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5-151E A heat exchanger that uses hot air to heat cold water is considered. The total flow power and the
flow works for both the air and water streams are to be determined.
Assumptions 1 This is a steady-flow process since there is no change with time. 2 Kinetic and potential
energy changes are negligible. 3 There are no work interactions. 4 Heat loss from the device to the
surroundings is negligible and thus heat transfer from the hot fluid is equal to the heat transfer to the cold
fluid. 5 Air is an ideal gas with constant specific heats at room temperature.
Properties The gas constant of air is 0.3704 psia.ft3/lbm.R =0.06855 Btu/lbm.R (Table A-1E). The specific
volumes of water at the inlet and exit are (Table A-4E)
P3 = 20 psia ⎫ 3 AIR
⎬ v 3 ≅ v f @ 50° F = 0.01602 ft /lbm
T3 = 50°F ⎭
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P4 = 17 psia ⎫ 3 Water
⎬ v 4 ≅ v f @ 90° F = 0.01610 ft /lbm
T4 = 90°F ⎭ 3
Analysis The specific volume of air at the inlet and the mass flow rate are
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RT (0.3704 psia ⋅ ft 3 /lbm ⋅ R)(200 + 460 R) 2
v1 = 1 = = 12.22 ft 3 /lbm
P1 20 psia

V&1 (100 / 60) ft 3 /s

m& = = = 0.1364 lbm/s
v 1 12.22 ft 3 /lbm
Combining the flow work expression with the ideal gas equation of state gives
wflow = P2v 2 − P1v 1 = R(T2 − T1 ) = (0.06855 Btu/lbm ⋅ R)(100 − 200)R = −6.855 Btu/lbm

The flow work of water is

wflow = P4v 4 − P3v 3

[ ⎛
= (17 psia)(0.01610 ft 3 /lbm) − (20 psia)(0.01602 ft 3 /lbm) ⎜] 1 Btu
⎜ 5.404 psia ⋅ ft 3
⎞
⎟
⎟
⎝ ⎠
= −0.00864 Btu/lbm
The net flow power for the heat exchanger is
W& flow = m& air wflow + m& air wflow
= (0.1364 lbm/s)(-6.855 Btu/lbm) + (0.5 lbm/s)(-0.00864 Btu/lbm)
⎛ 1 hp ⎞
= −0.9393 Btu/s⎜ ⎟ = −1.329 hp
⎝ 0.7068 Btu/s ⎠

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