In: Mechanical Engineering
Heat Transfer Problem
You had been assigned, at General Motors as a design engineer, to design a radiator (Heat Exchanger) for a new model car . It is necessary that the heat exchanger will be compact enough to fit within a space of 2 feet by 3 feet available in front of the car. IF the temperature of the incoming engine coolant is 150 degree Centigrade and the outside temperature of air is about 38 C:
What type of heat exchanger could reduce the temperature of the coolant to 40 C? find the surface area and number of the tubes necessary to do so. Select the Coolant properties as water. The coolant is circulated by a water pump at a rate of 0.5 kg/sec. Show all your work and justify the selection you made. Make all other engineering assumptions necessary for this design.