One hundred circumferential aluminum fins of rectangular profile are mounted on a 1 m tube having a diameter of 2.5 cm. The fins are 1 cm long and 2 mm thick. The base temperature is 180 C and the convection environment is at 20 C with h=50 W/m2.C . Calculate the total heat lost from the finned tube arrangement over the 1 m length. K=100 W/m.K

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1. One hundred circumferential aluminum fins of rectangular profile are mounted on a 1 m tube having a diameter of 2.5 cm. The fins are 1 cm long and 2 mm thick. The base temperature is 180 C and the convection environment is at 20 C with h=50 W/m2.C . Calculate the total heat lost from the finned tube arrangement over the 1 m length. K=100 W/m.K (20 points)

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