Question: Steam is produced in the copper tubes ( k = 2 2 3 Btu / h ft deg F ) of a heat exchanger

Steam is produced in the copper tubes (k =223 Btu/h ft \deg F) of a heat exchanger at a temperature of 280\deg F by another fluid condensing on the outside surfaces of the tubes at 350\deg F. The inner and outer diameters of the tube are 1 in. and 1.3 in., respectively. When the heat exchanger was new, the rate of heat transfer per foot length of the tube was 2x104 Btu/h.
(a) Determine the rate of heat transfer per foot length of the tube when a 0.01-in.-thick layer of limestone (k =1.7 Btu/hft\deg F) has formed on the inner surface of the tube after extended use.

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