Question: ( 3 0 points ) Water at m = 0 . 0 5 k g s and T m , i = 3 0 C

(30 points) Water at m=0.05kgs and Tm,i=30C enters an annular tube heat exchanger as shown in Figure 2. The annular tube heat exchanger is composed of an outer tube with radius r1=50mm and an inner tube with an outer radius r2=25mm and an inner radius of r3=10mm. The surface of the outer tube is well insulated. Saturated steam flows through the inner tube, maintaining a uniform temperature of TS=100C at the surface of the steam side. . The thermal conductivity of the inner tube wall is kA=3Wm*K. Water has viscosity =60010-6m2s, heat capacitance cp=4200Jkg*K, thermal conductivity k=0.6Wm*K, and Prandtl number Pr=3.8. The fully developed conditions may be assumed throughout the annulus.
(a)(10 points) Please obtain the value of heat convection coefficient of heat transfer at the outer tube wall.(10 points) How long must the annular tube heat exchanger be to provide an outlet water temperature Tm,o=80C? What is the overall heat flow rate that the water side receives?
(b)(10 points) After 5 years of operation, the heat exchanger performance is degraded by fouling on the outer wall of the water side, and the water outlet temperature becomes 60C for the same fluid flow rates and inlet temperatures.
What is the fouling factor on the outer wall of the water side?
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( 3 0 points ) Water at m = 0 . 0 5 k g s and T m

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