Experiment :-9

Aim : - Simulation Heater Exchanger using V-Lab.

Apparatus :-

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Theory :-

One would be surprised to know that a lot of important processes, some very common
ones, which we encounter in our everyday life, have a lot to do with heat transfer from
one medium to another. The refrigerators and the air conditioners at our homes function
on this very principle of heat transfer. Looking at nature, the evaporation of water from
oceans is also an example of heat transfer. When we look at transfer of heat from one or
more media to another medium or media, the media giving the heat undergoes cooling
and vice versa. Hence, the name 'heat exchangers'. Our lungs also act as heat exchangers
and are quite efficient at that primarily due to the large surface to volume ratio. The
radiators in cars also exchange heat with water releasing heat into the air passing through
the radiator and in turn, cooling the engine. Heat exchangers are widely employed in
industries for large scale processes. Condensers and boilers in steam plants are one of the
examples. Heat exchangers have undergone numerous modifications over the ages and
have become quite efficient compared to their predecessors. They have new designs, new
materials and have been customized to meet specific needs.

Procedure:

1. Choose the type of heat exchanger(Co-current or Counter-current) in the

experimental section.Enter the left side button to start the concurrent flow and
enter right side button to start the countercurrent flow heat exchanger experiment.
2. Enter the tube inlet temperature to any value within the range of 0 to 100\B0C.
3. Enter the shell inlet temperature to any value within the range of 0 to 100\B0C.
4. Enter the flow rate of shell and tube should be from (0.00001 to 0.0001 m3/sec)
5. Click the Ok button and clickStart button to start the experiment.
6. Note down the temperature at four axial locations of the the heat exchanger at a
time interval of one minute from the table at the bottom of the heat exchangers.
7. Plot the final tube and shell side temperature as a function of axial length of the
heat exchanger.
8. Enter the new tube inlet temperature or the new shell inlet temperature.
9. Click the Input button and click Start button to start the experiment.
10. Plot the evoluation of temperature profile at the shell and tube side along the
length of the heat exchanger.
11. Click The Start New button to start the experiment again.
12. Calculate the Time Constant.
Simulation : click following link

http://vlabs.iitkgp.ernet.in/cpd/exp2/index.html#

Result :-