Water flows through a cast steel pipe (k = 50 W m.K, ε = 0.8) with an outer diameter of 104mm and 2 mm wall thickness. Calculate the heat loss (convection and radiation) per meter length of uninsulated pipe when the water temperature is 90 oC, the outside air temperature is -10 oC, the water side heat transfer coefficient is 300 W m2.K and theoutside heat transfer coefficient is 20 W/m^2K.

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Answer:

The heat loss per unit length is   [tex]\frac{Q}{L} = 2981 W/m[/tex]

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

     The outer diameter of the pipe is [tex]d = 104mm = \frac{104}{1000} = 0.104 m[/tex]

     The thickness is  [tex]D = 2mm = \frac{2}{1000} = 0.002m[/tex]  

      The temperature  of water is  [tex]T = 90^oC = 90 + 273 = 363K[/tex]  

      The outside air temperature is [tex]T_a = -10^oC = -10 +273 = 263K[/tex]

        The water side heat transfer coefficient is [tex]z_1 = 300 W/ m^2 \cdot K[/tex]

       The  heat transfer coefficient is  [tex]z_2 = 20 W/m^2 \cdot K[/tex]

The heat lost per unit length is mathematically represented as

           [tex]\frac{Q}{L} = \frac{2 \pi (T - Ta)}{ \frac{ln [\frac{d}{D} ]}{z_1} + \frac{ln [\frac{d}{D} ]}{z_2}}[/tex]

Substituting values

         [tex]\frac{Q}{L} = \frac{2 * 3.142 (363 - 263)}{ \frac{ln [\frac{0.104}{0.002} ]}{300} + \frac{ln [\frac{0.104}{0.002} ]}{20}}[/tex]

           [tex]\frac{Q}{L} = \frac{628}{0.2107}[/tex]

           [tex]\frac{Q}{L} = 2981 W/m[/tex]