EXCEL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
VI Semester
ME8693- HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Regulations 2017
Question Bank
UNIT – III PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER AND HEAT EXCHANGER

PART- A

Q.No Questions Marks CO BL

1 Define boiling? 2 CO3 R
2 Mention the process in condensation. 2 CO3 U
3 What is meant by pool boiling? 2 CO3 R

4 List the factors affecting the overall heat transfer coefficient. 2 CO3 U

5 Draw different regions of boiling process. 2 CO3 R

6 Give the merits of condensation? 2 CO3 R

7 Classify the various types of heat exchangers. 2 CO3 R
8 What is meant by dropwise condensation? 2 CO3 R

9 Define heat exchanger. 2 CO3 R

10 Distinguish between parallel and counter flow heat exchanger. 2 CO3 U

11 Compare the direct and indirect contact heat exchanger? 2 CO3 U

12 What is regenerator? 2 CO3 R
13 Write the importance of shell and tube heat exchanger? 2 CO3 R

14 Define Biot number? 2 CO3 R

15 What is meant by LMTD? 2 CO3 R

16 What is meant by fouling factor? 2 CO3 R

17 What is meant by effectiveness? 2 CO3 R
18 Give an example of pool boiling and flow boiling. 2 CO3 R
19 Discuss the advantage of NTU method over the LMTD method. 2 CO3 U
Sketch the temperature variations in parallel flow and counter flow heat 2 CO3 U
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exchangers.
 PART- B

Q.No Questions Marks CO BL

1 Discuss the various regimes of pool boiling heat transfer. 16 CO1 U
2 It is desired to boil water at atmospheric pressure on a copper surface
which is electrically heated. Estimate the heat flux from the surface of 16 CO1 U
water, if the surface is maintained at 110°C and also the peak heat flux.
3 (i) Derive the rate of heat transfer equation of parallel flow heat exchanger for
LMTD analysis.
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(ii) Derive the rate of heat transfer equation of counter flow heat exchanger for
effectiveness-NTU analysis.
4 Water is to be boiled at atmospheric pressure in a polished copper pan by
means of an electric heater. The diameter of the pan is 0.38m and is kept at
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115°C. Calculate the following, 1. Power required boiling the water, 2.
Rate of evaporation, 3. Critical heat flux.
5 Water is boiled at the rate of 24 kg/h in a polished copper pan, 300mm in
diameter at atmospheric pressure. Assuming nucleate boiling conditions, 16 CO1 AP
calculate the temperature of the bottom surface of the pan.
6 A horizontal tube of outer diameter 2.2 cm is exposed to dry steam at 100
°C. The pipe surface is maintained at 62°C by circulating water through it. 16 CO1 AP
Calculate the rate of formation of condensate per metre length of the pipe.
7 In a counter flow double pipe heat exchanger, water is heated from 25°C to
65°C by an oil with a specific heat of 1.45 kJ/kg K and mass flow rate of
0.9 kg/s. The oil is cooled from 230°C to 160°C. If the overall heat transfer
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coefficient is 420 W/m2K, calculate the following, 1. The rate of heat
transfer, 2. The mass flow rate of water, 3. The surface area of the heat
exchanger.
8 In a double pipe counter flow heat exchanger 10000 kg/h of an oil having a
specific heat of 2095 J/kgK is cooled from 80°C to 50°C by 8000 kg/h of
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water entering at 25°C. Determine the heat exchangers area for an overall
heat transfer coefficient of 300 W/m2K. Take Cp for water as 4180 J/kg K.
9 A counter flow concentric tube heat exchanger is used to cool engine oil
(Cp= 2130 J /kg K) from 160°C to 60°C with water available at 25°C as
the cooling medium. The flow rate of cooling water through the inner tube
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of 0.5m is 2 kg/s while the flow rate of oil through the outer annulus OD =
0.7 m is also 2 kg/s. If ‘h’ is 250 W/m2K, how long must the heat
exchanger be to meet its cooling requirement?
10 A parallel flow heat exchanger has hot and cold water stream running
through it, the flow rates are 10 and 25 kg/min respectively. Inlet
temperatures are 75°C and 25°C on hot and cold sides. The exit
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temperature on the hot side should not exceed 50°C. Assume hi=ho= 600
W/m2K. Calculate the area of heat exchanger using Effectiveness- NTU
approach.

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