MIE1132H:HeatExchangerDesign

ProblemSet#1

Due:February6,2013

1. Theconvectiveheattransfercoefficientsontheinsideandoutsidesurfacesofastainlesssteel tubeare800W/m2Kand100W/m2K,respectively.Theoutsidediameterandwallthicknessof thetubeare1.2cmand0.1cm.Adepositbuildsupontheinsidetubesurface,causingafouling resistanceof0.01m2K/W. a) Calculateallthermalresistanceswithrespecttothetubeinsidediameter.Whatare someimplicationsoftherelativemagnitudesinthermalresistance? b) Estimatethepercentageincreaseinheattransferthatcouldbeachievedbyremoving thedepositmaterial.Itmaybeassumedthatthepresenceofsurfacedeposithasan insignificanteffectonthefluidtemperaturesinsideandoutsidethetube. 2. Alongcoppertubecontainswatertobeheatedbyairflowingovertheoutsideand perpendiculartothetubeaxis.Theoutsidediameterandwallthicknessofthetubeare1.2cm and0.1cm.Themassflowrateofwaterthroughthetubeis0.4kg/s,andthewater temperatureaverages50Cinsidethetube.Thefreestreamairvelocityandambient temperatureare10m/sand150C. a) Calculateallthermalresistanceswithrespecttothetubeoutsidediameter.Whatare someimplicationsoftherelativemagnitudesinthermalresistance? b) Calculatetheoverallheattransfercoefficientoftheheatexchanger. 3. Wateristobeheatedfrom15Cto30Cinaheatexchangerusinghotoilthatshoulddecrease intemperaturefrom100Cto70C.Calculatethelogmeantemperaturedifferencesofbothco currentandcountercurrentflowarrangements.Whicharrangementwouldprovidethehighest heattransferrateforthesameoverallheattransfercoefficientandarea? 4. Theoverallheattransfercoefficientofanewheatexchangeris200W/(m2K)basedonanarea of15m2.Theheatexchangerhasashellandtubecounterflowconfiguration.Thehotfluid entersat150Candleavesat100C,whilethecoldfluidentersat15Candleavesat70C. Determinetheinitialheattransferratebetweenthefluids.Afterafewyearsofoperation,the heattransferisreducedbyarustdepositontheinsidetubesurface.Thefoulingresistanceof thedepositis0.0015m2K/W.Determinetheheattransferrateinthisfouledconditionand calculatethepercentagedecreaseintheheattransferrateduetothepresenceoftherust deposit. Studentsarealsoexpectedtofollowproperpracticesforengineeringcalculations.Forthosestudents whomaybeunfamiliarwiththesepractices,guidancecanbeobtainedfromavarietyofsources,suchas theMITwebpageonTechnicalCommunicationsinMechanicalEngineering: http://meche.mit.edu/academic/undergraduate/commguide/

Average heattransfer coefficient of a circular cylinder in cross flow

MIE1132 Heat Exchanger Design
ThefollowingcorrelationbyHilpert(1933)[1]maybeusedfortheaverageheattransfercoefficientofa circularcylinderincrossflow:
3 Nu D CRe n D Pr 1

wheretheconstantcoefficient( C )andexponent( n )dependontheReynoldsnumber meanbetweenthesurfaceandfreestreamtemperatures, T f TS T 2 :

Re D V D ,andallfluidpropertiesareevaluatedatthefilmtemperature,whichisthearithmetic

Re D
0.44 440 404,000 4,00040,000 40,000400,000

C
0.989 0.911 0.683 0.193 0.027

n
0.33 0.385 0.466 0.618 0.805

Acompendiumofmorecurrentcrossflowheattransfercorrelationsisprovidedinarecentarticleby Sparrowetal.(2004)[2],whichshouldbeconsideredifmoreaccuracyisrequired.

References
1. Hilpert,R.(1933),WrmeabgabevongeheiztenDrhtenundRohrenimLuftstrom,Forschung aufdemGebietedesIngenieurwesens,Vol.4,No.5,pp.215224. 2. Sparrow,E.M.,Abraham,J.P.,andTong,J.C.K.(2004),Archivalcorrelationsforaverageheat transfercoefficientsfornoncircularandcircularcylindersandspheresincrossflow, InternationalJournalofHeatandMassTransfer,Vol.47.No.24,pp.52855296.