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"volumetric flow rate of air" "atmospheric pressure" "inlet air temperature" "inlet water temperature" "water flow rate" "conductance (from EXAMPLE 8.1-2)"
The density of air (C) is calculated at the inlet condition and used to compute the air-side mass flow rate:
C = C V m C
rho_C=density(Air,T=T_C_in,P=p) m_dot_C=rho_C*V_dot_C "density of air" "air mass flow rate"
The specific heat capacities of the air and the water should be evaluated at the average of the inlet and outlet temperatures for each fluid stream. However, these temperatures are not yet known. Reasonable values for TC,out and TH,out are assumed so that the problem can be solved sequentially; these values will be adjusted based on the solution.
T_C_out=convertTemp(C,K,25 [C]) T_H_out=convertTemp(C,K,50 [C]) "guess for the cold stream exit temp." "guess for the hot stream exit temp."
The specific heat capacities are evaluated at the average of the inlet and outlet temperatures:
c_C=cP(Air,T=(T_C_in+T_C_out)/2) c_H=cP(Water,T=(T_H_in+T_H_out)/2,P=p) "specific heat capacity of air" "specific heat capacity of water"
=m C cC C C
=m H cH C H
C_dot_C=m_dot_C*c_C C_dot_H=m_dot_H*c_H "capacitance rate of the air" "capacitance rate of the water"
and C ) are evaluated using the MIN and The minimum and maximum capacitance rates ( C min max MAX commands in EES:
C_dot_min=MIN(C_dot_C,C_dot_H) C_dot_max=MAX(C_dot_C,C_dot_H) "minimum capacitance rate" "maximum capacitance rate"
NTU =
NTU=UA/C_dot_min "number of transfer units"
UA C
min
The effectiveness () for a cross-flow heat exchanger with both fluids unmixed is obtained by selecting Heat Exchangers from the Function Information window and then NTU -> Effectiveness; scroll to the correct configuration. Paste the function into the Equations Window and then change C_dot_1 to C_dot_H and C_dot_2 to C_dot_C in order to correspond to the variables used in this problem solution. (Note that the order in which you enter the capacity rates does not matter for this heat exchanger, but it would matter if one of the fluids were mixed.)
epsilon=HX('crossflow_both_unmixed', NTU, C_dot_C, C_dot_H, 'epsilon') "access effectiveness-NTU solution"
max ) is computed according to: The maximum possible heat transfer rate ( q
q_dot_max=C_dot_min*(T_H_in-T_C_in) q_dot=q_dot_max*epsilon
The guess values are updated and the initial, guessed values for the outlet temperatures are commented out:
{T_C_out=convertTemp(C,K,25 [C]) T_H_out=convertTemp(C,K,50 [C]) "guess for the cold stream exit temp." "guess for the hot stream exit temp."}
= 1371 W with TC,out = 38.9C and TH,out = 49.1C. These results are identical which leads to q to those obtained in EXAMPLE 8.2-1.
Notice that the problem could be solved directly without requiring any attention to the guess values and/or limits. This is the major advantage of the effectiveness-NTU method. Although it is algebraically identical to the LMTD method, it is formulated in a manner that allows direct determination of the heat transfer rate and outlet temperatures when the UA and capacitance rates are known.