HT32-XC Plate Heat Exchanger - Run 1 Results

Sample
Number

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Temp
T1

Temp
T2

Temp
T3

Temp
T4
[C]

Hot Water
Pump
Setting
[%]

Hot Water
Flowrate
Fhot
[l/min]

[C]

[C]

[C]

46.6
46.8
46.6
46.6
46.7
46.6
46.9
46.9
47.3
47.3
47.5
47.6
47.7
47.6
47.5
47.5
47.5
47.5
47.3
47.4

37.5
37.7
37.7
37.7
37.8
38.2
38.4
38.7
38.8
38.8
38.5
38.5
38.3
38.3
38.2
38.1
38.3
38.3
38.0
38.2

30.8
31.0
31.1
31.1
31.2
32.0
32.3
32.7
32.7
32.6
31.8
31.9
31.4
31.4
31.4
31.2
31.6
31.4
31.1
31.3

16.1
16.1
16.1
16.1
16.1
16.1
16.1
16.2
16.1
16.1
16.1
16.0
16.0
16.0
15.9
15.9
15.9
15.9
15.8
15.8

46
46
46
46
46
46
46
46
46
46
46
46
46
45
46
45
45
45
45
46

3.0
3.2
3.0
3.0
2.9
3.0
2.9
3.0
3.0
3.1
3.1
3.0
3.1
3.0
3.2
2.9
2.9
3.0
3.0
3.1

Cold Water
Valve
Setting
[%]
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50

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Cold Water
Flowrate
Fcold
[l/min]

Flow
Orientation

1.97
1.88
1.81
1.92
1.89
1.66
1.62
1.65
1.59
1.62
1.45
1.75
1.87
1.82
1.78
1.94
1.87
1.73
1.75
1.77

Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent
Countercurrent

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Notes

Specific Heat
Hot Fluid
Cph
[kJ/kg K]

Specific Heat
Cold Fluid
Cpc
[kJ/kg K]

Hot Fluid
Average
Temperature
[%]

Density
Hot Fluid

4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179
4.179

4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180
4.180

42.065795898
42.228149414
42.146972656
42.146972656
42.244384766
42.358032227
42.634033203
42.763916016
43.056152344
43.039916992
43.007446289
43.056152344
43.039916992
42.926269531
42.845092773
42.796386719
42.893798828
42.91003418
42.682739258
42.81262207

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Density
Cold Fluid

Thot

[kg/m]

Cold Fluid
Average
Temperature
[%]

[kg/m]

[C]

991.4
991.3
991.4
991.4
991.3
991.3
991.2
991.1
991.0
991.0
991.0
991.0
991.0
991.1
991.1
991.1
991.1
991.1
991.2
991.1

23.492553711
23.573730469
23.622436523
23.606201172
23.671142578
24.044555664
24.190673828
24.41796875
24.434204102
24.336791992
23.947143555
23.947143555
23.703613281
23.703613281
23.654907227
23.541259766
23.736083984
23.638671875
23.460083008
23.58996582

997.4
997.4
997.4
997.4
997.4
997.3
997.3
997.2
997.2
997.2
997.3
997.3
997.4
997.4
997.4
997.4
997.4
997.4
997.4
997.4

9.1
9.1
8.9
8.9
8.9
8.4
8.4
8.2
8.4
8.5
8.9
9.0
9.4
9.3
9.3
9.4
9.2
9.3
9.3
9.3

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Tcold
[C]
14.7
14.9
15.0
15.0
15.1
15.8
16.2
16.5
16.6
16.5
15.7
15.8
15.4
15.5
15.4
15.3
15.7
15.5
15.2
15.5

Hot Mass
Flow
Rate
qmh
[kg/s]
0.050
0.052
0.050
0.049
0.049
0.050
0.049
0.050
0.049
0.051
0.051
0.050
0.050
0.049
0.052
0.048
0.049
0.049
0.050
0.051

Cold
Mass
Flow
Rate
qmc
[kg/s]
0.033
0.031
0.030
0.032
0.031
0.028
0.027
0.027
0.026
0.027
0.024
0.029
0.031
0.030
0.030
0.032
0.031
0.029
0.029
0.029

Heat Power
emitted
Qe
[W]

Heat Power
absorbed
Qa
[W]

Heat Power
lost
Qf
[W]

Overall
Efficiency

1899.47
1977.46
1867.09
1822.10
1807.04
1750.57
1714.47
1716.79
1721.32
1805.94
1895.89
1878.51
1976.57
1909.19
2027.33
1888.37
1859.36
1910.32
1955.30
1957.17

2008.72
1951.02
1887.20
1997.65
1980.70
1823.82
1823.79
1888.24
1829.03
1856.65
1582.79
1917.75
1997.25
1953.25
1909.93
2058.18
2030.94
1869.34
1847.18
1904.88

-109.25
26.44
-20.11
-175.55
-173.66
-73.25
-109.32
-171.45
-107.72
-50.71
313.10
-39.24
-20.68
-44.06
117.40
-169.80
-171.58
40.97
108.12
52.30

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[%]

Temp
Efficiency
for hot fluid
[%]

Temp
Efficiency
for cold fluid
[%]

Mean
Temp
Efficiency
[%]

105.8
98.7
101.1
109.6
109.6
104.2
106.4
110.0
106.3
102.8
83.5
102.1
101.0
102.3
94.2
109.0
109.2
97.9
94.5
97.3

57.8
57.6
57.6
57.4
57.4
57.6
57.9
57.7
58.0
57.9
56.9
57.4
57.5
57.5
57.5
57.7
57.6
57.3
57.3
57.5

48.2
48.7
49.3
49.2
49.3
52.0
52.6
53.8
53.3
52.8
50.0
50.2
48.5
48.9
48.9
48.3
49.6
49.0
48.4
49.0

53.0
53.2
53.4
53.3
53.4
54.8
55.2
55.7
55.7
55.3
53.5
53.8
53.0
53.2
53.2
53.0
53.6
53.2
52.8
53.2

HT32-XC Plate Heat Exchanger - Run 1 Results

LMTD

15.7
15.7
15.6
15.6
15.6
15.2
15.3
15.1
15.4
15.5
16.0
16.0
16.3
16.2
16.2
16.2
16.1
16.2
16.2
16.2

Overall Heat
Transfer
Coefficient
U

Questions
Score
[%]

3191.682
3311.763
3154.779
3073.035
3043.598
3024.643
2954.126
2985.641
2948.300
3071.135
3112.818
3085.565
3188.088
3103.779
3300.065
3059.026
3041.082
3096.124
3167.901
3181.791

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