PHE Calc
PHE Calc
DEFINITION OF DUTY
mass flowrate Temp in Temp out
Mango Puree 1.39 80 35
Cooling tower water 7.12 30 38
PLATE GEOMETRY
Surface area of 1 plate m2 0.174
No. of Plates 36.48
No. of effective Plates 34.48
No. of channels per pass 17.74
Channel cross-sectional area m2 0.00068
Channel hydraulic diameter m 0.00524
Total flow area per fluid m2 0.01209
PRODUCT-SIDE HTC
Mass velocity kg m-2 s-1 114.89
Reynolds no. 644.38
Prandtl no. 6.02
h_sp (scale factor)
Nu 35.704527057287
h_p W m °C
-2 -1
4030.69
UTILITY-SIDE HTC
Mass velocity kg m-2 s-1 589.20
Reynolds no. 3469.91
Prandtl no. 6.20
h_up (scale factor)
Nu 107.93
h_u W m °C -2 -1
12355.25
PRESSURE DROP
Friction factor, jf
Path length
Pressure drop
Np
dpt
Ap
w
upt
Pressure drop, expansion
Total Pressure Drop
Ave Bulk Temp
57.5
34
Typically ranges from 0.5 to 4.0 (bet. 2.0 to 3.0 for most applications)
use 0.5 for rough sizing
based on Plate Data from APV Manual (Plate Liquid Capacity = 0.456 L)
assumptions only
jf=0.6(Re)^-0.3
(-dP)=8(jf)(Lp/De)(ρu2/2)