Question: Reconsider Problem. Using the EES (or other) software, investigate the effect of the cooling water average (mean) velocity on the number of tubes needed to achieve the indicated heat transfer rate in the condenser. By varying the cooling water average velocity from 0.3 to 6 m/s, plot the number of tubes as a function of the water average velocity.
Problem: Cooling water available at 10°C is used to condense steam at 30°C in the condenser of a power plant at a rate of 0.15 kg/s by circulating the cooling water through a bank of 5-m-long 1.2-cm-internal-diameter thin copper tubes. Water enters the tubes at a mean velocity of 4 m/s and leaves at a temperature of 24°C. The tubes are nearly isothermal at 30°C. Determine the average heat transfer coefficient between the water, the tubes, and the number of tubes needed to achieve the indicated heat transfer rate in the condenser.