Objectives: - Continue With Heat Exchangers (ch.11)
Objectives: - Continue With Heat Exchangers (ch.11)
Objectives: - Continue With Heat Exchangers (ch.11)
Counterflow
tm
t h ,o tc ,i th,i tc ,o
th,o tc ,i
ln
For parallel flow is the same
t t
h ,i c , o
or
t m
t B t A
t m
t B t A t B
t B ln
ln t A
t A
Counterflow Heat Exchangers
tm
th,o tc,i th,i tc,o
t
tc,o tc,i R 1
th,o tc,i m
1 P
ln
th,i tc,o
ln
1 RP
Important parameters:
R
th,i th,o tc, o tc , i
P
tc,o tc,i th,i tc,i
Q = U0A0Δtm
Heat exchanger effectiveness
• Generally for all exchanger
• Losses to surrounding 0
• Then: Q cold fluid = Q hot fluid
• mccp_c(tc,o-tc,i)=mhcp_h(th,i-th,o)
• Effectiveness
= Q exchanged / Q maximum = Q cold or hot fluid / Q maximum
Heat Exchanger Effectiveness (ε)
(notation in the book)
C=mcp
Mass flow rate Specific capacity of fluid
THin
TCout
THout
TCin
Location B Location A
Heat exchangers
Outdoor Air
32ºF 72ºF
mc p,cold mcp,hot= 0.8· mc p,cold
0.2· mc p,cold
Combustion 72ºF
products
Exhaust Furnace
Fresh Air
………
Overall Heat Transfer
Q = U0A0Δtm
AP,o
AF
1 1
U0
Ro RInternal Rcond Pipe RExternal
Resistance model
Q = U0A0Δtm
With given:
h Internal 10 Btu/hsfF , R cond 0.002 sfF/Btu/h , h External 10 Btu/hsfF
Calculate the needed area of heat exchanger A0=?
k – conductivity
of material
hc,o – convection
coefficient
pL=L(hc,o /ky)0.5
Fin Efficiency
• Assume entire fin is at fin base temperature
• Maximum possible heat transfer
• Perfect fin
• Efficiency is ratio of actual heat transfer to
perfect case
• Non-dimensional parameter