10_HeatTransfer_HeatExchanger1.pptVIP

HEAT TRANSFER Heat Exchangers, LMTD Method Where we’ve been …… So far have focused on detailed heat transfer analysis of specific conditions, such as external heat transfer coefficient Where we’re going: Investigate methods for larger system level analysis that combine all these modes of heat transfer in heat exchangers Heat Exchanger Types Heat Exchanger Types (Cont’d) Heat Exchanger Types (Cont’d) Shell and Tube: Heat Exchanger Types (Cont’d) Plate and Frame Series of plates with flow channels embossed in them. The two fluids are guided through alternating rows of the plates Advantages: __________________________ Application pictured: Electrocoat paint in automotive assembly plant Heat Exchanger Types (Cont’d) Plate and Fin Dense array of plates that guide alternating channels of fluids (typically air) Series of fins connect the plates and greatly increase the heat transfer area Advantage: very large heat transfer surface area per unit volume . One common application: Aircraft environmental control systems Overall heat transfer coefficient for HX Recall from earlier the overall thermal resistance concept: Types of resistances involved with heat exchangers (covered in previous sessions) Cold side internal convection Cold side fouling factor Conduction through wall Hot side external convection (smooth wall or may involve fins) Hot side fouling factor Review howthese werecalculated Analysis of heat transfer Total heat transfer rate is found through energy balance, regardless of the HX type or flow path For hot fluid: Energy balance: Define For the cold fluid: (Note: no minus sign “-” in this equation,  since heat flow in) Analysis of heat transfer (Cont’d) Energy balance gives: For the entire flow length A convenient way to compute the heat transfer is from the mean temperature difference between the hot and cold fluids Next: Evaluation of ?Tm different for parallel and counter flow Analysis of parallel flow heat transfer