HEAT TRANSFER THROUGH LIMPET COIL :

PROBLEM STATEMENT :
An agitated tank contains a certain quantity of liquid. Tank is surrounded by limpet coils containin
Calculate the overall heat transfer coefficient and time required for heating of the tank to a certain

INPUT DATA :

TANK SIDE :
Tank ID = 1.5 m No of Turns =
Tank Height = 1.8 m Limpet ID =
Tank height covered by limpet = 1.464 m Limpet Pitch =
TANK SIDE FLUID PROPERTIES : LIMPET SIDE
Flow Rate = 2200 kg Density =
Density = 850 kg/m3 Sp. Heat =
Sp. Heat = 0.45 kcal/kgC Viscosity =
Viscosity = 0.7 cp Thermal conductivity =
Thermal conductivity = 0.15 kcal/hr-m-C LIMPET SIDE FLUID TEM
INITIAL TEMP OF TANK SIDE FLUID = 25 C LIMPET SIDE FLUID VEL
FINAL TEMP OF TANK SIDE FLUID = 80 C Limpet fluid dirt factor =
AGITATOR DATA :
Dia of agitator = 0.5 m Assumption : Velocity o
rpm of agitator = 150
Tank fluid dirt factor = 0.0002 hr-m2-C/kcal

OUT PUT RESULTS

TANK SIDE :

Reynolds No = 758928.57 Flow area of the coil =

Prandtle No = 7.56 Flow rate of the coil side f
Nusselt No = 12556.787 Hydraulic dia of limpet co
Tank side heat transfer coefficient = 1256 kcal/hr-m2-C Coil Reynolds No =
 Prandtle No =
Outer area o fthe vessel covered by limpet = 6.9 m2 Nusselt No =
Effective outer heat transfer area = 5.96 m2 Coil side heat transfer c

CALCULATION OF OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT :

Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient = 467.7 kca/hr-m2-C

CALCULATION OF TIME REQUIRED FOR HEATING :

Calculation of the constant = 3.4105521

Time required for heating = 27.64 min
by limpet coils containing hot fluid to heat the liquid inside the tank.
g of the tank to a certain temperature for this case.

LIMPET SIDE :
No of Turns = 18
Limpet ID = 0.0525 m
Limpet Pitch = 0.0795 m
LIMPET SIDE FLUID PROPERTIES :
Density = 900 kg/m3
Sp. Heat = 0.5 kcal/kg-C
Viscosity = 4 cp
Thermal conductivity = 0.28 kcal/hr-m-C
LIMPET SIDE FLUID TEMP = 120 C
LIMPET SIDE FLUID VELOCITY = 1.5 m/s
Limpet fluid dirt factor = 0.0002 hr-m2-C/kcal

Assumption : Velocity of Limpet side fluid = 1.5 m/s ( Thumb Rule )

LIMPET SIDE :

Flow area of the coil = 0.0011 m2

Flow rate of the coil side fluid = 5261 kg/hr
Hydraulic dia of limpet coil = 0.03208 m
Coil Reynolds No = 10827
Prandtle No = 25.7143
Nusselt No = 141
Coil side heat transfer coefficient = 1229 kcal/hr-m2-C
m = den * vel * area

den 0.054 kg/m3

vel 0.3 m/s
dia 9 mm
area 0.000063585 m2
m 1.030077E-06 kg/s
0.0037082772 kg/hr

60 lph
0.06 m3/hr
0.00324 kg/hr