I'm sure a chemical engineer can explain this better than I can, but I'll give it a try.
Cold air (at 10 degrees C) will have a higher density than hot air (at 35 degrees C). Since the air has a greater mass per unit volume at lower temperatures, it will also have more oxygen per unit...
Thanks everyone for all your help and insight.
VPL, I was able to find the EPRI report TR-107397, and it has everything that I was looking for, thank you!
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I’m a intern engineer at a new combined cycle power plant. I’ve been recently assigned the task of evaluating the performance an installed plate and frame heat exchanger. One of the biggest problems with this plate heat exchanger is that it has the tendency to foul up relatively...