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Sheet (3.1) Heat Exchangers Analysis Using LMTD Method

This document contains 10 problems related to heat exchanger design and analysis using the log mean temperature difference (LMTD) method. The problems involve calculating parameters such as heat transfer area, mass flow rates, temperature changes, and heat transfer rates for various heat exchanger configurations including shell-and-tube, concentric-tube, and cross-flow designs. The key thermal properties and design parameters like heat transfer coefficients, flow rates, inlet/outlet temperatures are provided.

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Sheet (3.1) Heat Exchangers Analysis Using LMTD Method

This document contains 10 problems related to heat exchanger design and analysis using the log mean temperature difference (LMTD) method. The problems involve calculating parameters such as heat transfer area, mass flow rates, temperature changes, and heat transfer rates for various heat exchanger configurations including shell-and-tube, concentric-tube, and cross-flow designs. The key thermal properties and design parameters like heat transfer coefficients, flow rates, inlet/outlet temperatures are provided.

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PHAROS UNIVERSITY Heat Exchangers

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ENG. DEPART.

Sheet (3.1)
Heat Exchanger Analysis Using LMTD Method
1) A counter-flow shell-and-tube heat exchanger is used to heat water at a rate
of 0.8 kg/s from 30oC to 80oC, with hot oil entering at 120oC and leaving at
85oC. The overall heat transfer coefficient is 125 W/m 2.K. Calculate the mass
flow rate of oil and the heat transfer area required. Take for water cp,w = 4180
J/kg.K, and for oil cp,oil = 2090 J/kg.K.

2) An oil cooler for a large diesel engine is to cool engine oil from 60 oC to 45oC,
using seawater at an inlet temperature of 20 oC with a temperature rise of
15oC. The design heat load is 140 kW, and the mean overall heat transfer
coefficient based on the outer surface area of the tubes is 70 W/m.K.
Calculate the heat transfer surface area for single-pass in case of:
a) Counter-flow arrangement, b) Parallel flow arrangement.

3) Engine oil is to be cooled from 80 oC to 50oC by using a single-pass, counter-


flow, concentric-pipe heat exchanger with cooling water available at 20 oC.
Water flows inside a thin-wall pipe with an inner diameter of 2.5 cm at a rate
of 0.08 kg/s, and oil flows through the annulus at a rate of 0.16 kg/s. The heat
transfer coefficients for the water side and oil side are 1000 W/m 2.K and 80
W/m2.K; and the fouling factor is 0.00018 m2.K/W for each pipe side.
Calculate the pipe length required. The specific heats of water and oil can be
taken as cp,w = 4180 J/kg.K, and cp,oil = 2090 J/kg.K.

4) A shell-and-tube steam condenser is to be constructed of 2.5 cm OD, 2.2 cm


ID, single-pass horizontal tubes with steam condensing at 54oC outside the
tubes. The cooling water enters each tube at 18 oC, with a flow rate of 0.7 kg/s
per tube and leaves at 36oC. The heat transfer coefficient for the
condensation of steam is 8000 W/m2.K. Calculate the tube length and the
condensation rate per tube.

5) A perfectly insulated counter-flow, concentric tube heat exchanger is used to


cool the lubricating oil for a large industrial gas turbine engine. The flow rate
of cooling water through the inner tube (Di = 25 mm) is 0.2 kg/s, while the
flow rate of oil through the outer annulus (Do = 45 mm) is 0.1 kg/s. The oil
and water enter at temperatures of 100 oC and 30oC, respectively. How long
the tube must be made if the outlet temperature of the oil is to be 60 oC, and
assuming uniform temperature along the inner surface of the annulus?
6) A two shell pass, four tube pass heat exchanger has water on the shell side
and brine on the tube side. Water is cooled from 18 oC to 6oC with brine
entering at -1oC and leaving at 3oC. The overall heat transfer coefficient is
600 W/m2.K. Calculate the heat transfer area required for a design heat load
of 24 kW.

7) A one shell pass, two tube pass heat exchanger has water on the tube side and
engine oil on the shell side. It is designed to heat 1.5 kg/s of water from 30oC
to 80oC, with hot oil entering at 120oC and leaving at 80oC. The overall heat
transfer coefficient is 250 W/m2K. Calculate the heat transfer area required.

8) A one shell pass, two tube pass heat exchanger is to be designed to heat 2 kg/s
of pressurized water from 40oC to 120oC flowing on the tube side, by using
hot water entering the shell side at 300 oC with a flow rate of 1.03 kg/s. The
overall heat transfer coefficient is 1250 W/m 2.K. Calculate the total heat
transfer rate, and the outlet temperature of hot water as well as the heat
transfer area required. Take cp,c = 4200 J/kg.K and cp,h = 4660 J/kg.K.

9) A heat exchanger is to be designed to cool 8.7 kg/s of an ethyl alcohol solution


(cp,h = 3840 J/kg.K) from 75oC to 45oC with cooling water (cp,c = 4180 J/kg.K)
entering the tube side at 15oC at a rate of 9.6 kg/s. The overall heat transfer
coefficient based on the outer tube surface is 500 W/m 2.K. Calculate the heat
transfer area for each of the following arrangements:
a) Parallel flow, shell-and-tube, b) Counter-flow, shell-and-tube,
c) One shell pass and two-tube pass, d) Cross-flow, both fluids unmixed.

10) A shell-and-tube heat exchanger is designed to heat 2.5 kg/s of water from
15oC to 85oC under fully developed flow conditions. The heating is to be
accomplished by passing hot unused engine oil, which is available at 160 oC,
through the shell side of the heat exchanger. The oil is known to provide an
average convection coefficient of ho = 400 W/m2.K on the outside of the tubes.
Ten tubes connected in parallel are used to pass the water through the shell.
Each tube is thin walled and smooth, of diameter 25 mm, and makes eight
passes through the shell. If the oil leaves the heat exchanger at 100oC, what is
its flow rate? How long must the tubes be to accomplish the desired heating?

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