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Air Cooled Condenser Design Spreadsheet
Air Cooled Condenser Design Spreadsheet
Given Condition Temp. Air Entering,C Temp. Air Leaving, C Air Flowrate, m3/s Temp. Air Mean, C Temp. Water Entering, C Temp. Water Leaving, C Water Flowrate, m3/s Temp. Water Mean, C From Book at Temp. Air Mean, C Density, kg/m3 Cp, kJ/kg-C u, kg/m-s Pr at Temp. Water Mean, C Density, kg/m3 Cp, kJ/kg-C u, kg/m-s Pr k, W/m-c 42 47 61.475 44.5 55 45 0.00625 50 315
44.5 1.111424 1.007766 1.924E-05 0.70854 50 987.83 4.1822 5.535E-04 3.6017 0.642735
258.21 kW
Input Data: 1. Tube, Copper OD5/8" 2. T Wall Thickness, m 3. Tube ID , m 4. Fin Copper ,k, W/m2-c 5. Fin thickness, m 6. FPI 7. Number of Rows 8. Number of Pass 9. Number of Circuits 10. Coil Length, m 11. Coil Height, m 12. Coil Thickness, m 13. Tube Pitch, m 0.0127 0.00089 0.01092 386 0.00016 14 3 1 528 4.3942 2422 1.7780 70 0.08249 0.03175
14. Coil Face Velocity,m/s 15. Coil Face Area,m2 16. Water Vel. In-Tube,m/s 17. O-Tube Cross Sect A,m2 18. I-Tube Cross Sect A,m2 19. Tube Pitch, m 20. Number of Tubes/row 21. Total Number of Tubes 22. J Factor for Air 23. Pi (1.5"x1.5"xod5/8")
56.03 say
Solve for Reynold Number of Water
56 whole number
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
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
102.17
Solve for M
57.52
Solve for n
3308.663
0.85
Solve for Fin Efficiency
0.752431979
0.85
Solve for Tube, Atsa/A
0.953748453
0.046
Solve for Uo Coef. , W/m2-c
66.800
Solve for Heat Rate for Air, kJ/s-c
0.015
0.01147183
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
Solve for Coil Capacity, Q
1.030
249 KW
Solve for Design Margin, %
-3.50 %
Checking Solve for Water Temp. Leaving. C
-0.0350219049140
45.35
Solve for Air Temp. Leaving. C
45.62
Suggested Air Flowrate, m3/s
61.47
0.636597596
0.15
0.003498147
2.80021