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Assignment No. 2: H H H H C C C C

This document summarizes an assignment to calculate the outlet temperatures of hot and cold streams in a heat exchanger using the Wegstein convergence method. It provides the equations and algorithm used, notes considerations for robustness, and validates the program with an example problem from a textbook. The algorithm takes inlet temperatures and properties as input, makes an initial guess for the hot outlet temperature, and iteratively calculates the temperatures until they converge.

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Assignment No. 2: H H H H C C C C

This document summarizes an assignment to calculate the outlet temperatures of hot and cold streams in a heat exchanger using the Wegstein convergence method. It provides the equations and algorithm used, notes considerations for robustness, and validates the program with an example problem from a textbook. The algorithm takes inlet temperatures and properties as input, makes an initial guess for the hot outlet temperature, and iteratively calculates the temperatures until they converge.

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Assignment No.

2
Submitted by: Group A :

10CH10003 ANAMIKA CHOWDHURY


10CH10008 ANKUR ABHINAV
10CH10038 ROHAN ROY

Problem Statement
For a heat exchanger operating in steady state, take the following variables as input:
Hot and cold stream inlet temperatures, specific heats, mass flow rates and U and A value of the
heat exchanger
Calculate outlet temperature of hot and cold streams using wegstein convergence method
Equations :
Mh*Cph*(Thi - Tho) = Mc*Cpc*(Tco - Tci)

(- Eq.1)

Mh*Cph*(Thi - Tho) = U*A*LMTD

(- Eq.2)

Algorithm
1. Take an initial guess value of Tho
2. Using this value calculate the Tco.The heat balance equation is considered and
corresponding Tco (temperature of outgoing cold fluid) is obtained.
Equation: m1*Cp1*(Thi- Tho) = m2*Cp2*(Tco-Tci)=Q
m1: mass flow rate of hot fluid
Cp1: specific heat capacity of hot fluid
Thi: Incoming hot fluid temperature

m2: mass flow rate of cold fluid


Cp2: specific heat capacity of cold fluid
Tci: Incoming cold fluid temperature

3. Using Eq.2; again calculate Tho


4. Using above two calculate Tho values and wegstein convergence method; calculate the
exact value of Tho
Robustness in program
There can be following input errors in the program and hence necessary
actions have also been formulated.
1) The Tci must always be less than Thi.
2) The guess value of Tho should be less than Thi, heat transfer is between
a hot and a cold fluid.

Validation of the program from the example problem of book


READING:
m1= 1260 kg/hr
m2= 1260 kg/hr
Cp1=
1 kJ/kgC
Cp2=
1.5 kJ/kgC
2
A= 1 m
RESULTS:
Tho= 90.24 C
Tco= 36.51 C

Thi=100 C
Tci= 30 C
Tho (initial guess) = 35 C
U =200 W/ m2C

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