CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SERIES: HEAT TRANSFER

SOLVED PROBLEMS

A stainless steel (AISI 304), k = 14.2 W/mK, tube used to transport a chilled pharmaceutical
has an inner diameter of 36 mm and a wall thickness of 2 mm. A 10-mm thick layer of calcium
silicate insulation (k = 0.05 W/mK) is applied to the tube. The pharmaceutical and ambient air
are at temperatures of 6 C and 23 C respectively, while the corresponding inner and outer
convection coefficients are 400 W/m2K and 6 W/m2K, respectively. What is the heat gain per
unit tube length.

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

SOLUTION:

Mode of Heat Transfer: conduction with resistances

in series + convection

T air T
q=
RT

RT =Rconv ,i + Rsteel + Rins + Rconv ,o

1 1 K m
Rconv ,i= = =0.0221
2 r i hi 18 W W
2 ( 1000 m )(400
m K) 2

r2 20 mm
ln ln
r1 18 mm K m
Rsteel= = =0.001181
2 k W W
2 14.2(m K )
r2 3 0 mm
ln ln
r1 20 mm K m
Rins = = =1.29064
2 k W W
(
2 0.05
m K )
1 1 K m
Rconv ,o = = =0.884194
2 r o ho 30 W W
2 ( 1000 m )(6
m K )
2

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SOLVED PROBLEMS

K m
RT =0.0221+0.001181+1.29064+ 0.884194=2.198115
W

T air T ( 236 ) K
q= =
RT K m
2.1981151
W

W
q=7.7339
m

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