A shell and tube heat exchanger is designed as a counter flow type. Water (cp = 4182 J/kg.oC)enters the shell side at 30 oC with a mass flow rate of 12.5 kg/s. A mass flow rate of 19.5 kg/s of engine oil (cp = 1060 J/kg.oC), enters the tube side at 300 oC. Each tube is having an inner diameter of 36 mm and a wall thickness of 2 mm, and a length of 3 m. If the heat exchanger effectiveness is60 %, calculate the following: a) The tube side surface area if the overall heat transfer coefficient is 1586 W/m2. oC, b) The number of tubes used in the heat exchanger,
Heat Exchangers
Heat exchangers are the types of equipment that are primarily employed to transfer the thermal energy from one fluid to another, provided that one of the fluids should be at a higher thermal energy content than the other fluid.
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The heat exchanger is a combination of two words ''Heat'' and ''Exchanger''. It is a mechanical device that is used to exchange heat energy between two fluids.
A shell and tube heat exchanger is designed as a counter flow type. Water (cp = 4182 J/kg.oC)enters the shell side at 30 oC with a mass flow rate of 12.5 kg/s. A mass flow rate of 19.5 kg/s of engine oil (cp = 1060 J/kg.oC), enters the tube side at 300 oC. Each tube is having an inner diameter of 36 mm and a wall thickness of 2 mm, and a length of 3 m. If the heat exchanger effectiveness is60 %, calculate the following:
a) The tube side surface area if the overall heat transfer coefficient is
1586 W/m2. oC,
b) The number of tubes used in the heat exchanger,
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