Objectives Finish heat exchanger Heat exchanger performance Dry

Objectives • Finish heat exchanger • Heat exchanger performance • Dry HX vs. Vet heat exchanger • Example

Heat exchangers Air-liquid Tube heat exchanger Air-air Plate heat exchanger

Fin Efficiency • Assume entire fin is at fin base temperature • Maximum possible heat transfer • Perfect fin • Efficiency is ratio of actual heat transfer to perfect case • Non-dimensional parameter

Heat exchanger performance (11. 3) • NTU – absolute sizing (# of transfer units) • ε – relative sizing (effectiveness) Criteria NTU ε cr P RP

Example Following HW 2 problem AHU For the problem 9 HW assignment # 2 (process in AHU) calculate: a) Effectiveness of the cooling coil b) Uo. Ao value for the CC Inlet water temperature into CC is coil is 45ºF M OA CC CC (mcp)w RA tc, in=45ºF Qcc=…. . Btu/h t. M=81ºF t. CC=55ºF

Summary • Calculate efficiency of extended surface • Add thermal resistances in series • If you know temperatures • Calculate R and P to get F, ε, NTU • Might be iterative • If you know ε, NTU • Calculate R, P and get F, temps

Analysis of Moist Coils 1. Redo fin theory 2. Energy balance on fin surface, water film, air Introduce Lewis Number 3. Digression – approximate enthalpy 4. Redo fin analysis for cooling/ dehumidification (t → h)

1. Redo Fin Theory • Same result

2. Energy and mass balances • • Steady-state energy equation on air Energy balance on water Mass balance on water Rewrite energy balance on water surface • Reintroduce hg 0 (enthalpy of sat. water vapor at 0 °C or °F)

3. Define heat-transfer coefficient for wet surface 4. Fin analysis for wet fins Heat conduction only occurs in y-direction through water film

Overview of Procedure 1. Same approach as for dry fin with addition of conduction through water film 2. Define “fictitous moist air enthalpy” define at water surface temperature 3. Define heat-transfer coefficient 4. Develop new governing equation

Overall Heat Transfer Coefficients • Very parallel procedure to dry coil problem • U-values now influenced by condensation • See Example 11. 6 for details

Approximate Expression for Mean Enthalpy Difference h 1 enthalpy of entering air stream h 2 enthalpy of leaving air stream hs, R, 1 fictitious enthalpy of saturated air at entering refrigerant temp. hs, R, 2 fictitious enthalpy of saturated air at leaving refrigerant temp.

Wet Surface Heat Transfer • Approximate dry and wet-surface area and apply relevant equations Reynolds number changes – empirical relationships Questions: • Does a wet or a dry coil have higher or lower heat exchange? • Does a wet or a dry coil have higher or lower pressure drop?