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This document contains 9 questions regarding heat and mass transfer in heat exchangers. The questions cover topics such as heat transfer mechanisms in liquid-to-liquid heat exchangers, conditions when thermal resistance of tubes is negligible, accounting for fouling resistance, calculation of log mean temperature difference and overall heat transfer coefficients, and determination of exit temperatures given heat exchanger specifications and inlet temperatures.

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Tutorial 10 Cengel

This document contains 9 questions regarding heat and mass transfer in heat exchangers. The questions cover topics such as heat transfer mechanisms in liquid-to-liquid heat exchangers, conditions when thermal resistance of tubes is negligible, accounting for fouling resistance, calculation of log mean temperature difference and overall heat transfer coefficients, and determination of exit temperatures given heat exchanger specifications and inlet temperatures.

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HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER BMCT 3143 TUTORIAL 09

APRIL2014

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER BMCT 3143


TUTORIAL 10 – Heat Exchangers

1. What are the heat transfer mechanisms involved during heat transfer in a liquid-to-liquid
heat exchanger from the hot to the cold fluid?

2. Under what conditions is the thermal resistance of the tube in a heat exchanger
negligible?

3. How is the thermal resistance due to fouling in a heat exchanger accounted for? How do
the fluid velocity and temperature affect fouling?

4. In the heat transfer relation Q   UA T for a heat exchanger, what is T called?


s lm lm

How is it calculated for a parallel-flow and counter-flow heat exchanger?

5. A double-pipe heat exchanger is constructed of a copper (k = 380 W/m.K) inner tube of


internal diameter Di = 1.2 cm and external diameter Do = 1.6 cm and an outer tube of diameter
3.0 cm. The convection heat transfer coefficient is reported to be h i = 800 W/m2.K on the inner
surface of the tube and ho = 240 W/m2.K on its outer surface. For a fouling factor R f.i = 0.0005
m2.K/W on the shell side, determine (a) the thermal resistance of the heat exchanger per unit
length and (b) the overall heat transfer coefficients U i and Uo based on the inner and outer
surface areas of the tube, respectively.

6. Water at an average temperature of 110 C and an average velocity of 3.5 m/s flows
through a 7 m long stainless steel tube (k = 14.2 W/m.K) in a boiler. The inner and outer
diameter of the tube are Di = 1.0 cm and Do = 1.4 cm, respectively. The fouling factor on the
inner surface of the tube is assumed to have a value of R f,i = 0.0005 m2.K/W. If the convection
heat transfer coefficient at the outer surface of the tube where boiling is taking place is h o =
7200 W/m2.K, determine the overall heat transfer coefficient U i of this boiler based on the inner
surface area of the tube.

7. A counter-flow heat exchanger is stated to have an overall heat transfer coefficients of


284 W/m2.K when operating at design and clean condition. Hot fluid enters the tube side at 27
C and exits at 38 C. After a period of use, built-up scale in the heat exchanger gives a fouling
factor of 0.0004 m2.K/W. If the surface area is 93 m 2, determine (a) the rate of heat transfer in
the heat exchanger and (b) the mass flow rates of both hot and cold fluids. Assume both hot
and cold fluids have a specific heat of 4.2 kJ/kg.K.

8. A test is conducted to determine the overall heat transfer coefficient in a shell-and-tube


oil-to-water heat exchanger that has 24 tubes of internal diameter 1.2 cm and length 2 m in a
single shell. Cold water (c p = 4180 J/kg.K) enters the tubes at 20 C at a rate of 3 kg/s and
leaves at 55 C. Oil (cp = 2150 J/kg.K) flows through the shell and is cooled from 120 C to 45
C. Determine the overall heat transfer coefficient U i of this heat exchanger based on the inner
surface area of the tubes.

9. A cross-flow heat exchanger with both fluids unmixed has an overall heat transfer
coefficient of 200 W/m 2.K, and a heat transfer surface area of 400 m 2. The hot fluid has a heat
capacity of 40,000 W/K, while the cold fluid has a heat capacity of 80000 W/K. If the inlet
temperatures of both hot and cold fluids are 80 C and 20 C, respectively, determine the exit
temperature of the cold fluid.

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