Chemical Engineering - Heat Transfer - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Heat Transfer - Section 1 (Q.No. 21)
21.
Hot water (0.01 m3 /min) enters the tube side of a counter current shell and tube heat exchanger at 80°C and leaves at 50°C. Cold oil (0.05 m3/min) of density 800 kg/m3 and specific heat of 2 kJ/kg.K enters at 20°C. The log mean temperature difference in °C is approximately
32
37
45
50
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Anuj said:   1 year ago
@All.

We have to find the cold coil outlet temp with the help of the given data and assume that Q rejected by the hot fluid is equal to the heat gained by the cold fluid, then we will get 36.8.

So, the right answer will be 37 °C for counter-current flow.
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Anon said:   2 years ago
how did u guys get 35.75 deg C as outlet temp of oil?
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Mehtab Ali said:   3 years ago
For counter-current flow ---> LMTD = 36.66 ~ 37.
For parallel flow ----> LMTD = 31.82 ~ 32.
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MADHAN said:   4 years ago
For counter current flow,

∇(t1) = hot water inlet (-) cold water outlet.
∇(t2) = hot water outlet (-) cold water inlet.
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Maha said:   4 years ago
For counter current (as mentioned in statement):
LMTD = 37.

SATHISH said:   5 years ago
For co-current flow answer is 32.

And for Countercurrent flow answer is 37.

Kishan said:   6 years ago
LMTD = (ΔT1 - ΔT2) / ln(ΔT1/ΔT2).

Counter flow,

ΔT1 = T_Hot_In - T_Cold_Out.
= 80.00 - 35.75.
= 44.25.

ΔT2 = T_Hot_Out - T_Cold_In.
= 50.00 - 20.00.
= 30.00.
LMTD = 36.66.

For parallel flow,

ΔT1 = T_Hot_In - T_Cold_In.
= 80.00 - 20.00.
= 60.00.

ΔT2 = T_Hot_Out - T_Cold_Out.
= 50.00 - 35.75
= 14.25.

LMTD = 31.82.
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Urvish Makwana said:   6 years ago
The given answer is wrong as by using counter flow we will get 37 as answer but if we use co current than we will get 32 as the answer.
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Temidayo Gideon said:   6 years ago
Here, 37 is the correct answer.
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Rana Rohan said:   6 years ago
Given answer is right for co-current.


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