CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SERIES: HEAT TRANSFER

SOLVED PROBLEMS

A horizontal rod 5 mm in diameter is immersed in water maintaind at 18 C. If the rod surface

temperature is 56 C, estimate the free convection heat trasfer rate per unit length of the rod.

Source: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer 6 th edition, by Incropera, et al

SOLUTION:

NATURAL CONVECTION

For flow on isothermal horizontal cylinders, using equation 5-36 CHE HB 8th edition
2

{ }
0.387 RaD 1/ 6
L = 0.60+
Nu
9 /16 8 / 27

[ ( ) ]
1+
0.559
Pr

Water properties at film temperature

18+56
T f= =37 C=310 K
2

kg W kJ
=993.342 ; =693.54 Pa s ; k =0. 62605 ;C p=0.075294
m 3
mK mol K

kg

C
Pr= p =
( 0.075294
kJ
x
kmol 1,000mol
mol K 18 kg
x
1 kmol )
693.54 Pa s x ( 1 Pa
1 x 106 Pa
x
1
m s
Pa )
k kJ

( 0. 62605
W
x
1
s
m K 1,000W )
Pr=4.6339

D o3 f 2 g T o
Gr=
f 2

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SOLVED PROBLEMS

( 997.695984.3786 ) 3.536 x 104

= =
( 991.0368 ) ( 5618 ) K

Gr=
3
(
( 0.005 m ) 993.342
kg
m3 )( 3.536 x 104
K
m
)(
9.80665 2 ( 5618 ) K
s ) =33,789.44903
2
kg

( 693.54 Pa s x
1 Pa
6
1 x 10 Pa
x
1
m s
Pa s )
Ra=GrPr

Ra=( 33,789.44903 ) ( 4.6339 )=156,576.9279

1 /6 2

{ }
L = 0.60+ 0.387 (156,576.9279 )
Nu =10.4077
9/ 16 8/ 27

[ (
1+
0.559
4.6339 ) ]
L = hD
Nu
k

kJ

h=
(
( 10.4077 ) 0.62605
W
x
s
m K 1,000 W
=1.30315 2
kJ
1
)
0.005 m m Ks

q=hDL T

q kJ 1000W
L
(
= 1.30315 2
m K s
x
1
kJ
s
( 0.005 m )( 5618 ) K
)
q W
=777.85
L m

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