NATURAL CONVECTION

BY

AMIT KAKKAR
M.S. (GOLD MEDALIST) (FLUIDS & THERMAL) (IIT/D)
B.E. (MECHANICAL) (GOLD MEDALIST)
PHYSICS (GOLD MEDALIST)
 QUESTION:1

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A 320 cm high vertical pipe at 1500C wall

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temperature is in room with still air at 100C.

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This pipe supplies heat at a rate of 8 kW

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into the room air by natural convection.
Assuming laminar flow, find the height of

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the pipe needed to supply 1 kw heat.
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 QUESTION:2

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A 30 cm long glass plate is hung vertically in the air at 270C while
its temperature is maintained at 770C. Calculate the boundary

relation in free convection.

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layer thickness at the trailing edge of the plate. Use the following

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𝛿𝑳 = 𝒙[𝟑. 𝟗𝟑𝑷𝒓𝟏/𝟐 𝟎. 𝟗𝟓𝟐 + 𝑷𝒓 𝟏/𝟒 𝑮𝒓&𝟏/𝟒 ]

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If the similar plate is placed in wind tunnel and air is blown over it
at a velocity of 4 m/s, estimate the boundary layer thickness at the

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trailing edge. Properties of air at film temperature are:

K=0.02815 W/m-K, 𝜈=18.41×10-6 m2/s, Pr=0.7, 𝛃=3.07×10-3 K-1

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 QUESTION:3

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Calculate the convective heat loss from the radiator 0.5 m wide and 1 m

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high maintained at the temperature of 840C in a room of 200C.

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Treat the radiator as
the vertical plate. The properties of air at the film temperature are:

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K=0.02815 W/m-K, 𝜈=18.41×10-6 m2/s, Pr=0.7

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Use the following relation in turbulent flow:

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𝟏/𝟔 𝟐
𝟎. 𝟑𝟖𝟕𝑹𝒂𝑳
𝑵𝒖𝑳 = 𝟎. 𝟖𝟐𝟓 + 𝟖/𝟐𝟕
𝟎. 𝟒𝟗𝟐 𝟗/𝟏𝟔
𝟏+( )
𝑷𝒓
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 QUESTION:4

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A thin 80 cm long and 8 cm wide horizontal plate is maintained at

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a temperature of 1300C in a large tank full of water at 700C.

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Estimate the rate of heat input into the plate necessary to
maintained the temperature of 1300C. The properties of water at

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film temperature are:

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K=0.68 W/m-K, 𝜈=0.294×10-6 m2/s, 𝛃=0.75×10-3 K-1, cp=4216 J/kg-

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K, 𝜌=960.63 kg/m3, 𝜶=1.68×10-7 m2/s

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Use the following relations:
𝑵𝒖𝑳 = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟓 𝑹𝒂𝑳 𝟏/𝟑
𝑵𝒖𝑳 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟕 𝑹𝒂𝑳 𝟏/𝟒
(At Top Surface)
(At Bottom Surface)
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