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Convection

Convection

Convection is the type of heat transfer caused by flowing fluids.
It is expressed with the following equation:

where;
q: Heat flux caused between solid surface and fluid [W/m2]
: Heat transfer coefficient [W/(m2・K)]
Tw : Surface temperature of solid[K]
Tf : Average temperature of fluid (bulk temperature) [K]