CALCULATION FOR ROUND TUBE AND PLATE FIN HEAT EXCHANGER

Given Condition

Temp. Air Entering,C 42 315

Temp. Air Leaving, C 47
Air Flowrate, m3/s 61.475
Temp. Air Mean, C 44.5
Temp. Water Entering, C 55
Temp. Water Leaving, C 45
Water Flowrate, m3/s 0.00625
Temp. Water Mean, C 50

From Book
at Temp. Air Mean, C 44.5
Density, kg/m3 1.111424
Cp, kJ/kg-C 1.007766
u, kg/m-s 1.924E-05
Pr 0.70854

at Temp. Water Mean, C 50

Density, kg/m3 987.83
Cp, kJ/kg-C 4.1822
u, kg/m-s 5.535E-04
Pr 3.6017
k, W/m-c 0.642735

Solve for Q - heat to be removed from water

258.21 kW
Input Data:
1. Tube, Copper OD5/8" 0.0127
2. T Wall Thickness, m 0.00089
3. Tube ID , m 0.01092
4. Fin Copper ,k, W/m2-c 386
5. Fin thickness, m 0.00016
6. FPI 14
7. Number of Rows 3
8. Number of Pass 1
9. Number of Circuits 528
10. Coil Length, m 4.3942 2422
11. Coil Height, m 1.7780 70
12. Coil Thickness, m 0.08249
13. Tube Pitch, m 0.03175
14. Coil Face Velocity,m/s 7.868371228
15. Coil Face Area,m2 7.8129
16. Water Vel. In-Tube,m/s 1.191
17. O-Tube Cross Sect A,m2 0.0001266772
18. I-Tube Cross Sect A,m2 9.3656123E-05
19. Tube Pitch, m 0.03175
20. Number of Tubes/row 56
21. Total Number of Tubes 168
22. J Factor for Air 0.007
23. Pi (1.5"x1.5"xod5/8") 2.06

Solve for Number of Tubes

56.03 say 56 whole number

Solve for Reynold Number of Water

23210.41

Solve for hw Film Coef. of Water, W/m2-c

6180.67

Solve for Fin Surface Area, m2

0.125385456

Solve for TOTAL Fin Surface Area, m2

607.37

Solve for TOTAL Tube Surface Area, m2

29.45

Solve for TOTAL HEATING SURFACE AREA, m2

636.82

Solve for Coil Volume, m3

0.644

Solve for Fin Volume, m3

0.057

Solve for Tube Volume, m3

0.094
Solve for Net Volume, m3
0.494

Solve for Free Flow Area, m2

5.990

Solve for Gcf, kg/m2-s

8.825

Solve for Gc, kg/m2-s

11.510

Solve for Dha, m

0.00310

Solve for Reynold Number of Air

1856.49 check J from book

Solve for ha Film Coef. of Air, W/m2-c

102.17

Solve for M
57.52 3308.663

Solve for n
0.85 0.752431979

Solve for Fin Efficiency

0.85 0.9537484535

Solve for Tube, Atsa/A

0.046

Solve for Uo Coef. , W/m2-c

66.800 0.015 0.0114718297

Solve for Heat Rate for Air, kJ/s-c

68.86 Minimum

Solve for Heat Rate for Water, kJ/s-c

25.82
Using NTU METHOD
Solve by NTU
0.62

Solve for C
2.667

Solve for Effectiveness, E

0.278 1.030

Solve for Coil Capacity, Q

249 KW
Solve for Design Margin, %
-3.50 % ###
Checking
Solve for Water Temp. Leaving. C
45.35

Solve for Air Temp. Leaving. C

45.62

Suggested Air Flowrate, m3/s

61.47
N HEAT EXCHANGER
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0.0034981475
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