PARALLEL COUNTERCURRENT

TEST 1 TEST 2 TEST 1 TEST 2

ST-16 (℃) 45 50 45 50

ST-1 (℃) 40 43 39 42

ST- 2 (℃) 36 39 38 40

ST- 3 (℃) 32 36 34 36

ST- 4 (℃) 35 39 36 38

ST- 5 (℃) 35 40 35 37

ST- 6 (℃) 36 40 32 34

ST- 7 (℃) 34 38 37 39

SC – 1 (L/min) 2 2 2 2

SC – 2 (L/min) 2 2 2 2

Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4

QH (w) 552.40 551.1723 138.0999 275.5861
QC (w) 276.20 275.5861 414.2997 413.3792

QL (w) 276.20 275.5861 276.1998 137.7931

ΔTLM (K) 4.3281 3.0834 2.8854 3.4761

U (W/m2·K) 66474.6887 93101.7107 24928.0083 41292.2865

Sample Calculations:

𝑘𝑔
𝜌 @ 45 ℃ = 990.2 𝑚3

𝑘𝑔
𝜌 @ 50 ℃ = 988 𝑚3

𝐴 = 0.00192 𝑚2
𝐽
𝐶𝑝 = 4184 𝑘𝑔∙𝐾

For T = 45 ℃ (PARALLEL):

For mass flow rate

𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 = 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 × 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒
𝑘𝑔 𝐿 1 𝑚3 1 𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 = (990.2 ) (2 𝑚𝑖𝑛) (1000 𝐿) ( )
𝑚3 60 𝑠

𝑘𝑔
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 = 0.0330 𝑠

For QH

𝑄ℎ = ṁℎ 𝐶𝑝,ℎ (𝑇ℎ,𝑖 − 𝑇ℎ,𝑜 )

kg 𝐽
𝑄ℎ = (0.0330 ) (4184 ) (40 ℃ − 36℃)
s 𝑘𝑔∙𝐾

𝑄ℎ = 552.40 W

For QC,

𝑄𝑐 = ṁ𝑐 𝐶𝑝,𝑐 (𝑇𝑐,𝑖 − 𝑇𝑐,𝑜 )

kg 𝐽
𝑄𝑐 = (0.0330 ) (4184 ) (34 ℃ − 32℃)
s 𝑘𝑔∙𝐾

𝑄𝑐 = 276.20 W

For Ql

𝑄𝑙 = 𝑄ℎ − 𝑄𝑐

𝑄𝑙 = 552.40 𝑊 − 276.20 𝑊

𝑄𝑙 = 276.20 𝑊

For ΔTLM

∆𝑇1 = 𝑇ℎ,𝑖 − 𝑇𝑐,𝑖

∆𝑇1 = 40 ℃ − 32℃

∆𝑇1 = 8 ℃
∆𝑇2 = 𝑇ℎ,𝑜 − 𝑇𝑐,𝑜

∆𝑇2 = 36 ℃ − 34℃

∆𝑇2 = 2 ℃

∆𝑇1 −∆𝑇2
∆𝑇𝑙𝑚 = ∆𝑇
ln(∆T1 )
2

8−2
∆𝑇𝑙𝑚 = 8
ln( )
2

∆𝑇𝑙𝑚 = 4.3281 𝐾

For Global Heat Transfer Coefficient (U):

𝑄𝐻
𝑈=
∆𝑇𝐿𝑀 ∙𝐴

552.40 W
𝑈=
(4.3281 K)(0.00192𝑚2 )
𝑊
𝑈 = 66474.6887 𝑚2 ∙𝐾