CLL251 Tutorial 11
1) Hot oil is to be cooled in a double-tube counter-flow heat exchanger. The copper inner tubes
have a diameter of 2 cm and negligible thickness. The inner diameter of the outer tube (the
shell) is 3 cm. Water flows through the tube at a rate of 0.5 kg/s, and the oil through the shell at
a rate of 0.8 kg/s. Taking the average temperatures of the water and the oil to be 45°C and 80°C,
respectively, determine the overall heat transfer coefficient of this heat exchanger.
Given:
2) A double-pipe (shell-and-tube) heat exchanger is constructed of a stainless steel (k = 15.1
W/m·°C) inner tube of inner diameter Di = 1.5 cm and outer diameter Do = 1.9 cm and an outer
shell of inner diameter 3.2 cm. The convection heat transfer coefficient is given to be h i = 800
W/m2·°C on the inner surface of the tube and ho = 1200 W/m2 · °C on the outer surface. For a
fouling factor of Rf,i = 0.0004 m2·°C/ W on the tube side and Rf,o = 0.0001 m2·°C/ W on the
shell side, determine (a) the thermal resistance of the heat exchanger per unit length and (b) the
overall heat transfer coefficients, Ui and Uo based on the inner and outer surface areas of the
tube, respectively.
3) Steam in the condenser of a power plant is condensed at a temperature of 30°C with cooling
water from a nearby lake, which enters the tubes of the condenser at 14°C and leaves at 22°C.
The surface area of the tubes is 45 m2, and the overall heat transfer coefficient is 2100 W/m2·°C.
Determine the mass flow rate of the cooling water needed and the rate of condensation of the
steam in the condenser. (Cpc = 4.184 kJ/kg·°C, Hfg,steam = 2431 kJ/kg)
4) A counter-flow double-pipe heat exchanger is to heat water from 20°C to 80°C at a rate of 1.2
kg/s. The heating is to be accomplished by geothermal water available at 160°C at a mass flow
rate of 2 kg/s. The inner tube is thin-walled and has a diameter of 1.5 cm. If the overall heat
transfer coefficient of the heat exchanger is 640 W/m2·°C, determine the length of the heat
exchanger required to achieve the desired heating.
5) A 2-shell passes and 4-tube passes heat exchanger is used to heat glycerin from 20°C to 50°C
by hot water, which enters the thin-walled 2-cm-diameter tubes at 80°C and leaves at 40°C
(Fig.1). The total length of the tubes in the heat exchanger is 60 m. The convection heat transfer
coefficient is 25 W/m2·°C on the glycerin (shell) side and 160 W/m2·°C on the water (tube)
side. Determine the rate of heat transfer in the heat exchanger (a) before any fouling occurs and
(b) after fouling with a fouling factor of 0.0006 m2·°C/ W occurs on the outer surfaces of the
tubes.
6) A test is conducted to determine the overall heat transfer coefficient in an automotive radiator
that is a compact crossflow water-to-air heat exchanger with both fluids (air and water) unmixed
(Fig.2). The radiator has 40 tubes of internal diameter 0.5 cm and length 65 cm in a closely
spaced plate-finned matrix. Hot water enters the tubes at 90°C at a rate of 0.6 kg/s and leaves
at 65°C. Air flows across the radiator through the interfin spaces and is heated from 20°C to
40°C. Determine the overall heat transfer coefficient Ui of this radiator based on the inner
surface area of the tubes.
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