Question: ( b ) 1 . 5 k g s - 1 of steam is to be condensed to saturated liquid at constant pressure by passing

(b)1.5kgs-1 of steam is to be condensed to saturated liquid at constant pressure by passing it over the tubes of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger. The steam enters the shell side of the counter-current heat exchanger with dryness fraction =0.9 at 80C.
(i) Find the total rate of heat transfer from the steam.
Liquid water with an inlet temperature of Tc,in=20C is passed through the heat exchanger tubes. The condenser contains 124,10 mm diameter, thin-walled tubes (of negligible thermal resistance). The total water flow rate through the tubes is 15kgs-1. The average heat transfer coefficient associated with condensation on the outer surface of the tubes may be taken as 5000Wm-2K-1. For the water in the tubes take ?ICp=4180Jkg-1K-1,=0.001kgm-1s-1,k=0.61Wm-1K-1 and Pr=6.85.(Check you know where to find these values in HLT).
(ii) Find the effectiveness of the heat exchanger and use an appropriate graph from part (a) to find the number of transfer units, NTU. [Hint: think carefully about the appropriate value of capacity rate ratio for this question].
(iii) Find the heat transfer coefficient inside the tubes, and hence both the overall heat transfer coefficient, U, and the length of each heat exchanger tube.
( b ) 1 . 5 k g s - 1 of steam is to be condensed

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