// Display mode mode(0); // Display warning for floating point exception ieee(1); clc; disp("Principles of Heat Transfer, 7th Ed. Frank Kreith et. al Chapter - 7 Example # 7.5 ") //Initial temperature in degree F Ti = 58; //Final temperature in degree F Tf = 86; //Film temperature of air in degree F Tair = (Ti+Tf)/2; //Temperature of condensing steam in degree F Tsteam = 212; //Heat transfer coeffcient in Btuh/ft2F ho = 1000; //Length of tube in ft L = 2; //Diameter of tube in in d = 0.5; //Wall thickness in inches t = 0.049; //Pitch in inches p = 3/4; //Width in ft and height in inches of rectangular shell H = 15; W = 2; //Mass flow rate of air in lb/h m = 32000; //Appendix 2, Table 28 then gives for the properties of air at this mean //bulk temperature //Density in lb/ft3 rho = 0.072; //Thermal conductivity in Btu/h F ft k = 0.0146; //Dynamic viscosity in lb/fth mu = 0.0444; //Prandtl number for air and steam Pr = 0.71; //Calcaulating minimum free area in ft2 A = ((H/p)*W)*((p-d)/12); //Maximum gas velocity in lb/h.ft2 Gmax = m/A; //Hence the reynolds number is Re = (Gmax*d)/(12*mu); //Assuming that more than 10 rows will be required, the heat transfer coefficient is calculated from Eq. (7.29) //h value in Btu/h ft2 F h = ((((k*12)/d)*(Pr^0.36))*0.27)*(Re^0.63); //The resistance at the steam side per tube in h F/Btu R1 = 12/(((ho*%pi)*(d-2*t))*L); //The resistance of the pipe wall in h F/Btu R2 = 0.049/(((60*%pi)*L)*(d-t)); //The resistance at the outside of the tube in h F/Btu R3 = 1/((((h*%pi)*d)*L)/12); //Total resistance in h F/Btu R = R1+R2+R3; //Mean temperature difference between air and steam in degree F is deltaT = Tsteam-Tair; //Specific heat of air in Btu/lb F c = 0.241; //Equating the rate of heat flow from the steam to the air to the rate of enthalpy rise of the air //Solving for N gives disp("Total number of transverse tubes needed are") //Total number of transverse tubes N = (((m*c)*(Tf-Ti))*R)/(20*deltaT) disp("Rounding off = 5 tubes") if N<10 then //Correction for h value, again in Btu/h ft2 F h = 0.92*h; end; //The pressure drop is obtained from Eq. (7.37) and Fig. 7.25. //Velocity in ft/s Umax = Gmax/(3600*rho); //Acceleration due to gravity in ft/s2 g = 32.2; disp("Corresponding pressure drop in lb/ft2") //Corresponding pressure drop in lb/ft2 P = ((((6*0.75)*rho)*Umax)*Umax)/(2*g)