A shell-and-tube heat exchanger consists of 135 thin- walled tubes in a double-pass arrangement, each of 12.5-mm diameter with a total surface area of 47.5 m2. Water (the tube-side fluid) enters the heat exchanger at 15°C and 6.5 kg/s and is heated by exhaust gas entering at 200°C and 5 kg/s. The gas may be assumed to have the properties of atmospheric air, and the overall heat transfer coefficient is approximately 200 W/m2 · K.
(a) What are the gas and water outlet temperatures?
(b) Assuming fully developed flow, what is the tube- side convection coefficient?
(c) With all other conditions remaining the same, plot the effectiveness and fluid outlet temperatures as a function of the water flow rate over the range from 6 to 12 kg/s.
(d) What gas inlet temperature is required for the exchanger to supply 10 kg/s of hot water at an out- let temperature of 42°C, all other conditions remaining the same? What is the effectiveness for this operating condition?