Shell-and-tube heat exchangers with hundreds of tubes housed in a shell are commonly used in practice for heat transfer between two fluids (shown in Figure 1). Such a heat exchanger used in an active solar hot-water system transfers heat from a water-antifreeze solution flowing through the shell and the solar collector to fresh water flowing through the tubes at an average temperature of 60°C at a rate of 15 L/s. The heat exchanger contains 80 brass tubes 1 cm in inner diameter and 1.5 m in length. Disregarding inlet, exit, and header losses. (a) Determine the pressure drop across a single tube and the pumping power required by the tube- side fluid of the heat exchanger. After operating a long time, 1-mm-thick scale builds up on the inner surfaces with an equivalent roughness of 0.4 mm. For the same pumping power input, (b) Determine the percent reduction in the flow rate of water through the tubes. 80 tubes 1.5 m I cm Water Figure 1. Shell and Tube heat exchanger

Shell-and-tube heat exchangers with hundreds of tubes housed in a shell are commonly used in practice for heat transfer between two fluids (shown in Figure 1). Such a heat exchanger used in an active solar hot-water system transfers heat from a water-antifreeze solution flowing through the shell and the solar collector to fresh water flowing through the tubes at an average temperature of 60°C at a rate of 15 L/s. The heat exchanger contains 80 brass tubes 1 cm in inner diameter and 1.5 m in length. Disregarding inlet, exit, and header losses. (a) Determine the pressure drop across a single tube and the pumping power required by the tube- side fluid of the heat exchanger. After operating a long time, 1-mm-thick scale builds up on the inner surfaces with an equivalent roughness of 0.4 mm. For the same pumping power input, (b) Determine the percent reduction in the flow rate of water through the tubes. 80 tubes 1.5 m I cm Water Figure 1. Shell and Tube heat exchanger

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