Heat Exchanger Project

For a project in my Heat Transfer class, I developed and analyzed a heat exchanger scenario designed to heat cold outdoor air for a home using hot water. I applied heat transfer principles to determine values including Reynolds and Nusselt numbers, convection coefficients, the overall heat transfer coefficient, and heat transfer rate. I used MATLAB to perform the calculations and analyze how changes in inlet air temperature, tube length, and outer tube diameter affected the heat transfer rate. I also created a SolidWorks schematic to represent the heat exchanger and its dimensions.