In: Mechanical Engineering
A steam generator consists of a bank of stainless stell (k=15 W/m·K) tubes habing the core configuration of CF7.0-5 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 propertires may be aproximated as those of atmospheric air, enter the plenum at 900 k and pass in cross flow over the tubes at 3 kg/s. There are 11 rows of tubes in the gas flow direction. If saturated water at 2.455 bar experiences boiling in the tubes, what is the gas exit temperature? A convection coeficient of 10.000 W/m2·K is associated with boiling in the tubes.