Recent content by joe87

Thanks Simon. I agree with each of your points. In the first instance I am interested in 'setting up' the problem in a very simplified way - neglecting the surrounding water heating up, writing a momentum and energy equation for a control volume in the middle of the pipe. I can calculate the...

I'm a bit lost getting started analyzing the following system, a pump of sorts: http://i.imgur.com/P82vtZ1.png It consists of a vertically-orientated tube submerged in water with heating elements around the middle. Heat energy goes in, causing a temperature difference which drives a...