Air for a pilot-plant reactor is passed through a 50-mm pipe equipped with electric heaters strapped to

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Air for a pilot-plant reactor is passed through a 50-mm pipe equipped with electric heaters strapped to the outside. By what factor could the overall heat-transfer coefficient be increased by filling the pipe with 12-mm particles of alumina? The Reynolds number based on the empty pipe is 12,000.

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Unit Operations Of Chemical Engineering

ISBN: 9780072848236

7th Edition

Authors: Warren McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott

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