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Heat Exchanger Analysis Methods

The document discusses heat exchanger design and analysis. It introduces the log mean temperature difference (LMTD) method for determining heat exchanger size based on inlet/outlet temperatures and heat transfer requirements. It then describes the effectiveness-NTU method, which simplifies analysis using the number of transfer units (NTU) and heat capacity ratio. The maximum possible heat transfer is defined as well as how effectiveness relates to NTU and heat capacity ratio. Counter-flow and parallel-flow arrangements are analyzed in terms of their effectiveness.

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Heat Exchanger Analysis Methods

The document discusses heat exchanger design and analysis. It introduces the log mean temperature difference (LMTD) method for determining heat exchanger size based on inlet/outlet temperatures and heat transfer requirements. It then describes the effectiveness-NTU method, which simplifies analysis using the number of transfer units (NTU) and heat capacity ratio. The maximum possible heat transfer is defined as well as how effectiveness relates to NTU and heat capacity ratio. Counter-flow and parallel-flow arrangements are analyzed in terms of their effectiveness.

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cross flow

cross-flow
1 Do Di 1
R R total Ri R wall Ro
hi A i 2 kL ho A o
fouling factor Rf , which is a measure
off
A
U
Rf i Rf o
Rw
hi Ai Ai Ao ho Ao
The subscripts 1 and 2 represent the inlet and
outlet, respectively..
T and t represent the shell- and tube-side
temperatures respectively
temperatures,

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T and t represent the shell-
and tube
tube-side
side temperatures
temperatures,
respectively

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LMTD method is very suitable for determining the size of a heat
exchanger
h to
t realize
li prescribed
ib d outlet
tl t temperatures
t t when
h ththe mass flflow
rates and the inlet and outlet temperatures of the hot and cold fluids are
specified.

With the LMTD method, the task is to select a heat exchanger that will
meet the prescribed heat transfer requirements. The procedure to be
followed by the selection process is:

Select-type Determine- Inlet, Oulet Calculate Tlm


off Heat
H t t
temp, H
Heatt transfer
t f rate
t and F if neccessary
Exchanger Using energy balance

Obtain U Calculate As

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determination of the heat transfer rate and the outlet temperatures

effectiveness–NTU
ff ti NTU
method, which greatly simplified heat exchanger analysis
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Actual heat transfer rate

Maximum temperature difference that can occurs

Maximum possible heat transfer

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The heat transfer in a heat exchanger will reach its maximum value
when
(1) the cold fluid is heated to the inlet temperature of the hot fluid or
(2) The hot fluid is cooled to the inlet temperature of the cold fluid.

These two limiting conditions will not be reached simultaneously


unless the heat capacity rates of the hot and cold fluids are
identical (i
(i.e.,
e Cc = Ch).
) When Cc Ch, which is usually the case, case
the fluid with the smaller heat capacity rate will experience a larger
temperature change, and thus it will be the first to experience the
maximum temperature,
p , at which point
p the heat transfer will come to
a halt.
Maximum possible heat transfer

Q C Th in Tc in

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and after adding and subtractingTc, in gives

simplifies to
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We now manipulate the definition of effectiveness to obtain

Taking either Cc or Ch to be Cmin (both


approaches give the same result), the
relation above can be expressed more
conveniently as results

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Number of transfer units

Capacity ratio

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2 For a gi
2. given
en NTU and capacity
capacit ratio c = Cmin
/Cmax, the counter-flow

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3. The effectiveness of a heat exchanger is
independent of the capacity

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