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Water is to be heated from 10°C to 80°C as it flows through a 2-cm-internal-diameter, 13-m-long tube. The tube is equipped with an electric resistance heater, which provides uniform heating throughout...
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A 9-m3 tank contains nitrogen at 17°C and 600 kPa. Some nitrogen is allowed to escape until the pressure in the tank drops to 400 kPa. If the temperature at this point is 15°C, determine the amount of...
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Consider two concentric horizontal cylinders of diameters 55 cm and 65 cm and length 125 cm. The surfaces of the inner and outer cylinders are maintained at 54°C and 106°C, respectively. Determine the...
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Consider a fluid with a Prandtl number of 7 flowing through a smooth circular tube. Using the Colburn, Petukhov, and Gnielinski equations, determine the Nusselt numbers for Reynolds numbers at 3500,10...
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Two concentric spheres with diameters of 5 cm and 10 cm have their surface temperatures maintained at 100°C and 200°C, respectively. The enclosure between the two concentric sphe...
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The hot water needs of a household are to be met by heating water at 55°F to 180°F with a parabolic solar collector at a rate of 5 lbm/s. Water flows through a 1.25-in-diameter t...
See AnswerQ: Two concentric spheres of diameters 15 cm and 25 cm are separated
Two concentric spheres of diameters 15 cm and 25 cm are separated by air at 1 atm pressure. The surface temperatures of the two spheres enclosing the air are T1 = 350 K and T2 = 275 K, respectively. D...
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During air cooling of potatoes, the heat transfer coefficient for combined convection, radiation, and evaporation is determined experimentally to be as shown: Consider an 8-cm-diameter potato initiall...
See AnswerQ: Reconsider Prob. 20–76. Using appropriate software, plot
Reconsider Prob. 20–76. Using appropriate software, plot the rate of natural convection heat transfer as a function of the hot surface temperature of the sphere as the temperature varies from 250 K to...
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Air (1 atm) enters into a 5-cm-diameter circular tube at 20°C with an average velocity of 5 m/s. The tube wall is maintained at a constant surface temperature of 160°C, and the outlet mean temperature...
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