A thin electrical heater is wrapped around the outer surface of a long cylindrical tube whose inner
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A thin electrical heater is wrapped around the outer surface of a long cylindrical tube whose inner surface is maintained at a temperature of \(6^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). The tube wall has inner and outer radii of 24 and \(78 \mathrm{~mm}\), respectively, and a thermal conductivity of \(10 \mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{m} \cdot \mathrm{K}\). The thermal contact resistance between the heater and the outer surface of the tube (per unit length of the tube) is \(R_{t, c}^{\prime}=0.01 \mathrm{~m} \cdot \mathrm{K} / \mathrm{W}\). The outer surface of the heater is exposed to a fluid with \(T_{\infty}=-10^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and a convection coefficient of \(h=100 \mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{m}^{2} \cdot \mathrm{K}\). Determine the heater power per unit length of tube required to maintain the heater at \(T_{o}=25^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\).
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Fundamentals Of Heat And Mass Transfer
ISBN: 9781119220442
8th Edition
Authors: Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine