ME 114 – HEAT TRANSFER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Assignment 114-7 1st Semester AY 2020-2021 ME 114 – Heat Transfer

Name: Bautista, Joanna Marie Z. Course/Yr/Blk : BSME 3-B Date: January 15,2021

ILO 5. Understand, analyze and solve problems relating to Heat Exchanger design.
1. Analyze and solve practical problems in Heat Exchanger design.
A. Solve the Problems clearly.
1. Heat is transferred from hot water to an oil in a double pipe counter flow heat exchanger. Water
enters the inlet pipe at 100°C and exits at 50°C while the oil enters the inner pipe at 30°C and exits at
45°C, calculate the log mean temperature difference.
GIVEN:
Thw,in= 100°C ∆ T a=100 ℃−45 ℃=55 ℃
Thw,out= 50°C ∆ T b=50 ° C−30℃ =20 ℃
To,in = 30°C
To,out = 45°C
SOLUTION:
∆T a−∆ T b
LMTD=
∆Ta
ln ⁡( )
∆Tb
55 ℃−20 ℃
LMTD=
55 ℃
ln ⁡( )
20 ℃
LMTD=34.6℃
2. An ice plant of 200 tons of refrigeration capacity makes use of the shell and tube superheat remover.
The temperature discharge is 112°C and the vapor is cooled to 52°C. Water enters at 24°C and is
heated to 70°C. Determine the log mean temperature difference. If the overall coefficient of heat
transfer U is 390 kJ/hr-m2-°C and the heat transferred is 6,550.5 kJ/min, find the required surface
area of tubes.
GIVEN:
m = 200 tons
Tc,in= 24°C ∆ T a=112℃ −70℃ =42 ℃
Tc,out= 70°C ∆ T b=52 ° C−24 ℃=28 ℃
Th,in = 112°C U = 390 kJ/hr-m2-°C
Th,out = 52°C q = 6,550.5 kJ/min
For the LMTD:
∆T a−∆ T b
LMTD=
∆Ta
ln ⁡( )
∆Tb
42℃−28℃
LMTD=
42 ℃
ln ⁡( )
20 ℃
LMTD=34.53℃
For the surface area of tubes:
∆ T a−∆ T b
q=(UA)
∆ Ta
ln ⁡( )
∆ Tb

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∆Ta

A=
q(ln ( )
∆Tb
)

U (∆ T a−∆ T b )
kJ 60 min 42℃

A=
6550.5
min (hr )( (
ln
28 ℃ ))
kJ
390 ( 42 ℃−28 ℃ )
hr ∙ m 2 ∙ ℃
kJ
159359.9514
hr
A=
kJ
5460
hr ∙ m2
A=29.17 m2
3. A two-pass steam condenser is to be designed to condense 10,000 kg/hr of steam having an
enthalpy of 2,240 kJ/kg. The condensate has an enthalpy of 218.69 kJ/kg. Circulating cooling water
enters the condenser at 25°C and leaves at 45°C. The outside and inside diameter for a water tube:
OD = 20 mm; ID = 17 mm and a water velocity of 3 m/s. If the overall coefficient of heat transfer is U
is 14,100 kJ/hr-m2-°C of outside tube surface determine, a) the amount of circulating water in m 3/hr,
b) the total number of tubes, and c) the length of tube per pass.
GIVEN:
m = 10,000 kg/hr ODtube = 20mm = 0.02m
Hco = 2,240 kJ/kg IDtube = 17mm = 0.017m
Hcn = 218.69 kJ/kg v = 3 m/s
Tc, in = 25°C U = 14,100 kJ/hr-m2-°C
Tc, out = 45°C
For the amount of circulating water:
m flowrate =Av ρwater
kg
10000
mflowrate hr
A= = =0.00093m 2
vρ m s kg
3 (3600 )(1000 3 )
s hr m
2 m 3600 s
V flowrate =0.00093 m (3 )( )
s hr
m3
V flowrate =10
hr

For the length of tube per pass:

q=m c p ¿ = q=∆ H
kJ kJ kJ
q=2240 −218.69 =2021.31
kg kg kg
kJ kg
2021.31 (10000 )
kg hr
A= = 71.68m2
kJ
14100 (45 ℃ −25℃ )
hr ∙ m2 ∙℃
A 71.68 m2
L= = =7605.48 m
πD π (0.02 m)

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4. Brine enters a circulating brine cooler at the rate of 7.5 m 3/hr at -8°C and leaves at 15°C. The specific
heat of brine is 0.25 kcal/kg-°C and the specific gravity of 1.21. The refrigerant evaporates at -23°C,
a) what is the refrigerating load Q in tons of refrigeration (TOR; 1 TOR = 211 kJ/min), and what is the
overall heat transfer coefficient U, if the total heat transfer area is 19 square meters? Note: a
refrigerant evaporator is at constant pressure and also constant temperature along the wet region,
assume that the refrigerant leaves the evaporator as saturated vapor.
GIVEN:
15 ℃−38 ℃
LMTD=
3
Vflowrate =7.5 m /hr 15 ℃
ln ⁡( )
38 ℃
Th,in = -8°C LMTD=24.74 ℃
Th,out = 15°C A = 19m2
Tc,in = -23°C S.G = 1.21
∆ T a=−8℃ −(−23℃ )=15 ℃ cp = 0.25 kcal/kg-°C
∆ T b=15−(−23℃ )=38 ℃
For the load q:
q=m c p ¿
q=m c p ¿
q=ρ water (specific gravity )(V flowrate )(c p ) ¿
kg m3 kcal
q=1000 3 (1.21)(7.5 )(0.25 )(15℃ +8 ℃ )
m hr kg ∙℃
kcal 4.184 kJ
q=52181.25 ( )
hr 1 kcal
kJ hr TOR
q=218326.35 (
hr 60 min )( 211
kJ
) =17.25 TOR
min
For the overall heat transfer coefficient U:
∆ T a−∆ T b
q=(UA)
∆ T a = q=(UA) ∆ T
ln ⁡( )
∆ Tb
∆Ta kJ 15 ℃

U=
q (ln ( )
∆Tb
)
=
218326.35 (ln
hr 38 ℃ (
) )
A(∆ T a−∆ T b ) 19 m 2( 15℃ −38℃ )
kJ
U =464.4
hr ∙m 2 ∙℃

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