//clear// clear; clc; //Example 24.4 //Given msdot = 2800; //[lb/h] Xa = 0.15; Xb = 0.005; Ti = 80; //[F] To = 125; //[F] Thb = 260; //[F] Hb = 0.01; //[lb water/lb dry air] G = 700; //[lb/ft^2-h] Cps = 0.52; //[Btu/lb-F] //Solution //Counter current operation will be used. //Assuming Nt = 1.5; //NTU //From Fig. 23.2 Twb = 102; //[F] //From Eq. (2.48) Tha = (Thb-Twb)/exp(Nt)+Twb; //[F] Tsb = To; //[F] lambda = 1036; //[Btu/lb], at 102 F, from Appendix 7 Cpv = 0.45; //[Btu/lb-F], from Appendix 15 Cpl = 1.0; //[Btu/lb-F] //From Eq.(24.9) mvdot = msdot*(Xa-Xb); //[lb/h] //The heat duty is found form substitution in Eq.(24.1) qTdot = Cps*(To-Ti)+Xa*Cpl*(Twb-Ti)+(Xa-Xb)*lambda+Xb*Cpl*(To-Twb)+(Xa-Xb)*Cpv*(Tha-Twb); //[Btu/lb] qT = qTdot*msdot; //[Btu/h] //The flow rate of the entering air is found from a heat balance and the humid heat csb. //From Fig. 23.2 csb = 0.245; //[Btu/lb-F], mgdot = qT/(csb*(Thb-Tha)*(1+Hb)); //[lb/h of dry air] //From Eq.(24.10), The outlet humidity Ha = Hb+mvdot/mgdot; //[lb/lb] //For a given flow rate, the cross-sectional area of the dryer must be Ac = qT/(csb*(Thb-Tha))/G; //[ft^2] //The dryer diameter is D = (4*Ac/%pi)^0.5; //[ft] delta_TL = ((Thb-Twb)-(Tha-Twb))/log((Thb-Twb)/(Tha-Twb)); //[F] //Using Eq.(24.29), the dryer length L = qT/(0.125*%pi*D*G^0.67*delta_TL); //[ft] disp('respectively','ft',L,'ft',D,'Required diameter and length of the dryer is')