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    Heat Exchanger Sample Problems (Students)

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    This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about heat transfer concepts including heat exchangers, heat loss from pipes, log mean temperature difference (LMTD), air cooled condensers, and heat transfer by radiation between the walls of a thermos bottle. The questions calculate values like exit water temperature, heat loss rate per unit length of pipe, LMTD, required air side area, maximum allowable inlet air temperature, heating surface area, and energy transferred by radiation between thermos bottle walls.

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    This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about heat transfer concepts including heat exchangers, heat loss from pipes, log mean temperature difference (LMTD), air cooled condensers, and heat transfer by radiation between the walls of a thermos bottle. The questions calculate values like exit water temperature, heat loss rate per unit length of pipe, LMTD, required air side area, maximum allowable inlet air temperature, heating surface area, and energy transferred by radiation between thermos bottle walls.

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    This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about heat transfer concepts including heat exchangers, heat loss from pipes, log mean temperature difference (LMTD), air cooled condensers, and heat transfer by radiation between the walls of a thermos bottle. The questions calculate values like exit water temperature, heat loss rate per unit length of pipe, LMTD, required air side area, maximum allowable inlet air temperature, heating surface area, and energy transferred by radiation between thermos bottle walls.

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    Heat Exchanger Sample Problems (Students)

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    This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about heat transfer concepts including heat exchangers, heat loss from pipes, log mean temperature difference (LMTD), air cooled condensers, and heat transfer by radiation between the walls of a thermos bottle. The questions calculate values like exit water temperature, heat loss rate per unit length of pipe, LMTD, required air side area, maximum allowable inlet air temperature, heating surface area, and energy transferred by radiation between thermos bottle walls.

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    Heat Transfer

    1. A heat exchanger was installed purposely to cool 0.50 kg of gas per second.
    Molecular weight is 28 kg/kgmol and k = 1.32.The gas is cooled from 150˚C to 80˚C.
    Water is available at the rate of 0.30 kg/s and at a temperature of 12˚C. Calculate the
    exit temperature of the water.
    a. 48.125˚C c. 46.125˚C
    b. 47.125˚C d. 45.125˚C
    2. An uninsulated steam pipe passes through a room in which the air and walls are at
    25˚C. The outside diameter of the pipe is 70 mm, and its surface temperature and
    emissivity are 200˚C and 0.80 respectively. If the coefficient associated with free
    convection heat transfer from the surface to the air is 15 W/m 2-K, what is the rate of
    heat loss from the surface per unit length of pipe?
    a. 997.84 W/m c. 797.84 W/m
    b. 897.84 W/m d. 697.84 W/m
    3. A liquid to liquid counter-flow heat exchanger is used to heat a cold fluid from 120˚F
    to 310˚F. Assuming that the hot fluid enters at 500˚F and leaves at 400˚F, calculate the
    LMTD for the heat exchanger.
    a. 132˚F c. 332˚F
    b. 232˚F d. 432˚F
    4. A turbo-generator, 16 cylinder, V-type diesel engine has an air consumption of 3000
    kg/hr per cylinder at a rated load and speed. This air is drawn in thru a filter by a
    centrifugal compressor direct connected to the exhaust gas turbine. The temperature of
    the air from the compressor is 145˚C and a counter-flow air cooler reduces the air
    temperature to 45˚C before it goes to the engine suction header. Cooling water enter
    the air cooler at 30˚C and leaves at 38˚C. Calculate the AMTD.
    a. 41˚C c. 61˚C
    b. 51˚C d. 71˚C
    5. A surface condenser serving a 50,000 kW steam-turbo generator unit receives
    exhaust steam at the rate of 196,000 kg/hr. Vacuum in condenser is 702 mm Hg. Sea
    water for cooling enters at 29.5˚C and leaves at 37.5˚C. For steam turbine condenser as
    heat given up to cooling water. Calculate the LMTD.
    a. 4.57˚C c. 6.57˚C
    b. 5.57˚C d. 7.57˚C
    6. Water enters the condenser at 20˚C and leaves at 35˚C. What is the LMTD if the
    condenser temperature is 40˚C?
    a. 16.37˚C c. 15.37˚C
    b. 13.37˚C d. 17.37˚C
    Heat Transfer

    7. An air cooled condenser has an expected U value of 30 W/m 2-K based on the air side
    area. The condenser is to transfer 60 kW with an airflow rate of 15 kg/s entering at
    35˚C. If the condensing temperature is to be 48˚C, what is the required air side area?
    a. 183.82 m2 c. 163.82 m2
    b. 173.82 m2 d. 193.82 m2
    8. An air cooled condenser is to reject 70 kW of heat from a condensing refrigerant to
    air. The condenser has air side area of 210 m 2 and a U value based on this area of
    0.037 kW/m2-K; it is supplied with 6.6 m3/s of air which has a density of 1.15 kg/m 3. If
    the condensing temperature is to be limited to 55˚C, what is the maximum allowable
    temperature of the inlet air?
    a. 30.7˚C c. 50.7˚C
    b. 40.7˚C d. 20.7˚C
    9. An oil heater heats 100 kg per minute of oil from 35˚C to 100˚C in a counter-flow heat
    exchanger. The average specific heat of the oil is 2.5 kJ/kg-˚C. Exhaust gases used for
    heating enter the heater with an average specific heat of 1 kJ/kg-˚C, a mass flow rate of
    250 kg/min and an initial temperature of 200˚C. The overall heat transfer coefficient is
    75 W/m2-˚C. Determine the heating surface area in m 2.
    a. 36.11 m2 c. 32.72 m2
    b. 41.72 m2 d. 25.34 m2
    10. The inner wall of a thermos bottle is at 0˚C while the outer at 37˚C. The space
    between the walls is evacuated and the walls are silvered so the emissivity is reduced
    to 0.10. If each wall has an area of 700 cm 2, how much energy is transformed by
    radiation between the walls each second?
    a. 1.46 J/s c. 16.5 J/s
    b. 1.04 J/s d. 17.09 J/s

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