Question: A very thin electric heater is wrapped around the outer surface of a long cylindrical tube to maintain the temperature of the flowing fluid inside

A very thin electric heater is wrapped around the outer surface of a long cylindrical tube to
maintain the temperature of the flowing fluid inside the tube at 5 C . The convection coefficient
between the flowing fluid and the inner wall of the tube is 10Wm2.K. The tube wall has inner
and outer radii of 25 mm and 75 mm respectively and a thermal conductivity of ).
Assume that there is no contact resistance between the heater and the outer surface of the tube. The
outer surface of the heater is exposed to a fluid with a temperature of -10C and a convection
coefficient of 100W(m2(K)). Answer the following guestions:)
(a) Draw the equivalent thermal circuit and mark the resistances
[5 points]
(b) Determine the heater power per unit length of the tube required to maintain the heater at T0=
25C.
[10 points]
A very thin electric heater is wrapped around the

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