28/5/2019 OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT

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OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT

Bell, Kenneth J.
DOI: 10.1615/AtoZ.o.overall_heat_transfer_coefficient

The overall heat transfer coefficient is employed in calculating the rate of heat transfer from one
bulk temperature T1 through a solid surface to a second fluid at an average bulk temperature T2 (w

defining equation is generally only applicable to an incremental element of heat transfer surface dA
transfer rate is d , and the equation is strictly valid only at steady state conditions and negligible
in the solid surface, conditions generally true enough in most practical applications. The defining eq

where U is referenced to a specific surface (see below).

In the particular situation of heat transfer across a plane wall of uniform thickness, U is related to
heat transfer coefficients, α1 and α2, of the two fluids by the equation

where δw is the thickness of the wall and λw is the thermal conductivity of the wall.

If there are fouling deposits on the wall, they have a resistance to heat transfer, R1 and R2, in un

these resistances must be added in (see Fouling and Fouling Factors)

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