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    Thermal System Design

    Practice Problems

    Problem 1:
    A counterflow, concentric tube heat exchanger is designed to heat water from 20 to 80°C using
    hot oil, which is supplied to the annulus at 160°C and discharged at 140°C. The thin-walled inner
    tube has a diameter of Di = 20 mm, and the overall heat transfer coefficient is 500 W/m2. K. The
    design condition calls for a total heat transfer rate of 3000 W.
    (a) What is the length of the heat exchanger?
    (b) After 3 years of operation, performance is degraded by fouling on the water side of the
    exchanger, and the water outlet temperature is only 65°C for the same fluid flow rates and inlet
    temperatures. What are the corresponding values of the heat transfer rate, the outlet temperature
    of the oil, the overall heat transfer coefficient, and the waterside fouling factor, R’’ƒ,c?
    Problem 1 Solution:
    Problem 2:
    A shell-and-tube heat exchanger (1 shell pass, 2 tube passes) is to be used to condense 2.73 kg/s
    of saturated steam at 340 K. Condensation occurs on the outer tube surfaces, and the corresponding
    convection coefficient is 20,000 W/m2.K. The temperature of the cooling water entering the tubes
    is 15C, and the exit temperature is not to exceed 30C. Thin-walled tubes of 19-mm diameter are
    specified, and the mean velocity of water flow through the tubes is to be maintained at 0.5 m/s.
    (a) What is the minimum number of tubes that should be used, and what is the corresponding
    tube length per pass?
    (b) To reduce the size of the heat exchanger, it is proposed to increase the water-side convection
    coefficient by inserting a wire mesh in the tubes. If the mesh increases the convection coefficient
    by a factor of two, what is the required tube length per pass?
    Problem 2 Solution:
    Problem 3:
    An automobile radiator may be viewed as a cross-flow heat exchanger with both fluids unmixed.
    Water, which has a flow rate of 0.05 kg/s, enters the radiator at 400 K and is to leave at 330 K.
    The water is cooled by air that enters at 0.75 kg/s and 300 K.
    If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 200 W/m2. K, what is the required heat transfer surface
    area?
    Problem 3 Solution:
    Problem 4:
    A cross-flow heat exchanger used in a cardiopulmonary bypass procedure cools blood flowing at
    5 liter/min from a body temperature of 37C to 25C in order to induce body hypothermia, which
    reduces metabolic and oxygen requirements. The coolant is ice water at 0C, and its flow rate is
    adjusted to provide an outlet temperature of 15C. The heat exchanger operates with both fluids
    unmixed, and the overall heat transfer coefficient is 750 W/m2.K. The density and specific heat
    of the blood are 1050 kg/m3 and 3740 J/kg.K, respectively.
    (a) Determine the heat transfer rate for the exchanger.
    (b) Calculate the water flow rate.
    (c) What is the surface area of the heat exchanger?
    Problem 4 Solution:

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