ME 3113 HEAT TRANSFER

Practice Problems for Heat Exchanger

1. An economizer receives hot gas ( c p = 0.27Btu/lb oR) and water in the ration of 1.5lb gas /lb water. The
gas enter at 850oF and leaves at 355oF; the water enters at 120oF. Find the exit temperature of water
and the LMTD if It is parallel flow and if it is counter flow.

2. Air enters a pre-heater at 25oC and leaves at 110oC. The hot gas leaves at 130oC. Find the temperature
of the hot gas entering when the logarithmic mean temperature difference is 67.4oC and a) the flow is
parallel b) the flow is counter flow.

3. The oil ( c p = 1759 W-s/kg K ) from an oil cooled electric transformer is cooled from 79.4oC to 29.4oC at
the rate of 1360.5kg/hr. This is done in an oil water heat exchanger that receives 2948kg/hr of water at
15.6oC. For the exchanger, U= 295 W/m2K. Find the exit water temperature and heating area required
a) for counter flow b) for parallel flow.

4. A water cooler uses 50 lb/hr of melting ice to cool running water from 80oF to 42oF. Based on the inside
coil area, U = 110 Btu/hr-ft2-oF. Find the LMTD, b) the inside area of the coil, c) the gpm of water cooled.

5. In a 10-ton Freon 12 refrigerating system, liquid refrigerant from the condenser is cooled from 80oF to
70oF in a concentric double-piped heat exchanger. This is done by passing the liquid through the inner
pipe and saturated vapor (after refrigeration is done) from the 20oF evaporator through the annulus. For
the heat exchanger, U = 110Btu/lb-oF; for the vapor, cp = 0.15Btu/lboF. Find the required heating surface
for a) counter flow b) parallel flow.

6. A liquid to liquid counter flow heat exchanger is used to heat a cold fluid from 120oF to 310oF. Assuming
that the hot fluid enters at 500oF and leaves at 400oF, calculate the log mean temperature difference for
the heat exchanger.

7. A turbo generator, 16 cylinder, vee type diesel engine has an air consumption of 3000 kg/hr per cycle
at a rated load and speed. This air is drawn thru a filter by a centrifugal compressor direct connected to
the exhaust gas turbine. The temperature of the air from the compressor is 145oC and a counter flow
air cooler reduces the air temperature to 45oC before it goes to the engine suction header. Cooling
water enter the air cooler at 30oC and leaves at 38oC. Calculate the arithmetic mean temperature
difference.

8. Water enters the condenser at 20oC and leaves at 35oC. What is the log mean temperature difference
if the condenser temperature is 40oC.

9. A counterflow heat exchanger is designed to heat fuel oil from 45oC to 100oC while heating fluid enters
at 150oC and leaves at 115oC. Calculate the arithmetic mean temperature difference.

10. An air cooled condenser has an expected U value of 30W/m2-K based on the air side area. The
condenser is to transfer 60kW with an airflow rate of 15kg/s entering at 35oC. If the condensing
temperature is to be 48oC, what is the required air-side area?

11. In a hot water heating system, water is heated to 95oC and then pumped at the rate of 4 liters per minute
through a radiator where it is cooled to 35oC. If the water arrives at the radiator at 35oC, how much heat
does a radiator release per hour?

12. A brine enters a cooler at the rate of 50m3/hr at 15oC and leaves at 1oC. Specific heat and specific
gravity of brine are 1.07kJ/kgK and 1.1 respectively. Calculate the heat transfer in kW.
13. Ina hot air heating system, the furnace heats the air from 60oF to 160oF. If the air is then circulated at
the rate of 330ft3/min by the blower, how much thermal energy is transferred per hour. The specific heat
of air at constant pressure is 0.250 Btu/lboF, the density of air is 0.0806lb/ft3 at atmospheric pressure.

14. A 4-pass low pressure surface type feed water heater is designed to heat 92730kg/hr of feed water from
40oC initial to 80oC final temperature using steam bleed at 70kPaa containing 2645 kJ/kg enthalpy.
Assume no sub-cooling of condensate, determine the effective length of 19mm O.D. by 2mm thick
muntz metal tubes to be installed, if the water velocity inside the tubes is 1.22 m/s and U = 3000 W/m2K
based on external surface of the tubes.

15. An air-cooled condenser is to reject 70kW of heat from a condensing refrigerant to air. The condenser
has an air-side area of 210m2 and a U value based on this area is 0.037kW/m2K; it is supplied with 6.6
m3/s of air which has a density of 1.15kg/m3. If the condensing temperature is to be limited to 55oC,
what is the maximum allowable temperature of the inlet air?

16. An oil heater heats 100kg per minute of oil from 35oC to 100oC in a counter flow heat exchanger. The
average specific heat of the oil is 2.5kJ/kgoC. Exhaust gases used for heating enter the heater with an
average specific heat of 1kJ/kgoC, a mass flow rate of 250 kg/min and an initial temperature of 200oC.
The over-all heat transfer coefficient is 75 W/m2 oC. Determine the heating surface in m2.

17. A two-shell, four tube pass, counter flow heat exchanger is used for cooling oil with a specific heat of
3.55 kJ/kg K and a flow rate of 2.52kg/s. The oil enters the tube side of heat exchanger at 125oC and
leaves at 50oC. Water enters the shell side at 20oC with a flow rate of 3.15 kg/s. The overall coefficient
of heat transfer is 116 W/m2K. Determine the heat transferred, the LMTD and the heat transfer area.

18. It is necessary to cool 5000lbm/hr of oil, cp = 0.8Btu/lb m -F, from 250oF to 150oF. Water, cp = 1.0 Btu/lb m -
oF, is available with a flow rate of 4500 lb /hr at a temperature of 50oF. The overall coefficient of heat
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transfer for a tube-in-tube heat exchanger is 15 Btu/hr-ft2-F. Determine the length of 1-in, ID tubing
required for counter flow and for parallel flow.

19. A single-shell, four tube pass, counter flow heat exchanger operates under the following conditions.
Flue gases enter the heat exchanger at 260oC and leave at 150oC with an average specific heat of
cp=1.05kJ/kg-K and a flow rate of 0.51kg/s. Water enters then exchanger at 15oC and a flow rate of
0.38kg/s. A change in operating condition occurs; a feed water must be bypassed, so the water enters
at 65oC and a flow rate of 0.31 kg/s. The specific heat of water may be assumed constant at cp = 4.18
kJ/kg-K. Determine the new outlet water condition.

20. Crude oil, cp = 0.56 Btu/lb m oR, flows at the rate of 2500lbm/hr through the inside of concentric, double-
pipe heat exchanger and is heated from 90oF to 200oF. Another hydrocarbon, cp= 0.26 Btu/lb m oR, enters
at 460oF. The overall coefficient of heat transfer is founds to be 75Btu/hr ft2Fo. Determine for a minimum
temperature difference of 30oF between the fluids a) LMTD for parallel and counter flow b) the surface
area for parallel ands counter flow.