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Consider steady one-dimensional heat transfer through a plane wall exposed to convection from both sides to environments at known temperatures T∞1 and T∞2 with known heat transfer coefficients h1 and...
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Hot water at an average temperature of 90°C is flowing through a 15-m section of a cast iron pipe (k = 52 W/m⋅K) whose inner and outer diameters are 4 cm and 4.6 cm, respectively. The outer surface of...
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A long cylindrical wood log (k = 0.17 W/m⋅K and α = 1.28 × 10−7 m2/s) is 10 cm in diameter and is initially at a uniform temperature of 25°C. It is exposed to hot gases at 525°C in a fireplace with a...
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In a pharmaceutical plant, a copper pipe (kc = 400 W/mâ‹…K)with inner diameter of 20 mm and wall thickness of 2.5 mm is used for carrying liquid oxygen to a storage tank. The liquid ox...
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Long cylindrical AISI stainless steel rods (k = 7.74 Btu/h⋅ft⋅°F and α = 0.135 ft2/h) of 4-in diameter are heat treated by drawing them at...
See AnswerQ: Liquid hydrogen is flowing through an insulated pipe (k = 23
Liquid hydrogen is flowing through an insulated pipe (k = 23 W/m⋅K, Di = 3 cm, Do = 4 cm, and L = 20 m). The pipe is situated in a chemical plant, where the average air temperature is 40°C. The convec...
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