Abstract
The problem of turbulent flow heat transfer in a concentric circular tube annulus with fully developed velocity profile and constant heat rate per unit of length is considered. Experimentally obtained solutions are presented for the thermal entry length for a fluid with Pr = 0·7. Asymptotic solutions (fully developed velocity and temperature profiles) are developed for a wide range of radius ratio, Reynolds number, and Prandtl number. The solutions are based on empirical velocity and eddy diffusivity profiles, and the validity of the solutions is demonstrated experimentally for Pr = 0·7. A superposition method is demonstrated for solving the problem of asymmetric heating from the two surfaces of an annulus, and experimental data on asymmetric heating are presented which are in excellent agreement with the analysis. This paper is the third in a series (1, 2) culminating a four year study of heat transfer in annular passages.
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