Q# 6.

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1. System Diagram
Heat transfer correlation:
Nu L 0.43 Re 0L.58 Pr 0.4
Surface
Ts
L
As

Air
T
U

2.

Assumptions
Steady state condition
Constant properties
Heat-mass analogy applies:
Heat Transfer

Nu f1 Re L , Pr

Thin water film

Mass Transfer

Sh f 2 Re L , Sc
Tmean

Correlation requires properties evaluated at

T Ts
300 K
2

3. Governing Equations

Re L

Reynolds Number:

Pr

Prandtl Number:

Sc

V L

D AB

Schmidt Number:

Nu

hL
kf

Average Nusselt Number:

Sh

hm L
D AB

Average Sherwood Number:

Newton's Law of Cooling:

Convection Mass Transfer Equation:

q conv h As Ts T
m hm As A, s A,

E in E out 0

First Law of Thermodynamics (for steady flow process):

4. Detailed Solution
Properties:

Air (at Tmean = 300 K, 1 atm)

= 15.89 10-6 m2/s

kf = 0.0263 W/mK
Pr = 0.707

Air-water mixture (at Tmean = 300K, 1 atm)

DAB = 0.26 10-4 m2/s

Saturated water (at Ts = 310 K)

A, sat = 1/vg = 1/22.93 m3/kg = 0.04361 kg/m3

hfg = 2414 kJ/kg

Heat transfer coefficient

First of all, evaluate ReL at Tmean to characterize the flow

Re L

UL
10m / s 1m 6.293 10 5

15.89 10 6 m 2 / s

and substituting into the prescribed correlation for this surface, find

Nu L 0.43 Re L

0.53

Pr 0.4 0.43 6.293 10 5

Nu L k f
L

0.58

0.707

0.4

864.1 0.0263W / m K 22.72

1m

864.1

W/m2K

Rate at which the surface loses heat by convection

q conv h As Ts T 22.71W / m 2 K 1m 2 310 K 290 K 454.2W

hL
kf

Mass transfer coefficient

Using the heat-mass analogy,

Nu L 0.43 Re 0L.58 Pr 0.4

Heat:

Sh L 0.43 Re 0L.58 Sc 0.4

Mass:

where

15.89 10 6 m 2 / s
Sc

0.6112
D AB
0.26 10 4 m 2 / s

Substituting numerical values, and find

Sh L 0.43 Re L

0.53

Sc 0.4 0.43 6.293 10 5

0.58

0.6112

0.4

815.2

hm L
D AB

Sh L D AB 815.2 0.26 10 4 m 2 / s
hm

2.12 10 2 m / s
L
1m

Evaporation rate (kg/h) of the water on the surface

The evaporation rate, with A,s = A,sat (Ts), is

m hm As A,s A, 2.12 10 2 m / s 1m 2 0.04361kg / m 3 0kg / m 3

m 9.243 10 4 kg / s 3.327 kg / h
Rate at which heat must be supplied to the surface for these conditions

Air

qconv

qevap

qin

Applying the first law of thermodynamics,

E in E out 0
qin qconv q evap 0

where qin is the heat supplied to sustain the losses by convention and
evaporation.

q in q conv q evap
q in h As Ts T m h fg

q in 454.2W 9.243 10 4 kg / s 2414 10 3 J / kg

q in 454.2W 2231.3W

q in 2685W

5. Critical Assessment
Heat-mass analogy has been applied in this problem. Note that convection
mass transfer can be analyzed like convection heat transfer. Equations are
very similar to each other.
Notice that the heat loss from the surface by evaporation is nearly 5 times
that due to convection.

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