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    Heat Exchanger Tutorial No 2 PDF

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    The document contains 7 questions regarding heat exchanger analysis and design: 1. The effectiveness-NTU method is preferred over the LMTD method when one or both fluids are unmixed or when heat exchangers have multiple passes. 2. The maximum possible heat transfer rate Qmax can be determined from the mass flow rates, specific heats, and inlet temperatures of the two fluids, and does not depend on the type of heat exchanger. 3. The NTU of a heat exchanger represents the number of transfer units and is defined based on the maximum possible heat transfer, but a higher NTU does not necessarily mean a heat exchanger is better without considering other factors. 4

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    The document contains 7 questions regarding heat exchanger analysis and design: 1. The effectiveness-NTU method is preferred over the LMTD method when one or both fluids are unmixed or when heat exchangers have multiple passes. 2. The maximum possible heat transfer rate Qmax can be determined from the mass flow rates, specific heats, and inlet temperatures of the two fluids, and does not depend on the type of heat exchanger. 3. The NTU of a heat exchanger represents the number of transfer units and is defined based on the maximum possible heat transfer, but a higher NTU does not necessarily mean a heat exchanger is better without considering other factors. 4

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    The document contains 7 questions regarding heat exchanger analysis and design: 1. The effectiveness-NTU method is preferred over the LMTD method when one or both fluids are unmixed or when heat exchangers have multiple passes. 2. The maximum possible heat transfer rate Qmax can be determined from the mass flow rates, specific heats, and inlet temperatures of the two fluids, and does not depend on the type of heat exchanger. 3. The NTU of a heat exchanger represents the number of transfer units and is defined based on the maximum possible heat transfer, but a higher NTU does not necessarily mean a heat exchanger is better without considering other factors. 4

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    The document contains 7 questions regarding heat exchanger analysis and design: 1. The effectiveness-NTU method is preferred over the LMTD method when one or both fluids are unmixed or when heat exchangers have multiple passes. 2. The maximum possible heat transfer rate Qmax can be determined from the mass flow rates, specific heats, and inlet temperatures of the two fluids, and does not depend on the type of heat exchanger. 3. The NTU of a heat exchanger represents the number of transfer units and is defined based on the maximum possible heat transfer, but a higher NTU does not necessarily mean a heat exchanger is better without considering other factors. 4

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    Tutorial Heat Exchanger No 2

    Question 1
    Under what conditions is the effectivenessNTU method definitely preferred over the
    LMTD method in heat exchanger analysis?

    Question 2
    Explain how the maximum possible heat transfer rate Qmax in a heat exchanger can be
    determined when the mass flow rates, specific heats, and the inlet temperatures of the two
    fluids are specified. Does the value of Qmax depend on the type of the heat exchanger?

    Question 3
    How is the NTU of a heat exchanger defined? What does it represent? Is a heat exchanger
    with a very large NTU (say, 10) necessarily a good one to buy?
    Question 4
    Air (Cp =1005 J/kg C) enters a cross-flow heat exchanger at 10C at a rate of 3 kg/s,
    where it is heated by a hot water stream (Cp = 4190 J/kg C) that enters the heat exchanger
    at 95C at a rate of 1 kg/s. Determine the maximum heat transfer rate and the outlet
    temperatures of the cold and the hot water streams for that case.

    Question 5
    Hot oil (Cp = 2200 J/kg C) is to be cooled by water (Cp = 4180 J/kg C) in a 2-shellpass and 12-tube-pass heat exchanger. The tubes are thin-walled and are made of copper
    with a diameter of 1.8 cm. The length of each tube pass in the heat exchanger is 3 m, and
    the overall heat transfer coefficient is 340 W/m2 C. Water flows through the tubes at a
    total rate of 0.1 kg/s, and the oil through the shell at a rate of 0.2 kg/s. The water and the

    oil enter at temperatures 18C and 160C, respectively. Determine the rate of heat transfer
    in the heat exchanger and the outlet temperatures of the water and the oil.

    Question 6
    A cross-flow air-to-water heat exchanger with an effectiveness of 0.65 is used to heat water
    (Cp = 4180 J/kg C) with hot air (Cp = 1010 J/kg C). Water enters the heat exchanger
    at 20C at a rate of 4 kg/s, while air enters at 100C at a rate of 9 kg/s. If the overall heat
    transfer coefficient based on the water side is 260 W/m2 C, determine the heat transfer
    surface area of the heat exchanger on the water side. Assume both fluids are unmixed.

    Question 7
    Ethanol is vaporized at 78C (hfg =846 kJ/kg) in a double-pipe parallel-flow heat exchanger
    at a rate of 0.03 kg/s by hot oil (Cp =2200 J/kg C) that enters at 120C. If the heat transfer
    surface area and the overall heat transfer coefficients are 6.2 m2 and 320 W/m2 C,
    respectively, determine the outlet temperature and the mass flow rate of oil using (a) the
    LMTD method and (b) the NTU method.

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