free convection

Mandeep · October 28, 2012, 21:32

Do anybody know the correlations to find the HTC for free convection inside the pipe. I have a pipe with stationary gas inside the pipe and need to plug the heat transfer coefficient in terms of temperature to calculate the surface temperature (inside surface). any online link for the empirical relations ?

evcelica · October 31, 2012, 11:53

I don't think you will be able to find any empirical correlations for this since is not free convection, the gas on the inside of the pipe would have no cooling and continue to raise in temperature unchecked.

October 28, 2012, 21:32	free convection	#1
Mandeep New Member Mandeep Singh Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 13	Do anybody know the correlations to find the HTC for free convection inside the pipe. I have a pipe with stationary gas inside the pipe and need to plug the heat transfer coefficient in terms of temperature to calculate the surface temperature (inside surface). any online link for the empirical relations ?

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October 31, 2012, 11:53		#2
evcelica Senior Member Erik Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Earth (Land portion) Posts: 1,167 Rep Power: 23	I don't think you will be able to find any empirical correlations for this since is not free convection, the gas on the inside of the pipe would have no cooling and continue to raise in temperature unchecked.