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Heat Transfer
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Heat Transfer

by Younes Shabany
December 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
523 pages
18h 30m
English
CRC Press
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Principle of Conservation of Energy 39
Example 3.7
Write the mass balance equation for the control volume of Figure 3.9.
Solution
The mass balance equation is
 
mmmm m
2314 5
+=++.
or, in terms of density, cross section area, and velocity at every inlet and exhaust
ρρρρ ρAV AV AV AV AV
(
)
+
(
)
=
(
)
+
(
)
+
(
)
2314 5
.
A procedure similar to that used to develop the mass balance equation for a con-
trol volume is used to derive an appropriate form of the energy balance equation for
a control volume. Figure 3.10 shows the same control mass at times t and t + dt. In
1
2
3
4
5
FIGURE 3.9 A control volume with multiple inlets and multiple exhausts.
C
A
B
Inlet
V
i
A
i
ρ
i
P
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ISBN: 9781439814680