Heat Exchanger Calculations

Units

Inside Heat Trasfer Coefficient

Assuming Gas Temp as 195 K
(viscosity)
0.000015
Prandtl Number
0.667
Specific Heat(KJ/KgK)
5194
Area of flow inside the tube (1/2" O.D,0.049 thk) Ai
Inside Dia
Mass Flow Rate per Unit Area
Reynolds Number (Di*Gi/)

Colburn J-Factor
Outer Diameter Of tube

Ai
Di
Gi
Re
Dm
Bc
Jh
hi
Do

8.17616E-05
0.010203046
122.3067585
83193.42962
0.13642132
1.418427827
0.003384677
2816.560722
0.012690355

m2
meters
kg/m2s
meters

W/m2K
meters

Outside Heat Trasfer Coefficient

thickness of fin
Assuming Gas Temp as 190 K
(viscosity)
0.0000148
Prandtl Number
0.667
Specific Heat(KJ/KgK)
5193
Area occupied by one fin
Afin
Area Occupied by 690 fins(One turn occupies 690 fins)
A,690 fins
Mass Flow Area for 80 K Gas
Ao
Area of flow outside the tube
Ao
Mean Dia
Dm
Mass Flow Rate per Unit Area
Gi
Reynolds Number (Di*Gi/)
Re
Colburn J-Factor
Jh
Convective Heat Transfer Coefiicient
ho
Thermal Conductivity Of Copper
Kw

0.02

0.035

6.4418E-06
0.004444845
0.006685794
0.006685794
0.139593909
1.495708602
14107.55472
0.005017262
51.04832551
400

m2

49.91430355
0.979076553
0.000799382
16.44792333
820.9866377
51.93
15.80948657

W/m2K

NTU*Cmin=UoAoverall

Uo
Atube
Afins
Aoverall
UoAo
Cmin
NTU

Surface Temperatures
Th,ave
192.5
Tc,ave
187.4375
Average temperature of Hot Wall
Average temperature of Cold Wall

Thw
Tcw

192.3884127 K
192.3875382 K

m2
meters
kg/m2s

W/m2K
W/mK

1.13E-05
0.007778
0.003352
0.003352
0.139594
2.983151
28137.14
0.003854
78.21235
400

Overall Heat Trasfer Coefficient

Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient
Total Surface Area of 1/2in tube
Total Surface Area of 19351 fins
Over All Heat transfer Area(Atube+Afins)

m2
W/k
W/K

75.58144
0.979077
0.000799
16.44792
1243.158
51.93
23.93911

Used Temperatures
195
190

The mean hot film Temperature

The mean cold film Temperature

Thm
Tcm

192.4442063
189.9125191

Number Of Tube Passages

NTU per pass
Cr

N
Np
Cr

28
0.56462452
0.999422633

28
0.854968
0.999423

Effectiveness of Counter Flow Heat Exchanger

=(1-exp(-NTU(1-Cr))/(1-Cr*exp(-NTU(1-Cr))

0.940764821

0.960168

Tc2
Tc1
Th1
Th2
Tcavg
Thavg

286.9682607
80
300
93
183.4841304
196.5

291.2369
80
300
93
185.6185
196.5

Dtavg

13.0158696

10.8815

(1-p)
p

0.367666978
0.632333022

0.367667
0.632333

Temperature of Cold return =(Tc2-Tc1)/Th1-Tc1)

Q=mcpdth=mcpdtc

Pass Effectiveness(1-p)=exp{-(1/Cr)[1-exp(-NTUCr/Np)]}

Calculating the Heat Loss Through Fins

t=.035

Temperature difference of two gases

Outer Radius
Inner radius
Thickness of the Fin
Thermal conductivity Of Copper
Heat Transfer Coefficient
m=sqrt(2*ho/K*t)

T
re
ro
t
K
ho
m
mre
mro

Heat Dissipation from One fin

Total of 19351 fins
Heat Dissipation from Copper Tube
Total Heat from fins and Copper tube
Heat calculated from mcpdt is

Qo

0.491617001 W

0.47343

Qfins

9513.28059 W

9161.34

Qcu,tube
Qtotal
Q

650.4851447 W
10163.76574 W
11400 W

833.1986
9994.543
11400

Heat Dissipation from One fin

Qo
Qtot

0.095631342 730.8986 0.156591

1850.562106
3030.188

DT

15.59723929

220
0.012690355
0.006345178
0.000507614
400
51.04832551
22.42378216
0.284565763
0.142282882

m
m
m
W/mK
W/m2K

220
0.01269
0.006345
0.000888
400
78.21235
20.98151
0.266263
0.133131

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