[ASSIGNMENT 2: HEAT TRANSFER]

Question 1
In a research laboratory, engine oil (Cp = 2200 J/kg.K) is to be heated from 30 C to 75 C at the
rate of 0.2 kg/s in a 1.5 cm diameter thin walled copper tube by condensing steam outside at a
temperature of 140 C (hfg = 2354 kJ/kg) with an overall heat transfer coefficient of 450 W/m2.K
a) Draw the temperature profile of the system
(3 marks)
b) Determine the heat transfer and the length required to achieve the desire temperature.
(7 marks)
Question 2
In a manufacturing plant, a shell and tube heat exchanger with 2 shell passes and 8 tube
passes is used to heat ethyl alcohol (Cp = 2580 J/kg.K) in the tubes from 35 C to 60 C at the
rate of 2.5 kg/s. The heating is done by water (Cp = 4190 J/kg.K) that enters the shell side at 95
C and leaves at 45 C. Calculate the heat transfer area required if the average heat transfer
coefficients of ethyl alcohol and water are 1400 W/m2.K and 650 W/m2.K, respectively.
(10 marks)
Question 3
Hot oil (Cp = 2890 J/kg K) enters the shell of a counter flow heat exchanger at 55 C to be
cold to 30 C by cold water enters the tube side at 15 C (Cp = 4180 J/kg K). The mass flow
rate of the cold water is the same as hot oil.
a)

Draw the temperature profile of the heat exchanger

(3 marks)

b) Determine the heat transfer effectiveness

(4 marks)
c) Calculate the outlet temperature of the cold stream
(3 marks)

Max. No. of members per group: 3.