Heat and Mass Transfer Heat Transfer For PDF
Heat and Mass Transfer Heat Transfer For PDF
Heat and Mass Transfer Heat Transfer For PDF
Case II: fin with a finite length, L, and the end is insulated
Case III: fin with a finite length, L, and losses heat by convection from its end
Fin Efficiency:
Convection
Dimensionless numbers
1. Reynolds number
Re D
um Dh 4m
Dh
2. Nusselt number
Pr
3. Prandtl number
C p
4. Grashof number
5. Rayleigh number
Ra = GrPr
Tf
Ts :T
2
Nu x
hx x
0.664 Re1x/ 2 Pr1/ 3 , Pr 0.6
k
Nu x
hx x
0.565Re1x/ 2 Pr1 / 2 , Pr 0.05
k
Tf
Ts : T
2
Re 5 / 8
1
282,000
4/5
It correlates available data well for Re Pr > 0.2. The fluid properties are evaluated at the mean film
temperature
Ts T
Tf
b. Non-circular shapes
1/ 3
Nu D C Re m
D Pr
Nu D
1/ 4
Pr 0.7
C2 = 1 For N L 10
C2 = from the following table if N L 10
Re D,max
Where: Vmax
Vmax
Vmax D
ST
For case (a) Aligned
V
ST D
ST
SD
ST D
2
1 Ti To
Ts
2 2
Re D
um Dh
2300
Dh
4 Ac
P
To include the contributions due to convection at the tube inner and outer surfaces, and due to
conduction across the tube wall:
U As
To T Tm ,o
exp
m c
Ti T Tm ,i
p
Nusselt Number for fully developed laminar flow in tubes of various cross sections
Natural Convection:
Geometry
1. Vertical plates
Recommended Equation
0.387 Ra1L/ 6
Nu L 0.825
1 (0.492 / Pr)9 / 16
2. Inclined
plates,
(cold surface up or
hot surface down)
4/9
0.387 Ra1L/ 6
Nu L 0.825
1 (0.492 / Pr)9 / 16
4/9
Where: g g cos
3. Horizontal
plates
(Hot surface up or
cold surface down)
4. Horizontal
plates
(Cold surface up or
hot surface down)
5. Horizontal
cylinder
Nu L 0.54 Ra1L/ 4
(104 Ra L 107 )
Nu L 0.15 Ra1L/ 3
(107 Ra L 1011 )
Nu L 0.27 Ra1L/ 4
(105 Ra L 1010 )
Ra D 1012
0.387 Ra1D/ 6
Nu D 0.60
8
/
27
9 / 16
1 (0.559 / Pr)
Ra D 1011
6. Sphere
Pr 0.7
0.589 Ra1D/ 4
Nu D 2
1 (0.469 / Pr)9 / 16
1/ 4
4/9
Heat Exchangers
Log mean Temperature Difference
Tlm
T2 T1
T
ln 2
T1
Tlm LMTD
Tlm LMTD
(Th,o Tc ,o ) (Th,i Tc ,i )
ln[(Th,o Tc ,o ) /(Th,i Tc ,i )]
(Th,o Tc ,i ) (Th,i Tc ,o )
ln[(Th,o Tc ,i ) /(Th,i Tc ,o )]
Tlm LMTD F
(Th,o Tc ,i ) (Th,i Tc ,o )
ln[(Th,o Tc ,i ) /(Th,i Tc ,o )]
Where: F = correction factor which can be obtained from the following figures:
5
Correction factor F charts for common shell-and-tube and cross-flow heat exchangers.
6
Cr
qact
qmax
0 1
Cmin
Cmax
NTU
UA
Cmin