CONVECTIVE

HEAT TRANSFER

Dr. Waheed Miran

SCME, NUST

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Types of convective heat transfer
Types of convective heat transfer
Newtons law of convective heat transfer
Rate of heat transfer per unit area is equal to the product
of heat transfer coefficient and temperature difference
between the heated surface and fluid far from the surface.
Units of heat transfer coeffecient
 Units of heat transfer coefficient
Example:

Answer: 2.156 kW
 Units of heat transfer coeffecient
Air at 20 °C blows over a hot plate 50 by 75 cm while maintained at
250 °C. The convection heat transfer coefficient is 25 W/m2·K.
Calculate the rate of heat transfer. What if heat transfer coefficient
for the system is very high or very low such as 200 W/m2·K and 0.1
W/m2·K respectively.
Heat transfer coefficient based on film
model
Heat transfer coefficient based on film
model
Comparison between Newton’s Law to Fourier’s Law or Physical
Interpretation of h

Thus, if we know the value of x then convective heat transfer could

be treated using conduction principle
Consider thickness of the film as Δx and k as the thermal conductivity
of the fluid (material of the film), then it may be written that

The main resistance to heat transfer is in this film. The heat transfer coefficient is sometimes
called film coefficient.
Heat transfer coefficients
Individual and overall transfer
coefficients
Individual and overall transfer
coefficients
Individual and overall transfer
coefficients
Individual and overall transfer
coefficients
Individual and overall heat transfer
coefficients: hollow cylinder
Individual and overall heat transfer
coefficients: hollow cylinder
Individual and overall heat transfer
coefficients: hollow cylinder
Individual and overall heat transfer
coefficients: hollow cylinder
Dimensional Expression for Heat
Transfer Coefficient:
Log mean temperature difference
Log mean temperature difference
Log mean temperature difference
Log mean temperature difference
Log mean temperature difference

After integration
Log mean temperature difference
Log mean temperature difference

Co-Current Flow???????
 Mean temperature difference
In reality, combination of co-current, countercurrent and cross
flow. What do we do?
Use a correction factor, Ft
Mean temperature difference
Mean temperature difference
Mean temperature difference
Mean temperature difference
Mean temperature difference
 Log mean temperature difference
Problem: A heat exchanger is required to cool 20 kg/s of water from 360 K to 340 K by means
of 25 kg/s water entering at 300 K. If the overall coefficient of heat transfer is constant at 2
kW/m2K, calculate the surface area required in (a) a countercurrent concentric tube exchanger,
and (b) a co-current flow concentric tube exchanger.
Log mean temperature difference
Log mean temperature difference
Dimensional Analysis by Buckingham Pi
theorem
Dimensional Analysis by Buckingham Pi
theorem