PROBLEM3.

42
KNOWN: Temperature dependence of tube wall thermal conductivity.
FIND: Expressions for heat transfer per unit length and tube wall thermal (conduction)
resistance.
SCHEMATIC:
ASSUMPTIONS: (1) Steady-state conditions, (2) One-dimensional radial conduction, (3)
No internal heat generation.
ANALYSIS: From Eq. 3.29, the appropriate form of Fouriers law is
( )
( )
r r
r
r o
dT dT
q kA k 2 rL
dr dr
dT
q 2 kr
dr
dT
q 2 rk 1 aT .
dr
t
t
t
= =
' =
' = +
Separating variables,
( )
r
o
q dr
k 1 aT dT
2 r t
'
= +
and integrating across the wall, find
( )
( )
( )
o o
i i
T
o
T
i
r T
r
o
r T
2
o r
o
i
2 2 o r
o o i o
i
i
q dr
k 1+aT dT
2 r
r q aT
ln k T
2 r 2
r q a
ln k T T T T
2 r 2
t
t
t
'
=
(
'
= + (
(

'
(
= +
(

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( )
( )
( )
o i
r o o i
o i
T T
a
q 2 k 1 T T .
2 ln r / r
t

(
' = + +
(

<
It follows that the overall thermal resistance per unit length is
( )
( )
o i i o
t
r
o o i
ln r / r T T
R .
a q
2 k 1 T T
2
t

' = =
' (
+ +
(

<
COMMENT: Note the necessity of the stated assumptions to treating
r
q' as independent of r.