Thermal Considerations in a Pipe Flow (YAC 10-1– 10-3; 10-6).pptVIP

Thermal Considerations in a Pipe Flow (YAC: 10-1– 10-3; 10-6) Thermal Conditions Energy Transfer Energy Balance Example (cont.) Convection Correlations Empirical Correlations Example (cont.) Energy Balance Temperature Distribution Temperature variation for constant heat flux * Thermal conditions Laminar or turbulent Entrance flow and fully developed thermal condition Thermal entrance region, xfd,t For laminar flows the thermal entrance length is a function of the Reynolds number and the Prandtl number: xfd,t/D ? 0.05ReDPr, where the Prandtl number is defined as Pr = ?/? and a is the therm