Assignment 5: Energy balance and Steam

1. Estimate the quantity of heat required to increase the temperature of 20 kg of tomato

pulp from 30°C to 70°C if the mean heat capacity of tomato pulp is 4 kJ/kg K.

(3200 kJ)

2. A heat exchanger is used for the heating of 500 kg/h of milk from 30°C to 70°C using
water as the heating medium. The heating medium enters the heat exchanger at 80°C
and exits at 60°C. Determine the mass flow rate of the heating medium if the heat is
lost to the environment at the rate of 1 kW. The heat capacity of water is 4.2 kJ/kg °C
and that of milk is 3.9 kJ/kg °C.

(971.4 kg/h)

3. Calculate the amount of saturated steam at 121 kPa pressure required to heat 750 g/h
of juice from 8°C to 80°C if the heat capacity of juice is 4 kJ/ kg °C.

(0.492 kg)

4. A saturated steam at 2.8 bar, determine:

a. specific enthalpy of saturated water

b. specific enthalpy of saturated vapor
c. specific latent heat

5. What is the saturation temperature of water at the saturation pressure of 0.3 bar?