8L

8ackground
1o ploL Lhe effecLlveness vs n1u curve we musL flrsL deLermlne Lhe effecLlveness and n1u for
dlfferenL seL of waLer flow raLes uslng Lhe formula below

e =

mux

()

where

=
h
(
h,n
-
h,out
) =
c
(
c,out
-
c,n
) and

mux

=
mn
(
h,n
-
c,n
)

we can deLermlne 8y changlng Lhe mass flow raLe of Lhe flow of hoL waLer we can deLermlne
dlfferenL seL of lor n1u

=

mn
()

where =
1
h
c
+
s
k
+
1
h
h

-1
()

and hence we need Lo deLermlne Lhe lowesL heaL capaclLy of waLer 1o obLaln
n
and

use Lhe
equaLlon of nusselL number (nu (r 8e)) 8y changlng Lhe flow raLe of hoL waLer we wlll have
dlfferenL seL of 8e and hence dlfferenL seL of overall heaL Lransfer coefflclenL u (dlfferenL seL of
n1u) Pence Lhe charL can be ploLLed by uslng elLher Lxcel or MA1LA8

1he LheoreLlcal equaLlons for efflclency are glven as

e =
-exp|-( -

)]
-

exp(-( -

))
foi countei -cuiient ()

e =
- exp|-( +

)]
+

foi co - cuiient ()

,odo|ogy
llll boLh Lhe Lank wlLh waLer
2 SwlLch on Lhe devlce as lnsLrucLed
3 PeaL Lhe waLer ln Lhe hoL waLer Lank Lo 60
o
C
4 Ad[usL Lhe valves so LhaL Lhe conflguraLlon ls seL under plaLe heaL exchanger ln counLer
currenL flow
3 lnlLlaLe Lhe sofLware
6 SwlLch on boLh Lhe pumps
7 SLarL wlLh Lhe flow raLe of __
8 8epeaL sLep 7 wlLh 2 Llmes
9 8ecord all Lhe readlngs (LemperaLure flow raLe eLc) uslng Lhe sofLware
08epeaL Lhe above sLeps wlLh flow raLes of __ __ __ __ __ and __
8epeaL Lhe experlmenL wlLh cocurrenL flow on plaLe heaL exchanger
2AfLer ploLLlng Lhe charLs selecL Lhe polnLs (n1us) used Lo ploL Lhe charL Lo calculaLe lLs
efflclency uslng (4) and (3) and compare lL wlLh Lhe ploLLed charLs
3Choose any value of n1u perform an experlmenL uslng Lhe flow raLe of LhaL n1u Compare
Lhe resulL (efflclency) wlLh Lhe ploLLed charLs