Equations for Natural Convection - Isothermal Horizontal Cylinder

Inputs Calculations

Fluid Temp, T = 25.3 o

C Temp Diff, DT = 64.8

Surface Temp, Tw = 90.1 o

C Abs. Film Temp, Tf = 331

Film Temp., Tf = 58 o
C Prandtl Number, Pr = 0.7158
[ Tf = (T + Tw)/2 ]
Cylinder Lenght., L1 = 3 m Grashof Number, Gr = 1.80.E+10
Cylinder Diam., D = 1.5 m
Rhoref 20 1.205 kg/m3 Rayleigh No., Ra = 1.29E+10

Fluid Density, r = 1.0676293 kg/m3 Rho = Rhoref (Tref +273) / (Tf + 273)

v 0.0000189
Fluid viscosity, m = 2.0178E-05 N-s/m2

Nu = 261
Fluid Sp. Heat, Cp = 1.011 J/g-oK

h = 4.97
Fluid Sp. Heat, Cp = 1011 J/kg-oK

Fluid Thermal Qcyl= 4550.02463

Conductivity, k = 0.0285 J/s-m-K

Fluid Thermal

Expans. Coeff, b = 0.003 o

K-1

Equations for Natural Convection - Isothermal Vertical Flat Disk

L*=2D/PI 0.9549297 Charactecistic lenght to use flat disk as a re Grashof Number, Gr =

Rayleigh Number = Gr*Pr
Nu
h

Qdiskfaces=
Equations for The radiative heat transfer

Qradtotal= 8546.66634 W

Sigma 5.68E-08
Total surface 17.6714587
Emmisivity 0.9
ontal Cylinder

C
o

o
K

W/m2-K

W Convective Heat Transfer = hA(Tc-Ta)

al Flat Disk

4.65.E+09 g*B*(Tp-Ta)*L3/v2
3.33.E+09 For Laminar Flow - Ra < 109
178.6988734053 Nu = 0.68 + (0.670Ra1/4)/[1+(0.492/Pr)9/16]4/9
5.333291145 Average Heat Transfer Coefficient = Nu*k/H

1221.4415616549 W Convective HeatTransfer = h*A*(Tp-Ta)

Qrad = Sigma A x E x(Tp4 - Ta4)

SUM
TOTAL SURFACE LOSSES:
You can adjust:
final values:
nar Flow - Ra < 109 For Turbulent Flow - Ra is between > 109
8 + (0.670Ra1/4)/[1+(0.492/Pr)9/16]4/9 Nu = {0.825 + (0.387Ra1/6)/[1+(0.492/Pr)9/16]8/27}2
Heat Transfer Coefficient = Nu*k/H

ve HeatTransfer = h*A*(Tp-Ta)
AL SURFACE LOSSES: 14318.133 W