Question

A car radiator is a cross-flow heat exchanger with both fluids unmixed. Water, which has a flow rate of 0.05 kg/s, enters the radiator at 400 K and is to leave at 330 K. The water is cooled by air that enters at 0.75 kg/s and 300 K. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 200 W/m2-K, what is the required heat transfer surface area?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Known: flow rate and inlet temperature for automobile radiator.

Overall heat transfer coefficient.

Find: Area required to achieve a prescribed outlet temperature.

Assumptions: (1) Negligible heat loss to surroundings and kinetic and

potential energy changes, (2) Constant properties.

Analysis: The required heat transfer rate is

q = (m c)h (T h,i - T h,o) = 0.05 kg/s (4209J / kg.K) 70K = 14,732 W

Using the ε-NTU method,

Cmin = Ch = 210.45 W / K

Cmax = Cc = 755.25W / K

Hence, Cmin/Cmx(Th,i - Th,o) = 210.45W / K(100K) = 21,045W

and

ε=q/qmax = 14,732W / 21,045W = 0.700

NTU≅1.5, hence

A=NTU(cmin / U) = 1.5 x 210.45W / K(200W) / m² .K) = 1.58m²

1. the air outlet is..

Tc,o = Tc,i + q / Cc = 300K + (14,732W / 755.25W / K) = 319.5K

2. using the LMTD approach ΔTlm = 51.2 K,, R=0.279 and P=0.7

hence F≅0.95 and

A = q/FUΔTlm = (14,732W) / [0.95(200W / m².K) 51.2K] = 1.51m²