Solution exercise 9

Air
Vfront = 2 m/s
Tair,in = 25C
air,in = 0.40
Vair,in 2000 m / h
Tair,out = 15C

Refrigerant
Tc,in = Tc,out = Tsat = 4C

Geometry
t = 270 W/mK
Internally corrugated tubes
3 sheets of 14 tubes each (Nt = 42)
Staggered lay out
do = 0.007 m
tt = 0.3 mm = 0.0003 m
di = du 2 tt = 0.0064 m
f = 220 W/mK
tf = 0.115 mm = 0.115 10 3 m
Fp = 1/15 inch = 0.001693 m
Xl = 0.0127 m
Xt = 0.021 m
Af/Atot = 0.856
j = 3.15 Re Dc0.614
f = 41.4 Re Dc0.798
hi = 2500 W/mK
F = 0.93

Solution
Tair =

25 15
= 20C
2

air 25.684 10 3 W/mK

air 18.232 10 6 Pa s
Prair 0.71486

air 1.2 kg/m

d
ln o
d
1
1
1

i
UA hi Ai 2 t l o ho Ao

(1)

ho?
ReDc =

air vc Dc
air

Dc = do + 2.tf = 0.00723 m
vc.Ac = vfront.Afront
Ac = (Xt - Dc).(Fp - tf) = 2.17 10 5 m
Afront = Xt.Fp = 3.56 10 5 m

Ac
0.61
A front

vc

v front

3.28 m/s

Dus ReDc = 1561

j 3.15 15610.614 0.0345

ho

air
Dc

j Re Dc Prair3 171 W/mK

1

Because hi >> ho and Ai is large due to the corrugated tube wall, equation (1) can be
simplified as follows:

1
1

U o ho

(2)

o?

tanhm l *
ml *

l * for continuous fins? Schmidt method

Xt
0.0105 m
2

M=

L=

X2
1
X l2 t = 0.00824 m
2
4

ro =

do
= 0.0035 m
2

req = 0.00928 m
l * = 0.0078 m

m=

2 ho
116.27
tf f

tanhm l *
0.794
ml *

u 1 1 f

Af
Atot

0.824

Using equation (2): U = 141 W/mK

Q?

air hair,in hair,out m

vap hvap,in hvap,out
Q= m

m vap
m air

0.622

pvap
p air

(humidity ratio)

psat(25C) = 0.03169 bar (inlet)

pvap = air,in p sat,in 0.012676 bar

0.622

0.012676 bar
= 0.007884
1 bar

air air,in Vair,in 0.667 kg/s

m
hvap,in(25C) = 2547.2 kJ/kg
hvap,out(15C) = 2528.9 kJ/kg
hair,in(25C) = 298.6 kJ/kg
hair,out(15C) = 288.52 kJ/kg
Hence Q = 6.82 kW

psat(15C) = 0.01705 bar (outlet)

 air,uit

0.012676 bar
0.743 74.3 %
0.01705 bar

LMTD?
For evaporating (condensing) flow the LMTD method can be used. If there is no pressure
drop and hence no temperature difference due to the pressure drop (evaporation/condensation
saturation conditions pressure and temperature are directly linked), this is the special
case where T=0 and cp = . However, in the case where there is a (significant) pressure drop
during evaporation, T0 and cp = . In this case, it is not entirely correct to use the LMTD
method, a more complex analysis is actually needed. However, for simplicity it is assumed
that, because the temperature differences due to pressure drop are mostly small, using the
LMTD method gives a good enough approximation.
T1 = 25 4 = 21C
T2 = 15 4 = 11 C
LMTD = 15.46C

Atot?

Atot

Q
3.4 m
U F LMTD

Atot = Af + Atube
A1 tube = 0.0117 m (for 1 tube) = Dc l t f Dc

1
l l 0.55 m
Fp