mid2prob3

Equations
Dr = 0.070 [m]

Receiver outer diameter

(1)

Di = 0.06

(2)

Ar = 3.14162 Dr L
Dco = 0.100 [m]

Receiver area

Outer diameter of the cover

thick co = 0.004 [m]

(4)

Cover thickness

Dci = Dco 2 thick co

L = 4 [m]

(3)

(5)

Inner diameter of the cover

(6)

Length of the receiver

c = 0.88

(7)

Cover emissivity

Ta = 35 [C]

(8)

Air temperature

(9)

S = 650

(10)

Ul = 5

(11)

Ti = 300 [C]

(12)

T = 20

(13)

k = 400 [W/m C]

Tube thermal conductivity

(14)

tw = 0.01 [m]
Tube wall thickness


hf i = 250 W/m2 C
Heat transfer coefficient inside the tube

(16)

mdot = 1.5 [kg/s]

(17)

Mass flow rate

Cp = 2330 [J/kg C]
=

Specific heat of the fluid

(18)

mdot Cp
Ar UL F dash

F dash =
1/UL +

Dr
hf i Dr

(15)

(19)

1/UL


Dr
+ (2k)
ln (Dr /Di )

(20)

F dashdash = (1 exp (1/))

(21)

Fr = F dash F dashdash

(22)

T =

Qu
Cp mdot

(23)

Qu = 0.9417 Aa (S ((Ar /Aa ) 5 265))

(24)

C = Aa /Ar

(25)

Solution

Aa = 116
Di = 0.06
L = 4 [m]
Ul = 5

Ar = 0.8797
Dr = 0.07 [m]
mdot = 1.5 [kg/s]

= 810.6
c = 0.88
Qu = 69900

C = 131.9
F dash = 0.9803
S = 650

Cp = 2330 [J/kg-C]
F dashdash = 0.9994
thick co = 0.004 [m]

T = 20
Fr = 0.9797
Ta = 35 [C]

Dci = 0.092


hf i = 250 W/m2 -C
Ti = 300 [C]