An oil preheater consists of a single tube of 30-mm diameter and 7-m length, with its...
Engine oil is heated by flowing through a circular tube of diameter D = 50 mm and length L = 25 m and whose surface is maintained at 150 oC. The flow rate and inlet temperature of the oil are 0.5 kg/s and 20 oC. a. Estimate the outlet temperature Tm,o. B. Average Nusselt number C. Estimate the total heat transfer rate q for the tube.
(40 points) Engine oil flows at a rate of 1 kg/s through a 5-mm diameter smooth straight tube. The oil has an inlet temperature of 47°C and it is desired to heat the oil to a mean temperature of 87°C at the exit of the tube. The surface of the tube is maintained at 150°C. Assuming the flow is fully developed both hydrodynamically and thermally, determine the required length of the tube. Note: by calculating Reynolds number at the entrance...
part b only please8.12 Dry, compressed air at Tm,i 75°C, p- 1o atm, with a mass flow rate of a 30-mm-diameter, 5-m-long tube whose surface is at T, 25°C. 0.001 kg/s, enters (a) Determine the thermal entry length, the mean temperature of the air at the tube outlet, the rate of heat transfer from the air to the tube wall, and the power required to flow the air through the tube. For these conditions the fully developed heat transfer coefficient is...
PROBLEM #3 (30 points) A shell-and (N 20) is used to heat vegetable oil on the shell side using hot water on tethat side. is Lp- 3.0 m). Each copper tube has dimensions of 15.56-mm ID and 19.05-mm OD and thermal conductivity of copper is 390 W/m-K. Water at a total flow rate of 3.33 kg/s enters the tubes of the heat exchanger at 360 K and leaves at 300 K The inlet and outlet temperatures of oil are 290...