A mixture of petroleum and natural gas is being transported in a pipeline with a diameter of
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A mixture of petroleum and natural gas is being transported in a pipeline with a diameter of 102 mm. The pipeline is located in a terrain that caused it to have an average inclination angle of θ = 10°. The liquid phase consists of petroleum with dynamic viscosity of μl = 297.5 × 10-4 kg/m·s, density of ρl = 853 kg/m3, thermal conductivity of kl = 0.163 W/m · K, surface tension of σ = 0.020 N/m, and Prandtl number of Prl= 405. The gas phase consists of natural gas with dynamic viscosity of μg = 9.225 × 10-6 kg/m · s, density of ρg = 9.0 kg/m3, and Prandtl number of Prg = 0.80. The liquid is flowing at a flow rate of 16 kg/s, while the gas is flowing at 0.055 kg/s. If the void fraction is α = 0.22, determine the two-phase heat transfer coefficient htp. Assume the dynamic viscosity of liquid petroleum evaluated at the tube surface temperature to be 238 × 10-4 kg/m·s.
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Heat And Mass Transfer Fundamentals And Applications
ISBN: 9780073398181
5th Edition
Authors: Yunus Cengel, Afshin Ghajar