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Question :
Air at 3.5 MPa and 38xc2xb0C flows across a tube bank consisting of 400 tubes of 1.25-cm OD arranged in a staggered manner 20 rows high;
Sp = 3.75 cm and Sn = 2.5 cm. The incoming-flow velocity is 9 m/s, and the tube-wall temperatures are maintained constant at 20xc2xb0C by
a condensing vapor on the inside of the tubes. The length of the tubes is 1.5 m. Estimate the exit air temperature as it leaves the tube bank.

Answer (Ignore Step 0) :

Step 1
Determine the density of the fluid

at

by using following equation:

Here, the pressure of the fluid is

, dry air gas constant is

and the temperature of the fluid is

Substitute

for

for

and

for

Step 2
Determine the mass flow rate

of the fluid through the tube by using following equation:

Here, the number of the row of the tube is

, velocity of the fluid is

and the length of the tube is

Substitute 20 for

for

for

and

for

Step 3
Determine the fluid temperature

by using following equation:

Here the temperature of the wall of the tube is

Substitute

for

and

for

Determine the density of the fluid

at

by using following equation:

Substitute

for

for

and
for

Step 4
Determine the maximum velocity of air

by using following equation:

Here the spacing in the tube is

and the incoming flow velocity of the fluid is

Substitute

for

for

and

for

Determine the Reynolds number is

by using the following equation:

...... (1)

Here, the dynamic viscosity of the air is

Obtain the properties of air at

from the table A-5 Properties of air at atmospheric pressure, the value of

is

Substitute

for

for

,
for

and

for

in the equation (1)

Calculate the heat transfer coefficient

through the cylinder by using following equation:

...... (2)

Here the Prandtl number is

and the conductive heat transfer coefficient of the cylinder is

Obtain the properties of air at

from the table A-5 Properties of air at atmospheric pressure, the value of Pr is 0.69 and the value of

is

Substitute 0.69 for Pr, 311000 for

for

and

for

in the equation (2)

Step 5
Determine the exit bulk temperature

of the water by using following equation:

Here, the specific heat constant at constant pressure is

, length of the tube is

and the total number of tubes in the tube bank is N.

Substitute
for

for

for

for

for

for

and

for

for N.

Thus, the exit bulk temperature of the water is