct at 50°C and 1 atm at a mean velocity of 7 m/s and is cooled by the water outside. If the average heat transfer coefficient is 65 W/m2⋅K and th...

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Q: What is buoyancy force? Compare the relative magnitudes of the buoyancy

What is buoyancy force? Compare the relative magnitudes of the buoyancy force acting on a body immersed in these media: (a) air, (b) water, (c) mercury, and (d) an evacuated chamber.

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Q: Combustion gases passing through a 5-cm-internal diameter circular

Combustion gases passing through a 5-cm-internal diameter circular tube are used to vaporize wastewater at atmospheric pressure. Hot gases enter the tube at 115 kPa and 250°C at a mean velocity of 5 m...

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Q: A 1.5-m-diameter, 4-m

A 1.5-m-diameter, 4-m-long cylindrical propane tank is initially filled with liquid propane, whose density is 581 kg/m3. The tank is exposed to the ambient air at 25°C in calm weather. The...

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Q: Repeat Prob. 19–63 for a heat transfer coefficient of

Repeat Prob. 19–63 for a heat transfer coefficient of 40 W/m2⋅K. Data from Prob. 19-63: Combustion gases passing through a 5-cm-internal diameter circular tube are used to vaporize wastewater at atm...

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Q: What is quality? Does it have any meaning in the superheated

What is quality? Does it have any meaning in the superheated vapor region?

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Q: Hot water is being transported in a horizontal pipe (k =

Hot water is being transported in a horizontal pipe (k = 0.15 W/m⋅K, Di = 2.5 cm, Do = 4.5 cm), where the pipe inner surface temperature is at 100°C. A length of 2 m of the pipe’s outer surface is exp...

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Q: Cooling water available at 10°C is used to condense steam

Cooling water available at 10°C is used to condense steam at 30°C in the condenser of a power plant at a rate of 0.15 kg/s by circulating the cooling water through a bank of 5-m-long, 1.2-cm internal...

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Q: Hot engine oil is being transported in a horizontal pipe (k

Hot engine oil is being transported in a horizontal pipe (k = 15 W/m⋅K, Di = 5 cm) with a wall thickness of 5 mm. The pipe is covered with a 5-mm-thick layer of insulation (k = 0.15 W/m⋅K). A length o...

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