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units)
4. With an isothermal horizontal cylinder
Inputs
30
Surface Temp, Tw =
60
Film Temp., Tf =
[ Tf = (T + Tw)/2 ]
45
0.7
Temp Diff, T =
30
318
Prandtl Number, Pr =
0.7
Grashof Number, Gr =
1.10.E+09
Rayleigh No., Ra =
7.60E+08
1.1
kg/m3
Fluid viscosity, =
0.0000187
N-s/m2
Nu =
106
h =
4.08
1000
J/kg-oK
0.027
J/s-m-K
Fluid Thermal
Expans. Coeff, =
0.003143
J/g-oK
Fluid Thermal
Conductivity, k =
Fluid Density, * =
air
Calculations
Fluid Temp, T =
Cylinder Diam., D =
Fluid =
K-1
* For an Excel spreadsheet that can be downloaded to calculate the density of a gas
with known molecular weight and specified temperature and pressure, see:
"Excel Templates for Venturi and Orifice Flow Meter Calculations," at:
http://www.brighthub.com/engineering/civil/articles/83825.aspx
W/m2-K