Questions from Thermal Fluid Science


Q: Electricity is generated and transmitted in power lines at a frequency of

Electricity is generated and transmitted in power lines at a frequency of 50 Hz (1 Hz = 1 cycle per second). Determine the wavelength of the electromagnetic waves generated by the passage of electrici...

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Q: A heat exchanger contains 400 tubes with inner diameter of 23 mm

A heat exchanger contains 400 tubes with inner diameter of 23 mm and outer diameter of 25 mm. The length of each tube is 3.7 m. The corrected log mean temperature difference is 23°C, while the inner s...

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Q: Consider a 30-cm-diameter hemispherical enclosure. The dome

Consider a 30-cm-diameter hemispherical enclosure. The dome is maintained at 600 K, and heat is supplied from the dome at a rate of 65 W while the base surface with an emissivity of 0.55 is maintained...

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Q: A single-pass heat exchanger is to be designed to heat

A single-pass heat exchanger is to be designed to heat 100,000 lbm of water in an hour from 60°F to 100°F by condensation of water vapor at 230°F on the shell side. Each tube has an inner diameter of...

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Q: A furnace is shaped like a long semicylindrical duct of diameter D

A furnace is shaped like a long semicylindrical duct of diameter D = 15 ft. The base and the dome of the furnace have emissivities of 0.5 and 0.9 and are maintained at uniform temperatures of 550 and...

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Q: Determine a positive real root of this equation using appropriate software:

Determine a positive real root of this equation using appropriate software: 2x3 − 10x0.5 − 3x = −3

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Q: Consider the flow of engine oil (cp = 2048 J/

Consider the flow of engine oil (cp = 2048 J/kgâ‹…K) through a thin-walled copper tube at a rate of 0.3 kg/s. The engine oil that enters the copper tube at an inlet temperature of 80&A...

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Q: Air is flowing between two infinitely large parallel plates. The upper

Air is flowing between two infinitely large parallel plates. The upper plate is at 500 K and has an emissivity of 0.7, while the lower plate is a black surface with temperature at 330 K. If the air te...

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Q: In a parallel-flow heat exchanger, hot fluid enters the

In a parallel-flow heat exchanger, hot fluid enters the heat exchanger at a temperature of 150°C and a mass flow rate of 3 kg/s. The cooling medium enters the heat exchanger at a temperature of 30°C w...

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Q: Two very long concentric cylinders of diameters D1 = 0.35

Two very long concentric cylinders of diameters D1 = 0.35 m and D2 = 0.5 m are maintained at uniform temperatures of T1 = 950 K and T2 = 500 K and have emissivities ε1 = 1 and ε2 = 0.55, respectively....

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