Heat Exchanger Problems
Heat Exchanger Problems
Heat Exchanger Problems
Problems
• Problem-1
• A dilute pineapple juice is heated in a double pipe
heat exchanger from 28◦C to 75◦C by heat
exchanging with hot water flowing in shell in counter
current direction and is cooled from 95◦C to 85◦C.
Calculate the log mean temperature difference, and
compare with average temperature difference.
• Problem2
• Repeat the above for parallel flow arrangement
Problem 2.
A double pipe heat exchanger operates co currently with a cold fluid
entering the outer pipe at 20°C and exiting at 35°C . The hot water enters
the thin walled 2 cm diameter tube at 80°C and leaves at 40°C . The total
length of the tubes in the heat exchanger is 60 m. The convection heat
transfer coefficient is 25 W/m2°C on the cold fluid side (outer pipe) and 160
W/m2°C on the water (tube) side. Determine the rate of heat transfer in the
heat exchanger (a) before any fouling occurs and (b) after fouling with a
fouling factor of 0.0006 m2°C/ W occurs on the outer surface of the
tube(c)Mass Flow rate of the two fluids if the specific heat capacity of the
hot fluid is 4.31kJ/kg °C
Problem 3