Solutions to ME3122 Quiz 2

Question 1
Water at 20C flows inside a tube of diameter 50mm and length 20 m at a rate of 6 kg/s. The
pressure drop along the pipe is measured to be 41 kPa. Determine the friction factor and thence
estimate the heat transfer coefficient between the tube and the water. The properties of water
may be evaluated at 20C.
(35 Marks)

Solution:
Given pressure drop,
From saturated water-steam table
@ 20
o
C

m
3
/kg

,
Pr =6.95,
.

) = 3.0613 m/s
Therefore,

> 2000 (Turbulent flow)
Using Darcy eqn for pipe flow,

,
(

)
20
o
C @
6kg/s


20m


Using the Reynolds-Colburn analogy for heat transfer in turbulent flow in pipes,

,
where,

Therefore,

Question 2
For laminar flow of a fluid of constant properties over an isothermal flat plate of surface
temperature

and length L, if the free stream velocity

is doubled, how much would the heat

transfer rate from the plate be increased by, assuming that the flow is still laminar despite the
increased velocity?
(25 Marks)
Solution:
3
1
2
1
664 0 Pr Re . Nu
L L
=
Therefore,
3
1
2
1
664 0 Pr
L u
.
k
L h
L
|
.
|

\
|
=

v

Let 2
2
2 L h u u


=
Therefore,
3
1
2
1
2
2
664 0 Pr
L u
.
k
L h
L
|
.
|

\
|
=

v

Therefore,

= =
|
.
|

\
|
=
L L
L
h . h Pr
L u
.
k
L h
414 1 2 664 0 2
3
1
2
1
2
v

Therefore, L h

is increased by 41.4%
Since, ( )

= T T h q
w
L
"
and constant =

T T
w

Therefore,
"
q is increased by 41.4%

Question 3
Oil flows at a rate of 0.02 kg/s inside a 4-m-long, 40mm x 10mm rectangular conduit which is
heated by a uniform wall heat flux of 1000 W/m
2
. The inlet temperature of the oil is 50C. The
properties of the oil are given as follows and assumed to be constant:
487. Pr and kg/m 850 W/m.K, 14 0 J/kg.K, 2130 kg/m.s, 032 . 0
3
= = = = = . k c
p

Assuming hydrodynamically and thermally fully developed flow, determine the average heat
transfer coefficient between the conduit and the oil, and the outlet temperature of the oil.
(40 Marks)
Solution:
m 16 0
1 0
01 0 04 0 4
.
.
. .
D
H
=

=

m 4 = L

m/s. 10 88 . 5
kg/s 02 . 0 01 . 0 04 . 0 850
2
=
= = =
u
u u A m

low) (Laminar F 0 200 0 25
032 0
016 0 10 88 5 850
2
< =

= =

.
.
. . D u
Re
H

44 4.
k
hD
Nu
H
D
= =


K W/m 85 38 016 0 14 0 44 4
2
. . / . . h = =

2
W/m 1000 = " q

W 400 4 01 0 04 0 2 1000 = + = = ) . . ( A " q q

W 400
1 2
= = ) T T ( c m q
b b p

C 4 59 4 9 50
2130 02 0
400
50
O
2
. .
.
T
b
= + =

+ =