Question: An experiment was conducted in which the heat transfer from a sphere in sodium was measured. The sphere, 0.5 in. in diameter was pulled through
An experiment was conducted in which the heat transfer from a sphere in sodium was measured. The sphere, 0.5 in. in diameter was pulled through a large sodium bath at a given velocity while an electrical heater inside the sphere maintains the temperature at a set point. The following table gives the results of the experiment

Determine how well the above data is predicated by the appropriate correlation given in the text. Express your results in terms of the percent difference between the experimentally determined Nusselt number and that from the equation.GIVENA sphere is pulled through a sodium bath at a given velocitySphere diameter = 0.5 in = 0.0127 mSphere temperature is kept constantExperimental data givenabove

Run # Velocity (m/s) Sphere Surface Temp (C) Sodium Bath Temp (C) Heater Temp (C) Heat Flux x 10 (W/m) 2 3.14 434 300 439 4 3 1.56 381 300 385 3.81 3.44 478 300 486 14.6 3.44 350 200 357 11.7 2.16 357 200 371 8.94 8.15
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