MEE 4004 Heat Exchangers

Homework 2
Homework 2
• An annealing furnace with an energy cost of 0.025 €/kWh is operated at 8600 hours per year. The inlet
temperature of the combustion air is 10°C. The operation cost is 0.025 €/kWh to cool the flue gas from the
annealing furnace at 600°C to 150°C. Management plans to purchase staggered arranged a cross-flow heat
exchanger with heat transfer surface area of 215 m 2, overall heat transfer coefficient of 0.025 kW/m 2K and
heat transfer surface area unit cost of 500 €/m 2. Longitudinal and transverse pitches are 35 mm and 30 mm,
respectively. Flue gas passes over the 25 mm outer diameter pipes with a maximum velocity of 15 m/s and
6.5 m3/s volume flow rate. Combustion air passes inside the 23 mm inner diameter 5 m long tube at an
average velocity of 7 m/s and with a volume flow rate of 7.27 m 3/s steadily from 2500 pipe. The number of
tubes in the longitudinal direction is 50. The electricity unit cost is 0.12 €/kWh. The heat capacities of the
flue gas and combustion air are determined as 3 kW/K and 6 kW/K, respectively, and the depreciation
coefficient is defined as 0.12 1/y.
• (ρair=0.8 kg/m3, ρflue=0.45 kg/m3, µair=270x10-7 Ns/m2, νflue gas=66.5x10-6 m2/s).
Homework 2
a. Calculate the heat exchanger effectiveness values.
b. Calculate the cold flow outlet temperature.
c. Determine the amount of transferred heat.
d. Determine the required heat exchanger surface area.
e. Determine the required heat exchanger number.
f. Determine the pressure drop for external flow.
g. Determine the pressure drop for internal flow.
h. Determine the total power input for the pressure drop.
i. Calculate the amount of profit expense and saving.