GATE ME 2014 Set 4 — Question 55
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Question
Water flows through a tube of diameter at an average velocity of . The properties of water are , , , . Using , the convective heat transfer coefficient (in ) is _______
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4600 to 4625
Solution
To find the convective heat transfer coefficient (), we follow these steps:
The value falls within the specified range of to .
1.Calculate the Reynolds number ():
Given:2.Calculate the Nusselt number () using the given correlation:
Given :3.Calculate the convective heat transfer coefficient ():
Given :The value falls within the specified range of to .
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