In a power plant, pipes transporting superheated vapor are very common. Superheated vapor is flowing at a rate of 0.3 kg/s inside a pipe with 5 cm in diameter and 10 m in length. The pipe is located in a power plant at 20°C, and has a uniform pipe surface temperature of 100°C. If the temperature drop between the inlet and exit of the pipe is 30°C, and the specific heat of the vapor is 2190 J/kg·K, determine the heat transfer coefficient as a result of convection between the pipe surface and the surrounding.
Energy transfer
The flow of energy from one region to another region is referred to as energy transfer. Since energy is quantitative; it must be transferred to a body or a material to work or to heat the system.
Molar Specific Heat
Heat capacity is the amount of heat energy absorbed or released by a chemical substance per the change in temperature of that substance. The change in heat is also called enthalpy. The SI unit of heat capacity is Joules per Kelvin, which is (J K-1)
Thermal Properties of Matter
Thermal energy is described as one of the form of heat energy which flows from one body of higher temperature to the other with the lower temperature when these two bodies are placed in contact to each other. Heat is described as the form of energy which is transferred between the two systems or in between the systems and their surrounding by the virtue of difference in temperature. Calorimetry is that branch of science which helps in measuring the changes which are taking place in the heat energy of a given body.
In a power plant, pipes transporting superheated vapor
are very common. Superheated vapor is flowing at a rate of
0.3 kg/s inside a pipe with 5 cm in diameter and 10 m in
length. The pipe is located in a power plant at 20°C, and has
a uniform pipe surface temperature of 100°C. If the temperature
drop between the inlet and exit of the pipe is 30°C, and
the specific heat of the vapor is 2190 J/kg·K, determine the
pipe surface and the surrounding.
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