Tco Thi

80
400 kg/s 400 kg/s Thi
water water
Tco

20
Tho Tci

DTml =
number of plates 100

DT arith =
plate length 8 m

plate width 0.5 m Tw h =

plate thickness 0.002 m Tw c =

hot and cold gap 0.008 m

( gasket thickness)

Thi 80 C

Tci 20 C

mass flow hot 400 kg/s

mass flow cold 400 kg/s

fouling resistance 5E-05 m2K/W

hot side

fouling resistance 5E-05 m2K/W

cold side

plate metal 50 W/m.K

conductivity

physical properties : defined @ Taverage 50 C

hot cold
density [kg/m3] 988 988

conductivit [W/m/K] 0.64215 0.64215

Lambda
viscosity [Pa.s] 0.000525 0.000525
Nu
 Calorific capacity
Cp [j/kg/C) 4180.5 4180.5

heat exchanging area 400 m2

Number of hot or cold

chanels 50

Area per channel 0.004 m2

Channel perimeter 1.016 m

Hydraulic Diameter 0.015748 m

Flow area per fluid 0.2 m2

Fluid mass velocity G

hot 2000 [kg/s/m2]

cold 2000 [kg/s/m2]

Reynolds G*Dh/nu
hot 59992.5

cold 59992.5

Prandtl Cp*Nu/Lamda
hot 3.417835

cold 3.417835

Nusselt 0.023*Re^0.8*Pr^0.4*(mu/muw)^0.14
hot 249.8652

cold 249.8652

heat transfer coefficient

hot 10188.6 [W/m2.K]

cold 10188.6 [W/m2.K]

Plate heat resistance 0.0 m2W/K

Global heat transfer 2973.6 [W/m2.K]

coefficient U

1) Q U*A*Y*DTml = U*A*Y*DT arith approximation

2) Q (m*cp*DT) hot
3) Q (m*cp*DT) cold
Y 0.95

To solve

2*M*Cp/(U*A*Y)*(Thi-Tho) = (Thi-Tci+ Tho-Tco)

>>>>> Tci+Thi=Tco+Tho
2*M*Cp/(U*A*Y)*(Tcoi-Thi) = (Thi-Tci+ Tho-Tco)

Tho 55.8 C

Tco 44.2 C

Tw h 62.1 C

Tw c 32.1 C

Muw hot 7.65E-04 pa.s

Muw cold 4.52E-04

hot cold
Mu/Muw 0.69 1.16
>>>> No need for more iterati
(Mu/Muw)^0.14 0.95 1.02

Nusselt 237.1 255.2

heat coefficient 9666.4 10404.4

[W/m2.K]

U global
2945.0
[W/m2.K]

Tho 55.9 C

Tco 44.1 C

Q 40.2 Mw
 Tho

Tci

(Thi-Tco)-(Tho-Tci)/ l (Thi-Tco)/(Tho-Tci) )

( Thi+Tho)/2-(Tci+Tco)/2

(Thi+Tco)/2

(Tho+Tci)/2
DT ml = DT arithm
>>>> No need for more iterations