clear; clc; printf("\n Example 16.5"); //Inlet air temperature Tair = 400; //Inlet air temperature in kelvins H = 0.01; //Humidity is in kg/kg dry air //*therefore wet bulb temperature = Twetbulb = 312; //Inlet wet-bulb temperature NTU = 1.5; //Number of transfer units //Then for adiabatic drying the outlet air temperature,To is given by To = poly([0],'To'); To1 = roots(exp(1.5)*(To-312)-(400-312)); printf("\n For adiabatic drying the outlet air temperature = %.1f K",To1); //Solids outlet temperature will be taken to be maximum allowable,325K //From the steam tables in the Appendix, the latent heat of vaporisation of water at 312 K is2410 kJ/kg. Again from steam tables, the specific heat capacity of water vapour = 1.88 kJ/kg K and that of the solids will be taken as 2.18 kJ/kg K. //For a mass flow of solids of 0.35 kg/s and inlet and outlet moisture contents of 0.15 and 0.005 kg/kg dry solids respectively, the mass of water evaporated = 0.35(0.15 − 0.005) = 0.0508 kg/s. //For unit mass of solids ,the heat duty includes: //Heat to the solids qsolids = 2.18*(325-300); //heat to solids in kJ/kg //Heat to raise the moisture to the dew point qdew = (0.15*4.187*(312-300)); //in kJ/kg //Heat of vaporisation qvap = 2410*(0.15-0.005); //in kJ/kg //Heat to raise remaining moisture to solids outlet temperature qremaining = (0.05*4.187)*(325-312); //Heat to raise evaporated moisture to the air outlet temp. qevapo = (0.15-0.005)*1.88*(331.5-312); qtotal = qsolids + qdew + qvap + qremaining + qevapo; printf("\n Total heat = %.1f kJ/kg or %d kW",qtotal,qtotal*0.35); //The humid heat of entering air is 1.03 kJ/kg K //G1 (1 +H1) = Q/Cp1(T1 − T2) //where: G1 (kg/s) is the mass flowrate of inlet air, //H1 (kg/kg) is the humidity of inlet air, //Q (kW) is the heat duty, //Cp1 (kJ/kg K) is the humid heat of inlet air //and: T1 and T2 (K) are the inlet and outlet air temperatures respectively. G1 = poly([0],'G1'); G = roots(G1*(1+0.01)-146/(1.03*(400-331.5))); printf("\n Mass flow rate of inlet air = %.2f kg/secs",G); printf("\n Mass flow rate of dry air ,Ga = %.2f kg/secs",G/1.01); printf("\n the humidity of the outlet air H2 = %.4f kg/kg",0.01+0.0508/2.05); //At a dry bulb temperature of 331.5 K, with a humidity of 0.0347 kg/kg, the wet-bulb temperatureof the outlet air, from Figure 13.4 in Volume 1, is 312 K, the same as the inlet, which is the case for adiabatic drying. //The dryer diameter is then found from the allowable mass velocity of the air and the entering air flow and for a mass velocity of 0.95 kg/m^2.secs, the cross sectional area of the dryer is printf("\n The cross sectional area of the dryer is %.2f m^2",2.07/0.95); printf("\n The equivalent diameter of the dryer = %.2f m",[(4*2.18)/%pi]^0.5); //With a constant drying temperature of 312 K: //at the inlet deltaT1 = 400-312; //inlet temperature is in deg K //at the outlet deltaT2 = 331.5-312; //outlet temperature is in deg K Tlogmean = (deltaT1 - deltaT2)/log(deltaT1/deltaT2); printf("\n Logarithmic mean temperature difference = %.1f deg K",Tlogmean); //The length of the dryer, L is then: L = Q/(0.0625πDG^(0.67)*Tm) //where D (m) is the diameter //and G(kg/m^2.secs) is the air mass velocity. L = 146/[0.0625*(%pi)*1.67*(0.95)^(0.67)*45.5]; printf("\n The length of the dryer = %.1f m",L); printf("\n Length/diameter ratio = %d ",10.1/1.67);