ENERGY & HEAT TRANSFER

Newton cooling heat exchanger

estimates surface-to-fluid heat flow through convection heat transfer coefficients.

Q˙=hA(Ts−T∞)\dot Q=hA(T_s-T_\infty)

symbols, variables and units

Q̇: W; h: W/(m²·K); A: m²; temperature difference: K.

applicable conditions and boundaries

h depends on geometry, flow regime and physical properties, and needs to be determined by correlation equation or experiment. Starting from

formula source code

The following is a copyable LaTeX expression.

\dot Q=hA(T_s-T_\infty)

Reference and Extended Learning

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