Heat transfer in pipe flow - VDI Heat Atlas, 11.

Edition 2013, G1
Straight pipes with circular cross-section

Constant wall temperature

Process data
Total mass flow mtot kg/h
Total volume flow Vtot m³/h
Number of tubes with parallel flow Z
Mass flow per tube m 600.7 kg/h
Inlet temperature ϑe 15 °C
Outlet temperature ϑa 70 °C
Mean temperature ϑm 42.5 °C
Pressure (abs.) p 140000 Pa

Physical properties
Fluid liquid / gaseous? liquid

Density ρ 991.3 kg/m³

Specific heat capacity cp 4178 J/(kg·K)
Thermal conductivity λ 0.6318 W/(m·K)
Dynamic viscosity η 0.6232 mPa·s
Kinematic viscosity ν 6.287e-7 m²/s
Prandtl number Pr 4.122
Prandtl number at wall temperature PrW 2.188
Wall temperature ϑW 81.34 °C

Geometry
Tube circular / non-circular? Circular tubes

Tube length l 3564 mm

Tube inside diameter di 16 mm
Cross sectional area of the tube f 2.011e-4 m²
Perimeter of the tube u 50.26 mm
Hydraulic diameter dh 16 mm

Heat transfer
Flow velocity w 0.8373 m/s
Reynolds number Re 21309
Nusselt number Nu 144
Heat transfer coefficient α 5687 W/(m²·K)

Heat duty Q = mtot ∙ cp ∙ (ϑa - ϑe ) Q kW

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Equations Constant wall temperature

Turbulent flow (Re > 10000)

Correction factor K (Effect of temperature dependent property variations)

Liquids

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