In: Mechanical Engineering
You are heating airflow in a long, round tube. The tube is irradiated uniformly, on all sides, with a constant thermal heat flux q". Inside the tube, the air flows with a known heat flux mdot and constant, known properties. The tube has a length L and a diameter D. This is your baseline case. You then add a helical coil inside the tube that stirs up the airflow and doubles the value of h over the baseline case. a) How does the design change impact the temperature of the airflow? b) How does the design change impact the temperature of the tube wall