Liquid mercury is flowing at 0.6 kg/s through a 5-cm-diameter tube with inlet and outlet mean temperatures

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Liquid mercury is flowing at 0.6 kg/s through a 5-cm-diameter tube with inlet and outlet mean temperatures of 100°C and 200°C, respectively. The tube surface temperature is maintained constant at 250°C. Determine the tube length using

(a) The appropriate Nusselt number relation for liquid metals

(b) The Dittus–Boelter equation.

(c) Compare the results of (a) and (b).

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Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences

ISBN: 978-0078027680

5th edition

Authors: Yunus A. Cengel, Robert H. Turner, John M. Cimbala

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