Assignment on Heat Exchangers

1. What is heat Exchanger? How are heat exchangers classified?

2. Explain the concept of mean temperature difference.
3. Sketch the temperature variations in parallel flow and counter flow heat exchangers.
4. Discuss the general arrangement of parallel flow, counter flow and cross flow heat
exchangers.
5. Write an expression for overall heat transfer coefficient (U) for a double pipe heat
exchanger. Explain the significance of various terms in this expression.
6. What is LMTD correction factor?
7. Why is counter flow heat exchanger more effective than a parallel flow heat
exchanger?
8. When is the LMTD method most suitable for heat exchanger design calculations?
9. What are fouling factors? Explain their effect in heat exchanger design.
10. Explain the terms number of transfer units (NTU). Discuss various considerations
essential for the design of heat exchangers.
11. Define heat exchanger effectiveness and explain its significance.
12. Discuss the advantages of NTU method over the LMTD method of heat exchanger
design.
13. Derive an expression for the effectiveness of a heat exchanger in which a condensing
vapour is used to heat the cold fluid.
14. What is the expression for LMTD in a counter flow exchanger where the capacity
rates for the hot and cold fluids are the same?
NTU 1
for counter flow and ∈= ( 1−e ) for parallel flow if the
−2 NTU
15. Show that ∈=
1+ NTU 2
capacity rates of hot and cold fluids are equal.