PROBLEM P.No.1. Water at the rate of 4 kg/s is heated from 38°C to 55°Cin a shell and tube heat exchanger. The water is to flow inside tubes of 2em diameter with an average velocity of 35 cm/s, hot water available at95°C and the rate of 2 kg/s is used as the heating medium on the shell side. ifthe length of the tubes must not be more than 2m calculate the no. of tube passes , the no. tubes over pass and the length of the tubes for one shell pass, assuming U,=1500 wim'k. Cp of water~ 4186 J / kg K. Solution: Cold fluid im, =4ky/s Cpe = 4186 kg K T,, = 38°C ; T= 55°C Hot fluid: 2kgis Cy = 4186 Jkg K 1,,= 95°C Q Enthalpy balance equation: UAAT, Qe mC. (ls Te 4x4186 (55-38) = 24186(05-T,,) 1 Cn Ty Typ) = 284648 W Ty = 61 ABN ~30.0°%C f Ar, | tar) AT.= Thu Tey = 40°C AT, = Thp=Tea = 23°C Assumption ; Single pass shell and tube heat exchanger Q=U 4aT, A=6.177 m?pus (nD? /4) Dy=0.02m n=36 A=NnxDoL N=l L=2.73m Length is greater than 2m.So our assumption is not correct. Assumption: 1-2 shell and tube heat exchanger Q=U AF, AT, Assumption: Fo A=65m? 0.95 A=NnxDoL.Assignment 1. A counter flow shell and tube heat exchanger is used to heat water at the rate of 0.8 kgs from 30°C to 80°C with hot oil entering at120°C and leaving at 85°C. The overall heat transfer coefficient is 125 Wim"*C, Calculate the heat transfer area required, 2. Water at the rate of 68kg/min is heated from 35 to 75°C by oil having a specific heat of 1.9kI/kgK. The fluids are used in counter flow double pipe heat exchanger and the oil enters the exchanger at 110°C and leaves at 75°C. The overall heat transfer coefficient 320W/m°K. Calculate the heat transfer area. 3. Anil cooler for a large diesel engine is to cool engine oil from 60°C to 45°C, using sea water at an inlet temperature of 20°C with a temperature rise of 15°C. The design heat load is 140kW and the mean overall heat transfer coefficient based on outer surface area of the tubes is 70 Wim'*C. Calculate the heat transfer surface area for single pass (a) counter flow and (b) parallel flow arrangement. 4, Ina double pipe counter flow heat exchanger 10,000 kg/h of an oil having a specific heat of 2095 WkgK is cooled from 80°C to 50°C by 8O00kg*hr of water entering at 25°C.Determine the heat exchanger area for an overall heat transfer coefficient of 300W/m*k.cp of water=4180 J/kg K. 5. A counter flow tubular heat exchanger is used to cool engine oil(c,-2130 kg K) from 160°C to 60°C with water, available at 25°C as the cooling medium. The flow rate of cooling water through the inner tube of 0.5m dia is 2kg/s while the flow rate of oil through the outer annulus 0.D-0.7 is also 2kg /s. Ifthe value of the overall heat transfer coefficient is 250W/m’K, how long must the heat excl inger be to meet its cooling requirement? 6. Crude oil flows at a rate of 2000 Kg/hr thro’ the inside pipe of a double pipe heat exchanger and is heated from 45°C to 100°C. The heat is supplied by a hot fluid initially at 225°C flowing thro” the annular space. If the temperature. of approach (min ‘temperature, difference between the fluids) at the leaving end of hot fluid is 10°C, determine the heat transfer area and the required hot fluid flow rate for co- current and counter current flow patterns. Data : Up = 454 Wim"*C_; Cp of crude oil~ 2.34 ki/kg K ; Cp of hot fuid= 2.51 Kirke K 7. A heavy hydrocarbon oil is cooled in a counter current double pipe heat exchanger from 100°C to 75°C. The oil is lowing thro” inner tube at a rate of 1000 kg/hr. cold water enters the annulus at 15°C with a rate of 2000kgy hr. Estimate the heat transfer area, Data: 1510. 1 12. 13. overall heat transfer coefficient = 500 Wim°K; specific heat of oil= specific heat of water~4.00 kW/kg K. Saturated steam at 120°C is condensing on the outer tube surface of a single pass heat 0 klikg K; exchanger. The heat transfer coefficient is us= 1800 Wim'K, Determine the surface area of a heat exchanger capable of heating 1000kg/h of water from 20°C to 90°C. Also calculate the rate of condensing of steam. 