Q. E – NTU method is particularly useful in thermal design of heat exchangers when

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Q. The engine oil at 150 degree Celsius is cooled to 80 degree Celsius in a parallel flow heat exchanger by water entering at 25 degree Celsius and leaving at 60 degree Celsius. Estimate the number of transfer units

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Q. In a surface condenser, the water flowing through a series of tubes at the rate of 200 kg/hr is heated from 15 degree Celsius to 75 degree Celsius. The steam condenses on the outside surface of tubes at atmospheric pressure and the overall heat transfer coefficient is estimated at 860 k J/m² hr degree. Find the number of transfer units of the heat exchanger. At the condensing pressure, stream has saturation temperature 0f 100 degree Celsius and the latent heat of vaporization is 2160 k J/kg. Further, the steam is initially just saturated and the condensate leaves the exchanger without sub-cooling i.e. only latent heat of condensing steam is transferred to water. Take specific heat of water as 4 k J/kg K

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Q. NTU is a number of transfer units, dimensionless parameter defined as

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Q. When two fluids of the heat exchanger are separated by a plane wall, the thermal resistance comprises
(i) Convection resistance due to the fluid film at the inside surface
(ii) Conduction resistance
(iii) Convection resistance due to the fluid film at the outside surface
Identify the correct option

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Q. Figure represents the block diagram of a heat exchanger. There were some aspects in the design and performance analysis of a heat exchanger. Identify the correct one

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Q. The heat loss from unpainted aluminum side of a house has been calculated on the presumption that overall coefficient of heat transfer is 5 W/m² K. Later, it was discovered that the air pollution levels are such that fouling factor on this side is of the order of 0.0005 m² K/W. Find overall heat transfer coefficient of dirty side

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Q. What is the value of fouling factor for engine exhaust?

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Q. What is the value of fouling factor for industrial liquids?

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Q. After being in service for a period of six months, a heat exchanger transforms 10% less heat than it does what new. Determine the effective fouling factor in terms of its clean overall heat transfer coefficient. It may be presumed that the heat exchanger operates between the same temperature differentials and that there is no change in the effective surface area due to scale build up

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Q. In a counter flow heat exchanger, water flowing through a tube of 10 cm inner diameter is heated by steam condensing on the outside of the tube. The convective film coefficient on the water and steam side are estimated to be 12000 and 20000 k J/m² hr degree. Neglecting tube thickness and its resistance to heat flow, workout the overall heat transfer coefficient for the heat exchanger

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Q. A heat exchanger to preheat oil for a furnace was designed without considering the possibility of scale formation, and the overall heat transfer coefficient based on the fuel oil side was 3200 k J/m² hr degree. What would be the corrected coefficient of heat transfer if a fouling factor of 0.00025 m² hr degree/k J for the fuel oil is taken into account?

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Q. A copper pipe (k = 350 W/m K) having inner diameter of 1.75 cm and 2.0 cm outside diameter conveys water and the oil flows through the annular passage between this pipe and a steel pipe. On the water side, the film coefficient is 4600 W/m² K and the fouling factor is 0.00034 m² K/W. The corresponding values for the oil side are 1200 W/m² K and 0.00086 m² K/W. Estimate the overall heat transfer coefficient between the oil and water

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Q. Unit of fouling factor is

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Q. The rear window of an automobile is made of thick glass i.e. AB = 5 mm and thermal conductivity is 0.8 W/m degree. To defrost this window, a thin transparent film type heating element has been fixed to its inner surface. For the conditions given below, determine the electric power that must be provided per unit area of window if a temperature 5 degree Celsius is maintained at its outer surface. Interior air temperature and the corresponding surface coefficient are 20 degree Celsius and 12 W/m² degree. Surrounding air temperature and the corresponding surface coefficient are – 15 degree Celsius and 70 W/m² degree. Electric heater provides uniform heat flux

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