Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient and Pipe Length Calculation

Design Parameters

Cooling Load ( Q )=3.51685 kW Outside Radius , Tubes ( r o ) =4.7625 mm

Inside Radius , Tubes ( r i ) =4.3815 mmFinalTemperature ( T f ) =−5 ℃
W
Initial Temperature ( T i ) =32℃Thermal Conductivity , Refrigerant ( K r )=0.0942
m−K
W kg
Thermal Conductivity , Copper ( K co )=398 Density ( ρ ) =1311.11 3
m−K m
kg
Mass Flowrate ( ṁ )=0.026683 Area Inside Pipe ( Ai ) =0.000060310858 m2
s
kJ
Specific Heat Capacity , Refrigerant ( C p ,r )=1.33
kg−K
kg
Viscosity , Refrigerant ( μr ) =289.15 μPa−s∨0.00028915
m−s
W
Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient ( Outside ) ( ho ) =400 2
m −K

Design Proper

Methodology:
Sourced from ASHRAE Fundamentals (2021)

Titiladunayo, I. F., & Shittu, R. (2018). Design of a microcontroller based automated ice-cube
making machine. International Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences , 5(10).

Mean Velocity
kg
0.026683
m s m
V= r = =0.3374
ρ Ai kg s
1311.11 (0.000060310858)
m3
Reynolds Number

kg m
(1311.11 )(0.3374 )(0.008763 m)
ρV Di m 3
s
ℜ= = =13408.26
μr kg
(0.00028915 )
m−s
Prandtl Number
kJ kg
1.33 (0.00028915 )
Cp,rμ kg−K m−s
Pr ¿ = =4.0825
r

kr W
0.0942 2
Nusselt Number m −K
Nu=0.023 ( ℜ )0.8 ( Pr )0.4 =0.023 ( 13408.26 )0.8 ( 4.0825 )0.4 =80.9087
Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient ( ¿ side ) ( h i )

hi =
Nu k r
=
(
80.9087 0.0942
W
2
m −K ) W
=869.748 2
Overall 2 ( 0.0043815
2 r i Heat Transfer m)
Coefficient m −K

1 1 W
U= = =235.371 2
ro ro r
+ ln o +
hi r i k co ( )
1
r i ho
4.7625
4.3815( 869.748 2
W
+
4.7625
) (398
W
m−K
)
ln
4.7625
4.3815 (
+ )
400
1
W
m−K
m −K

m −K

Tube Length
Q
L= =13.495 m
π DoU ∆ T