Principles of Heat Transfer
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ISBN: 9781133007470
Author: Kreith, Frank
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.67P
In beauty salons and in homes, a ubiquitous device is the hairdryer. The front end of a typical hairdryer is idealized as a thin-walled cylindrical duct with a 6-cm diameter with a fan at the inlet that blows air over an electric heating coil as schematically shown in the figure. The design of this appliance requires two power settings, with which the air blown over the electric heating coil is heated from the ambient temperature of
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Principles of Heat Transfer
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