UNSTEADY STATE HEATING WITH HOT WATER

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Input data
Heat-up time
Overall HTC
Heated fluid heat capacity
Heating fluid heat capacity
Starting batch temperature
Ending batch temperature
Heating fluid inlet temp
Heat transfer area
K
LHS
RHS

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h
Btu/h sq.ft F
Btu
Btu/h
F
F
F
A
ln(T1-t1/T1-t2)
WC*(K-1)*t/Mc/K

U
Mc
WC
t1
t2
T1
sq.ft

4
38
6206
15000
70
160
185
67.81229
1.18743
1.526056
1.526055

Wt x
=
=

6206
15000

Sp.ht
1
1

solve for these two

rows being equal

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Time to heat a tank with steam at constant temperature

Tank volume
Density
Specific heat
Coil HTC
Coil area
Start temp
End temp
Steam temp

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gal
pcf
Btu/lbF
Btu/sf.lb.F
sf
F
F
F

7200
62.4
1
45
100
80
140
280

Heat-up time
Max heat transfer rate

hr
Btu/h

4.75
900000

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Transient heating coefficients
from AIChE 1931 p311 - 'The drying of porous solids - diffusion calculations' by A.B.Newman
Enter data in yellow cells, and run solver.
Bessel roots
1
2
root
2.4048
5.5201
squared
5.783063
30.4715
Container dia
Container ht
Specific ht
Thermal cond
Density
Time
Diffusivity
Radial
Longit
Coefficients
A'
R'
Temp start
Temp surface
End average

2r
2l
Cp
k
s
t
D
kt/r^2
kt/l^2

To
Ti
Tav

in
in
Btu/lbF
Btu/hsfF/f
lb/cuf
min
k/Cps

F
F
F

Including surface resistance

Outside HTC
h
Btu/hsfF
Radial
mr
k/rh
Longit
ml
k/lh
Char # rad
w
Char # long
u
X radial
X longit
a radial
a longit
Y
Temp centre
F

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4.22
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0.25
62.4
4
0.004006
1.066667
0.539071
0.003964
0.001448
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185
185.0005 Assuming negligible surface resistance

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0.04
0.028436
2.310798
2.337504
0.017094
0.008639
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5.366504 needed if x<0.2

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