Thanks for everyone's input. It was a given that the fuel not reach setpoint. The fuel heats up in the test stand, so it does not need to be 86F when it gets to the stand. I was just hoping I could approximate it's temperature when it did get there. However, it seems like doing so will be...
LittleInch,
The situation I'm describing hasn't been installed yet, so I cannot measure it. I calculated the velocity to be 0.5 feet/sec. So the gasoline will spend about 5 minutes in the tube which is about 150ft. During the winter the fuel could be well below freezing, and our lab will be...
First, thank you for the response. I can see how to apply the equation in the link you provided. A concern I have is that I believe I have a relatively long run of tubing. The tubing is 3/8 inch OD, and it is 150 ft. long.I'm expecting a significant change in temperature. If I used the equation...
I am working on a heat transfer problem. In a laboratory we have cold gasoline entering an uninsulated steel tube which runs near the ceiling of the lab. I am trying to determine what the temperature of the fuel will be when it reaches the end of the tube. I know the inlet temperature of the...
