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Assignment One-Heat Exchanger Design

The document contains 4 problems about heat exchangers. Problem 1 involves determining outlet temperatures and heat transfer rate for an oil and water heat exchanger. Problem 2 involves determining outlet temperatures and heat transfer rate for a cross-flow heat exchanger. Problem 3 involves determining the mass flow rate and heat transfer coefficient for a shell and tube heat exchanger heating glycerine. Problem 4 involves determining the tube length required for a counter-flow heat exchanger heating water using two different methods.

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Assignment One-Heat Exchanger Design

The document contains 4 problems about heat exchangers. Problem 1 involves determining outlet temperatures and heat transfer rate for an oil and water heat exchanger. Problem 2 involves determining outlet temperatures and heat transfer rate for a cross-flow heat exchanger. Problem 3 involves determining the mass flow rate and heat transfer coefficient for a shell and tube heat exchanger heating glycerine. Problem 4 involves determining the tube length required for a counter-flow heat exchanger heating water using two different methods.

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Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

College of Biological and Chemical Engineering


Chemical Engineering Department
January 2023 Semester
ChEg 3106 – Thermal Unit Operation
ASSIGNMENT ONE

1. Hot oil (Cp = 2200 J/kg · °C) is to be cooled by water (Cp = 4180 J/kg · °C) in a 2-shell-
pass 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 18°C and 160°C, respectively. Determine the rate of heat transfer
in the heat exchanger and the outlet temperatures of the water and the oil.

2. A cross-flow heat exchanger consists of 80 thin walled tubes of 1-cm diameter located in a
duct of 1 m x 1 m cross-section. There are no fins attached to the tubes. Cold water
(Cp = 4180 J/kg · °C) enters the tubes at 18°C with an average velocity of 3 m/s, while hot
air (Cp = 1010 J/kg · °C) enters the channel at 130°C and 105 kPa at an average velocity
of 12 m/s. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 130 W/m 2 · °C, determine the outlet
temperatures of both fluids and the rate of heat transfer.

3. A shell-and-tube heat exchanger with 1-shell pass and 20–tube passes is used to heat
glycerine (Cp = 2480 J/kg · °C) in the shell, with hot water in the tubes. The tubes are thin
walled and have a diameter of 1.5 cm and length of 2 m per pass. The water enters the
tubes at 100°C at a rate of 5 kg/s and leaves at 55°C. The glycerine enters the shell at
15°C and leaves at 55°C. Determine the mass flow rate of the glycerine and the overall
heat transfer coefficient of the heat exchanger.

4. Water (Cp = 4180 J/kg · °C) enters the 2.5 cm internal diameter tube of a double-pipe
counter flow heat exchanger at 17°C at a rate of 3 kg/s. Water is heated by steam
condensing at 120°C (hfg = 2203 kJ/kg) in the shell. If the overall heat transfer coefficient
of the heat exchanger is 900 W/m2·°C, determine the length of the tube required in order
to heat the water to 80°C using;

a. the LMTD method and

b. The ɛ–NTU method.

Last Date of Submission: 22nd May 2023

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