// 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 # 7.6 ") //Temperature of methane in degree C T = 20; //Outer dia of tube in m D = 4/100; //Longitudinal spacing in m SL = 6/100; //Transverse spacing in m ST = 8/100; //Wall temperature in degree C Tw = 50; //Methane flow velocity in m/s v = 10; //For methane at 20°C, Table 36, Appendix 2 gives //Density in kg/m3 rho = 0.668; //Thermal conductivity in W/mK k = 0.0332; //Kinematic viscosity in m2/s nu = 0.00001627; //Prandtl number Pr = 0.73; //From the geometry of the tube bundle, we see that the minimum flow //area is between adjacent tubes in a row and that this area is half //the frontal area of the tube bundle. Thus, //Velocity in m/s Umax = 2*v; //Reynolds number Re = (Umax*D)/nu; //Since ST/SL<2, we use Eq. (7.30) //Nusselt number Nu = ((0.35*((ST/SL)^0.2))*(Re^0.6))*(Pr^0.36); //Heat transfer coefficient in W/m2K h = (Nu*k)/D; //Since there are fewer than 10 rows, the correlation factor in Table 7.3 gives disp("Heat transfer coefficient in W/m2K") //Heat transfer coefficient in W/m2K h = 0.92*h //Tube-bundle pressure drop is given by Eq. (7.37). The insert in Fig. (7.26) gives the correction factor x. disp("Corresponding pressure drop in N/m2") //Corresponding pressure drop in N/m2 P = ((((5*0.25)*rho)*Umax)*Umax)/2