Homework #1

Chemical Engineering Department

University of Technology, Iraq

CES.P. 338 Homework #1

Due: 21/04/2019 (Sunday) at 11:30 a.m.

1) The condenser of a large steam power plant is a heat exchanger in which steam is
condensed to liquid water. Assume the condenser to be a shell-and-tube heat exchanger
consisting of a single shell and 30,000 tubes, each executing two passes. The tubes are
of thin wall construction with D = 25 mm, and the steam condenses on their outer
surface with an associated convection coefficient of ho = 11,000 W/m2. K. The heat
transfer rate that must be affected by the exchanger is q = 2 ×109 W, and this is
accomplished by passing cooling water through the tubes at a rate of 3 ×104 kg/s (the
flow rate per tube is therefore 1 kg/s). The water enters at 20°C, while the steam
condenses at 50°C. What is the temperature of the cooling water emerging from the
condenser? What is the required tube length L per pass? Given that the physical
properties of water at 28 °C as follows:

𝜌 = 997 𝑘𝑔⁄𝑚3 , 𝐶𝑃 = 4179 𝐽⁄𝑘𝑔. °𝐶 , 𝜇 = 855 × 10−6 𝑁. 𝑠⁄𝑚2 , 𝑘 = 0.613 𝑊 ⁄𝑚. °𝐶

2) Hot oil is to be cooled in a double-tube counter-flow heat exchanger. The copper inner
tubes have a diameter of 2 cm and negligible thickness. The inner diameter of the outer
tube (the shell) is 3 cm. Water flows through the tube at a rate of 0.5 kg/s, and the oil
through the shell at a rate of 0.8 kg/s. Taking the average temperatures of the water and
the oil to be 45°C and 80°C, respectively, determine the overall heat transfer coefficient
of this heat exchanger. The physical properties of water at 45°C are as follows:

𝜌 = 990 𝑘𝑔⁄𝑚3 , 𝜐 = 0.602 × 10−6 𝑚2 ⁄𝑠, 𝑃𝑟 = 3.91 , 𝑘 = 0.637 𝑊 ⁄𝑚. °𝐶

The physical properties of oil at 80°C are as follows:

𝜌 = 852 𝑘𝑔⁄𝑚3 , 𝜐 = 37.5 × 10−6 𝑚2 ⁄𝑠, 𝑃𝑟 = 490 , 𝑘 = 0.138 𝑊 ⁄𝑚. °𝐶

Also, you can use the below table in your solution
Table 1: Nusselt number for fully developed laminar flow in a circular annulus

Di/Do Nui Nuo

0.00 3.66
0.05 17.46 4.06
0.10 11.56 4.11
0.25 7.37 4.23
0.50 5.74 4.43
1.00 4.86 4.86

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 Homework #1
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Technology, Iraq

3) A 2-shell passes and 4-tube passes heat exchanger is used to heat glycerin from 20°C
to 50°C by hot water, which enters the thin-walled 2-cm-diameter tubes at 80°C and
leaves at 40°C. The total length of the tubes in the heat exchanger is 60 m. The
convection heat transfer coefficient is 25 W/m2 ·°C on the glycerin (shell) side and 160
W/m2 · °C on the water (tube) side. Determine the rate of heat transfer in the heat
exchanger (a) before any fouling occurs and (b) after fouling with a fouling factor of
0.0006 m2· °C/ W occurs on the outer surfaces of the tubes.

4) Hot oil is to be cooled by water in a 1-shell-pass and 8-tube-passes heat exchanger. The
tubes are thin-walled and are made of copper with an internal
diameter of 1.4 cm. The length of each tube pass in the heat
exchanger is 5 m, and the overall heat transfer coefficient is 310
W/m2 °C. Water flows through the tubes at a rate of 0.2 kg/s, and the
oil through the shell at a rate of 0.3 kg/s. The water and the oil enter
at temperatures of 20°C and 150°C, respectively. Determine the rate
of heat transfer in the heat exchanger and the outlet temperatures of
the water and the oil. Given that the specific heat capacities of oil
and water are 2.13 and 4.18 kJ/kg. oC, respectively.

5) A double-pipe heat exchanger having an area of 100 m2 is used to heat 5 kg/s of water
that enters the heat exchanger at 50 °C. The heating fluid is oil having a specific heat
of 2.1 kJ/kg °C and a flow rate of 8 kg/s. The oil enters the exchanger at 100 °C and the
overall heat-transfer coefficient is 120W/m2 °C. Calculate the exit temperature of the
oil and the heat transfer if the exchanger operates in a counterflow mode.

6) Hot oil at 120 °C with a flow rate of 95 kg/min is used in a shell-and-tube heat
exchanger with one shell pass and two tube passes to heat 55 kg/min of water that enters
at 30 °C. The area of the exchanger is 14 m2. Calculate the heat transfer and exit
temperature of both fluids if the overall heat-transfer coefficient is 250 W/m2 °C.