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Pipe Heat Loss Coefficients

Pipe Heat Loss Coefficients

Pipe Heat Loss Coefficients

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I am examining the effects of axial air flow over an oil pipe with respect to the rate of heat loss. I am having trouble finding equations or tables that will give overall or convective heat coefficients with an axial air flow. I have access to a very poor library so book references do not help me very much. Does anyone have any knowledge about how heat transfer would differ between air flow in the pipe's axial direction versus perpendicular flow?

Thanks

RE: Pipe Heat Loss Coefficients

Trickey - I would say, as I have on other posts to get "Heat Transfer" by Holman. I think that the principles are too much to put down in this forum. You must get a book to understand this properly or in the last resort use the net where I doubt you will find sufficient detail.

RE: Pipe Heat Loss Coefficients

Treat the outside coefficient as if it were a flat plate (unroll it).  Calculate the inner coefficient as if it were still a cylinder though.  Combine the inner, wall and outer resistances to determine your overall heat transfer coefficient (sounds easy when you say it three times fast).  You will certianly have to do this in segments along the length of the tube ***IF*** you have a significant temperature rise to accommodate changes in temperature/properties when calculating your heat transfer.  BTW, I am assuming that you can ignore natural convection, but if not, just superimpose the natural convection and forced convection heat transfer coefficients when calculating your overall heat transfer coefficient (add the natural and forced convection values together).  Note that if you choose not to do this calculation in segments that you need to use arithmetic temperature averages for your property calculations and iterate until your assumed values are close to your calculated values.  I would make sure that you do not have really large changes in temperature if you are going to take this approach (look at how much the fluid property values change on both sides and use good judgement).  If you do not have a large temperature change, your calculations will be easier and reasonably accurate even without iterating on the asnswer.

Bob

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