Question: 7 . 7 5 An air - cooled steam condenser is operated with air in cross flow over a square, in - line array of

7.75 An air-cooled steam condenser is operated with air in cross flow over a square, in-line array of 400 tubes (NL = NT =20), with an outside tube diameter of 20 mm and longitudinal and transverse pitches of SL =60 mm and ST =30 mm, respectively. Saturated steam at a pressure of 2.455 bars enters the tubes, and a uniform tube outer surface temperature of Ts =390 K may be assumed to be maintained as condensation occurs within the tubes.
(a) If the temperature and velocity of the air upstream of the array are Ti =300 K and V =4( m)/(s), what is the temperature To of the air that leaves the array? As a first approximation, evaluate the properties of air at 300 K.
(b) If the tubes are 2 m long, what is the total heat transfer rate for the array? What is the rate at which steam is condensed in k(g)/(s)?
(c) Assess the effect of increasing NL by a factor of 2, while reducing SL to 30 mm. For this configuration, explore the effect of changes in the air velocity.
7 . 7 5 An air - cooled steam condenser is

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