Question: A 1 - 2 shell - and - tube heat exchanger is used to cool condensed steam at a rate of 1 0 5 kg

A 1-2 shell-and-tube heat exchanger is used to cool condensed steam at a rate of 105 kg/h from 90 c\deg to 50 c\deg using cooling water available at 10 c\deg The operating conditions do not permit exit temperatures of cooling water exceeding 40^{\circ}C. Select a counter flow heat exchanger with 32 inch OD tube, 16 BWG, triangular pitch and 8 feet long tube arrangement with a tube thickness of 0.083 inch. By referring to the data sheet and with suitable assumptions, Evaluate the following:
(i) Mass flow rate of water;
(ii) Corrected LMTD
(iii) Total number of tubes;
(iv) Tube side Reynolds number;
(v) Inside heat transfer coefficient;
(vi) Shell side Reynolds number
(vii) Shell side heat transfer coefficient;
(viii) Overall heat transfer coefficient;
(ix) Inside heat transfer area
(x) Actual heat transfer area
(xi) Actual design overall heat transfer coefficient

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