13–118 The temperature, pressure, and composition of combustion gases flowing inside long tubes are given. The rate of heat
transfer from combustion gases to tube wall is to be determined.
atm 10.0atm) 1(10.0
2
H
===
PyP
Ow
The mean beam length for this geometry is, from Table 13–4,
L = 3.6
V
/As = 1.8D = 1.8(0.20 m) = 0.36 m
where D is the distance between the plates. Then,
atmft .1180atmm 036.0m) atm)(0.36 10.0( ==== LPLP wc
The emissivities of CO2 and H2O corresponding to these values at the gas temperature of Tg = 1200 K and 1atm are, from Fig.
13-36,
and
0025.0
5.0
10.010.0
10.0
236.0118.0118.0
=
=
+
=
+
=+=+
cw
w
wc
PP
P
LPLP
Then the effective emissivity of the combustion gases becomes
Note that the pressure correction factor is 1 for both gases since the total pressure is 1 atm. For a source temperature of Ts =
600 K, the absorptivity of the gas is again determined using the emissivity charts as follows:
atmft 0.059atmm 018.0
K 1200
K 600
m) atm)(0.36 10.0( ====
g
s
w
g
s
cT
T
LP
T
T
LP
The emissivities of CO2 and H2O corresponding to these values at a temperature of Ts = 600 K and 1atm are, from Fig. 13–36,
and
092.0)067.0(
K 600
K 1200
)1(
090.0)060.0(
K 600
K 1200
)1(
45.0
atm 1 ,
45.0
65.0
atm 1 ,
65.0
=
=
=
=
=
=
w
s
g
ww
c
s
g
cc
T
T
C
T
T
C
Combustion
gases, 1 atm
Tg = 1200 K