A steam generator consists of a bank of stainless steel (k = 15 W/m · K) tubes having the core...

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A steam generator consists of a bank of stainless steel (k = 15 W/m · K) tubes having the core configuration of figure and an inner diameter of 13.8 mm. The tubes are installed in a plenum whose square cross section is 0.6 m on a side, thereby providing a frontal area of 0.36 m2. Combustion gases, whose properties may be approximated as those of atmospheric air, enter the plenum at 900 K and pass in cross flow over the tubes at 3 kg/s. If saturated water enters the tubes at a pressure of 2.455 bars and a flow rate of 0.5 kg/s, how many tube rows are required to provide saturated steam at the tube outlet? A convection coefficient of 10,000 W/m2 · K is associated with boiling in the tubes.

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Given : 
Inlet Temp. of air, Ti = 900K 
Mass flow rate of air, ma= 3kg/s 
Psat of water = 2.455 bar, Tsat = 399.09K, hfg = 2184.91kJ/kgK (FROM STEAM TABLE) 
Heat required to convert saturated liquid in saturated vapour = mw* Hfg = 0.5 * 2184.91 = 1092.

A steam generator consists of a bank of stainless steel (k = 15 W/m · K) tubes having the core configuration of figure and an inner diameter of 13.8 mm. The tubes are installed in a plenum whose...

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