Question: 1.( 30 pts) In order to diagnose flow problems on the shell side of a large, plant scale shell and tube heat exchanger, you are

 1.( 30 pts) In order to diagnose flow problems on the

1.( 30 pts) In order to diagnose flow problems on the shell side of a large, plant scale shell and tube heat exchanger, you are asked to determine the pressure drop in a lab-scale glass shell model. The plant scale exchanger is 4m long and has a bank of 2.54cm (17) diameter tubes while your scale model is 0.5m long with 3.175mm OD tubes (1/8). If the two systems are dynamically similar, what is the flow rate of shell-side coolant in the model if the plant system flow rate is 0.00315m3/s(50gpm)

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