Question: Two engineers, Alice and Bob, are arguing over whether one pipe geometry is better than the other for transferring heat from a process fluid. Alice

Two engineers, Alice and Bob, are arguing over whether one pipe geometry is better than the other for transferring heat from a process fluid. Alice maintains that a hexagonal pipe rotated 45 will have a higher Nusselt number while Bob says that an elliptical pipe will perform better. Due to phase change inside of the pipe, the surface of the pipe will be maintained as a constant temperature of 100C. The incoming flow is of air at atmospheric pressure and room temperature 40C, with a velocity of 14 m/s crossing over the pipes. Each pipe has a diameter D of 1 cm. To settle their argument, determine which pipe has the higher Nusselt number.

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