Question: Design a double pipe heat exchanger for heating water using hot oil. The hot oil is available at a temperature of 1 2 0 C

Design a double pipe heat exchanger for heating water using hot oil. The hot oil is
available at a temperature of 120C and needs to heat the water from 25C to 70C. The
water and the oil flow in opposite directions (countercurrent flow), and the flow rate of
water is 2 kg/s. Assume that the heat capacity of water is 4.18 kJ/kg
C and that the
oil has a heat capacity of 2.1 kJ/kg
C. The heat exchanger will have a temperature
difference of at least 10C between the fluids at the outlet.
For a typical mineral oil, the following properties are assumed:
Density, oil =850 kg/m3
(at 30C).
Dynamic Viscosity, oil =0.15 Pa s (at 30C).
Thermal Conductivity, koil =0.145W/m
C.
Specific Heat, Chot =2.1 kJ/kg
C (at 30C).
Prandtl Number, P roil =150.

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