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If the chilled water supply (CWS) is fixed at 40 liters per minute, compare the profile on
the variations of the chilled water return (CWR) and exit air temperatures of both heat
exchangers when the air flow rate is constant at 60,000 liters per minute and the inlet air
temperature to the heat exchanger varies between 20oC to 30oC. The maximum limit of the
NTU for all selected heat exchangers is 3.
Counter flow,
= 2.788k = 1.23k
Cmin
Cratio =
Cmax
1.23 k
=
2.788 k
= 0.44
Parallel flow
= 2.788k = 1.23k
Cmin
Cratio =
Cmax
1.23 k
=
2.788 k
= 0.44
12.0
10.0
Discharge Temperature, C
8.0
counter flow
parallel flow
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
Inlet Temperature, C
Based on the calculation, the discharge air temperature between counter flow and
parallel heat exchanger is the counter flow types give out lower temperature compare to the
parallel flow. The temperature differences also show that counter flow type produce higher
temperature difference compare to the parallel flow. For the heat transfer values, counter flow
also produce higher heat transfer values compare to parallel flow. The effectiveness of
exchanger also shows that counter give higher effectiveness compare to parallel flow whereas
for the counter flow the effectiveness is 0.78 while for the parallel flow effectiveness is 0.68.
A counter flow heat exchanger is one in which the direction of the flow of one of the
working fluids is opposite to the direction to the flow of the other fluid. In a parallel flow
exchanger, both fluids in the heat exchanger flow in the same direction.
Figure 2: The arrangement of counter flow and parallel flow heat exchanger
3. For the better heat exchanger, if the CWS temperature increases by 1 C, what is the
temperature change to the exit air temperature?
Counter flow,
12.0
10.0
Discharge Temperature, C
8.0
Counter flow
Parallel flow
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
Inlet Temperature, C