Liquid ammonia is being transported in an insulated tube with an outer diameter of D 1 =
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Liquid ammonia is being transported in an insulated tube with an outer diameter of D1 = 4 cm and the outer tube surface temperature is uniform at T1 = 0°C. Exposure to high concentration of gaseous ammonia can cause lung damage. To prevent gaseous ammonia from forming and leaking out, ammonia is transported in its liquid state inside the tube. In addition, the tube is enclosed by an outer concentric cylindrical shield with a diameter of D2 = 8 cm, which gives a vacuumed gap in between the tube and the shield surfaces. Keeping the surface temperature of the shield uniform at 10°C or lower would prevent the liquid ammonia to vaporize. Both the outer tube and the shield surfaces have the same emissivity of 0.33. The tube is situated in a surrounding at where the natural convection heat transfer coefficient is 3 W/m2 ∙ K, and both natural convection and radiation heat transfer occur at the outer shield surface. To keep the ammonia inside the tube in its liquid state, determine the surrounding temperature that would maintain temperatures of the outer tube and the shield at the specified values.
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Heat And Mass Transfer Fundamentals And Applications
ISBN: 9780073398181
5th Edition
Authors: Yunus Cengel, Afshin Ghajar