The accompanying figure shows the basic design of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, a common piece of...

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The accompanying figure shows the basic design of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, a common piece of equipment in chemical plants. It consists water IN of a 'nest' of tubes (also known as a bundle) inside a vessel (the shell). One fluid (shown as Oil OUT Tube Nest End Head Water OUT water in the figure) enters the exchanger and only flows inside the tubes, while another fluid (shown as oil in the figure) enters the exchanger and flows through the spaces around the tubes. The materials of construction and system conditions are chosen to promote efficient conductivity of heat from one fluid to the other. Tube Plate Baffles Shell Oil IN a) For the conditions described below, calculate the Reynolds number inside each tube: o The inlet flow rate of water coming into the exchanger is 0.6 m³/min which gets evenly distributed across a bundle of fifteen tubes with each tube having an inside diameter of 5 cm. o The water gets heated from 10 °C at the inlet to 50 °C at the outlet and thus you can use an average temperature of 30 °C in your calculation. b) Based on your answer from part a), comment on whether the flow profile inside each tube is laminar, transitional, or turbulent. c) Give a BRIEF but detailed and technical explanation to justify why the flow profile you identified in part b) is ideal for the operation of the heat exchanger. The accompanying figure shows the basic design of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, a common piece of equipment in chemical plants. It consists water IN of a 'nest' of tubes (also known as a bundle) inside a vessel (the shell). One fluid (shown as Oil OUT Tube Nest End Head Water OUT water in the figure) enters the exchanger and only flows inside the tubes, while another fluid (shown as oil in the figure) enters the exchanger and flows through the spaces around the tubes. The materials of construction and system conditions are chosen to promote efficient conductivity of heat from one fluid to the other. Tube Plate Baffles Shell Oil IN a) For the conditions described below, calculate the Reynolds number inside each tube: o The inlet flow rate of water coming into the exchanger is 0.6 m³/min which gets evenly distributed across a bundle of fifteen tubes with each tube having an inside diameter of 5 cm. o The water gets heated from 10 °C at the inlet to 50 °C at the outlet and thus you can use an average temperature of 30 °C in your calculation. b) Based on your answer from part a), comment on whether the flow profile inside each tube is laminar, transitional, or turbulent. c) Give a BRIEF but detailed and technical explanation to justify why the flow profile you identified in part b) is ideal for the operation of the heat exchanger.