2,= 2200 ki/kg, Water at the rate of 4080 ke/hr is heated from 35°C to 75°C by an oil having a specific heat of 1900 Jvkg K. The exchanger is of a counter flow double pipe design. The oil enters at 110°C and leaves at 75°C. Determine the area of the heat exchanger necessary to handle this load if the overall heat transfer coefficient is 320 Wim", A pipe (k=59 wimk) with an LD. of 3.175 om and wall thickness of 0.318 em is externally heated by steam at a temperature. of 180°C . The water flows thro’ the pipe with a velocity of 1.22 mis, calculate the length of the pipe required to heat water from 30°C to 90°C assuming the heat transfer coefficient on the steam side to be 11.3 kW/m’K. Data: p=982.3 kgm? ; = 453 «10° Nis! 656%10° wimk; p=2.88 A shell and tube steam condenser is to be constructed of 2.5 om O.D,, 2.2em LD., single pass horizontal tubes with steam condensing at 54°Coutside the tubes. The cooling water enters each tube at 18°C with a flow rate of 0.7 kg/s per tube and leaves at 36°C . The heat ‘ransfer coefficient for the condensation of the steam is 8000 Wim*°C, Calculate the tube length and the condensation rate per tube. The properties of water at 27°C are, C,=4180 Jikg K; 1=0.86«10" kg/m.s; p,= 5.9; k=0.61 W/mK; 4,=2372.400 kIikg. Hot engine oil available at 150°C flowing through the shell side is used to heat 2.4kg/s of water from 20°C to 80°C in a shell and tube heat exchanger. Water flows through eight tubes of 25mm diameter. Each tube makes six passes through the shell. The exit oil temperature is 90°C. Neglecting the tube wall resistance, find the oil flow rate and length of the tubes. Take the oil side heat transfer coefficient as 400 W/m°K.For engine oil at 140°C; Cp = 2.34 kivkg K. For water at 50°C; Cp = 4,18 1kJ/kg K; 1 = 548 x 10° Ns/m?; k = 0.643 WimK and Pr=3.56 The condenser of a large steam power plant is a shell and tube heat exchanger having a single shell and 30000 tubes, with each tube making two passes. The tubes are thin walled with 25mm diameter and steam condenses on the outside of the tubes with ho= 11 kW/m°K. The cooling water flowing through the tubes is 30000kg/s and the heat transfer rate is 2 x 10°W.Water enters at 20°C while steam condenses at 50°C. Find the length of 1614, 15, 16. 17, the tubes in one pass. Properties of water at bulk mean temperature are Cp = 4.18 ki/kg K; = 855 x 10° Ns/m’; k = 0.613 W/mK and Pr = 5.83, Warm water is required at rate of 500 kg/hr for washing a filter cake, and it is decided to use a 25 mm steam heated tube for the purpose. The wall is maintained at 130°C by condensing steam on the outside surface . Calculate the length of the tube required to heat water from 30°C to 50°C at the required rate, Use the Dittus- Boelter eqn to calculate the heat transfer coefficient. The LD. of the tube is 21.2mm. Data; 1=6.82x10* kg/ms; K=0.63 Wim°C, ¢5= 4.174 k Itkg K. Neglect the resistance of the tube wall. In a food processing plant, water is to be cooled from 18°C to 6.5°C by using brine solution entering at the inlet temperature of -1.1°C and leaving at 2.9°C, What area is required when using a shell and tube heat exchanger with the water making one shell pass and the brine making two tube passes. Assume an average overall heat transfer coefficient of 850 W/mK and a design heat load of 6000W. Water at the rate of 4 kg/s is heated from 38°C to 55°C in a shell and tube heat exchanger. The water is to flow inside tubes of 2em diameter with an average velocity of 35 emis hot water available at95°C and the rate of 2 kg/s is used as the heating medium on the shell side. If the length of the tubes must not be more than 2m, calculate the no. of tube passes , the no. tubes over pass and the length of the tubes for one shell pass, assuming U,=1500 Wim’K. Cp of water= 4186 Iikg K. Determine the area of one shell pass and 2 tube pass heat exchanger to heat water with a mass flow rate of 68 kg/min. from 35°C to 75°C by oil having a specific heat of 1.9 k Jkg K. The oil flowing thro’ the tubes, enters the exchanger at 110°C and leaves at 75°C. The overall heat transfer coefficient is 320 W/m’K,