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NOTE: Yellow/Red cellsindicateuserinputdata.Youmustinputyourowndatainthesecellstoobtainresultsforyourairheater.


AirHeaterLeakageDetermina on

AHO2In AHO2Out
2.50 % 4.26 %

AirHeaterLeakage = X 90 = 9.52 %AirHeaterLeakage

AHO2Out O2InAir
4.26 % 20.90 %



AirHeaterGasExitTemperatureCorrec on
NOTES:
Properlystated,"CorrectedGasExitTemp"isasmeasuredtemperature,andincludesthetemperaturereducingeectofairheaterleakage."UncorrectedGasExit
Temp"isthesametemperature,butcorrectedtoa"NoLeakage"condi on.Thisseeminglybackwardsnomenclaturecameaboutintheearlydaysofboilerdesign,when
thedesignerswouldcalculateairheaterheattransferandthenhadto"correct"theresul ngtemperaturecalcula ontoaccountforleakage.


Thefollowingcalcula ondirectlyreferencestheairheaterleakagefromthecalcula onjustabove.IfyoualreadyknowairheaterleakagepercentanddoNOTknow
inletandoutletO2,thenjustinput"fake"O2valuesthatresultintheknownleakage.

AHLeakage Cp ASpecicHeatofAir
AHGasExitTemp,

NoLeakage
9.52 % 0.246 Default=.246

= X X GasOutTemp AirInTemp + GasOutTemp = 345 F

321 F 67 F 321 F
100 % CpGSpecicHeatofGas
0.252 Default=.252

AirHeaterXRa o
NOTES:
XRa o(XR)isthera ooftheheatcapacityoftheairpassingthroughtheairheatertotheheatcapacityofthegaspassingthroughtheairheater.Thegasout
temperatureusedinthiscalcula onmustbeat"NoLeakage".Thecalcula onbelowdirectlyreferencesthegasexittemperaturecorrectedtonoleakage,calculated
above.


GasInTemp GasOutTemp
633 F 345 F

AHXRa o= = 0.59 (NoUnits)

AirOutTemp AirInTemp
560 F 70 F

AirHeaterGasSideEciency
NOTES:
Gassideeciencyisthera oofgastemperaturedrop(atnoleakage),totheTemperatureHead.TemperatureHeadisthegasinlettemperatureminustheairinlet
temperature.Thecalcula onbelowdirectlyreferencesthegasexittemperaturecorrectedtonoleakage,calculatedabove.


GasInTemp GasOutTemp
633 F 345 F
AHGasSide
Eciency =

X 100%
= 51.2%

GasInTemp AirInTemp
633 F 70 F

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