5.

79 Cooling Hot Oil by Water in a Multipass Heat

Exchanger
Hot oil is be cooled by water in a 1-shell-pass and 8-tube-
passes heat exchanger. The tubes are thin-walled and
are made of copper with an internal diameter of 1.4 cm.
The length of each tube pass in the heat exchanger is 5
m, and the overall heat transfer coefficient is 310 W/m2K.
Water flows through the tubes at a rate of 0.2 kg/s, and
the oil through the shell at a rate of 0.3 kg/s. The water
and the oil enter temperatures of 20 C and 150 C,
respectively. Determine the rate of heat transfer in the
heat exchanger and the outlet temperatures of the water
and the oil. cpc= 4.18 kJ/kg.K, cph= 2.13 kJ/kg.K

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 𝑘𝑊
𝐶ℎ = 𝑚ℎ 𝑐𝑝ℎ = (0.3) 2.13 = 0.639
𝐾
𝑘𝑊
𝐶𝑐 = 𝑚𝑐 𝑐𝑝𝑐 = (0.2) 4.18 = 0.836
𝐾
𝑘𝑊
Therefore, 𝐶𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 𝐶ℎ = 0.639
𝐾
𝐶𝑚𝑖𝑛 0.639
𝑐= = = 0.764
𝐶𝑚𝑎𝑥 0.836
Then the maximum heat transfer rate is
𝑄𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝐶𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑇ℎ,𝑖𝑛 − 𝑇𝑐,𝑖𝑛
= 0.639 150 − 20 = 83.1 𝑘𝑊
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 Heat transfer surface area
𝐴𝑠 = 𝑛𝜋𝐷𝐿 = 8𝜋(0.014)(5) = 1.76 𝑚2
𝑈𝐴𝑠 (310)(1.76)
𝑁𝑇𝑈 = = = 0.854
𝐶𝑚𝑖𝑛 639
The effectiveness of this heat exchanger corresponding
to c=0.764 and NTU=0.854 is determined from Fig 11-27c
to be 𝜀 = 0.47
𝑄 = 𝜀 𝑄𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 0.47 83.1 = 39.1𝑘𝑊

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 The actual heat transfer rate is
𝑄 = 𝑚𝑐𝑝,ℎ 𝑇ℎ,𝑖𝑛 − 𝑇ℎ,𝑜𝑢𝑡
39.1 = 0.3 2.13 150 − 𝑇ℎ,𝑜𝑢𝑡
𝑇ℎ,𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 88.8 𝐶
𝑄 = 𝑚𝑐𝑝,𝑐 𝑇𝑐,𝑜𝑢𝑡 − 𝑇𝑐,𝑖𝑛
39.1 = 0.2 4.18 𝑇𝑐,𝑜𝑢𝑡 − 20
𝑇ℎ,𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 66.8 𝐶

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