UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Lee Kong Chian Engineering

Faculty : Unit Code : UEME 3213
and Science
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
Course : Chemical / Mechanical Unit Title : Heat and Mass Transfer
Engineering
Academi Lecturer Ir. Dr. Bee Soo Tueen / Ir.
: 2017/2018 : Chong Kok Chung
c Year

Session : 201701
Submission 27/03/2017
due date (Monday), 12pm
Assignment
This assignment contains two (2) tasks and you are required to answer all the questions.
This assignment will contribute to 10% of the course work marks. The assignment must be
word processed (e.g. MS Word). Please attach this page as front cover page for your
assignment.

Format and Guideline

The assignment must be type written.
Font size shall be Times New Roman 12pt.
Suitable reference need to be included in the text and referenced at the end of the
assignment.
Please submit in hardcopy and attach this page as cover page.
The report shall not exceed 10 pages.
Marks will be deducted for any late submission (10% per day inclusive of Saturday and
Sunday).
In the cases of plagiarism/collusion, 0% will be automatically awarded for the assignment.
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Task 1:

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You are a design engineer under a heat exchanger design team for a multination heat exchanger
company. The client required you to present the thermal insulation material for their commercial
consideration on the counterflow shell and tube heat exchanger with one shell pass and one tube
pass in the palm oil heat recovery application. Your presentation must cover the following:

a) Describe the choice of thermal insulation material.

(5 marks)
b) Justify the selection of the proposed thermal insulation material in (a) is the most suitable
materials for this application. (20 marks)

c) Explain the operating requirements for the chosen thermal insulation material. (5 marks)

d) Justify the advantages and disadvantages of thermal insulation material. (20 marks)
[Total : 50 marks]

Task 2:

A counterflow, concentric heat exchanger with a heat transfer surface area of 10 m 2 and intended
overall convection coefficient is 100 W/m2 K is used in a textile factory for heat recovery of the
textile dye water in the dyeing process. The information of the heat exchanger is shown as
follow. During the routine heat exchanger inspection with your newly appointed technician on
site, your technician told you that he performed necessary maintenance on the heat exchanger
and it is running at the optimum condition. With the heat exchanger operating condition as shows
below, you found that his statement is incorrect. Thus, as an engineer, show the technician (with
necessary diagram, explanation and calculations) that his statement is incorrect.
[Total : 50 marks]

Heat Exchanger Operating Condition

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