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GATE Mechanical Engineering · Heat Exchangers · 1988-2019
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All concepts →Hot and cold fluids enter a parallel flow double tube heat exchanger at 100 °C and 15 °C, respectively. The heat capacity rates of hot and cold fluids are Ch = 2000 W/K and Cc = 12...
Saturated steam at 100°C condenses on the outside of a tube. Cold fluid enters the tube at 20 °C and exits at 50 °C. The value of the Log Mean Temperature Difference (LMTD) is ____...
Steam in the condenser of a thermal power plant is to be condensed at a temperature of 30°C with cooling water which enters the tubes of the condenser at 14°C and exits at 22°C. Th...
Saturated steam at $${100^ \circ }C$$ condenses on the outside of a tube. Cold fluid enters the tube at $${20^ \circ }C$$ and exits at $${50^ \circ }C.$$ The value of the Log Mean...
In a counter-flow heat exchanger, water is heated at the rate of $$1.5kg/s$$ from $$\,40{}^ \circ C\,$$ to $$\,80{}^ \circ C\,$$ by an oil entering at $$\,120{}^ \circ C\,$$ and le...
Consider a parallel-flow heat exchanger with area $${A_p}$$ and a counter-flow heat exchanger with area $${A_c}.$$ In both the heat exchangers, the hot stream flowing at $$1$$ $$kg...
A double-pipe counter-flow heat exchanger transfers heat between two water streams. Tube side water at $$19$$ liter/s is heated from $${10^ \circ }C$$ to $${38^ \circ }C$$. Shell s...
Water $$\left( {{C_p} = 4.18\,kJ/kg.K} \right)$$ at $${80^ \circ }C$$ enters a counter flow heat exchanger with a mass flow rate of $$0.5kg/s.$$ Air $$\left( {{C_p} = 1\,kJ/kg.\,K}...
In a condenser of a power plant, the steam condenses at a temperature of $${60^ \circ }C.$$ The cooling water enters at $${30^ \circ }C$$ and leaves at $${45^ \circ }C.$$ The logar...
The $$LMTD$$ of a counter flow heat exchanger is $${20^ \circ }C$$. The cold fluid enters at $${20^ \circ }C$$ and the hot fluid enters at $${100^ \circ }C$$. Mass flow rate of the...
Hot oil is cooled from $${80^ \circ }C$$ to $${50^ \circ }C$$ in an oil cooler which uses air as the coolant. The air temperature rises from $${30^ \circ }C$$ to $${40^ \circ }C$$....
For the same inlet and outlet temperatures of hot and cold fluids, the Log mean temperature Difference $$(LMTD)$$ is
Air enters a counter-flow heat exchanger at $${7^ \circ }C$$ and leaves at $${40^ \circ }C$$. Water enters at $${30^ \circ }C$$ and leaves at $${50^ \circ }C$$. The $$LMTD$$ in deg...
In a certain double pipe heat exchanger hot water flows at a rate of $$50,000$$ $$kg/h$$ and gets cooled from $${95^ \circ }C$$ to $${65^ \circ }C$$. At the same time $$50,000$$ $$...
A counter flow heat exchanger is to heat air entering at $${400^ \circ }C$$ with a flow rate of $$6$$ $$kg/s$$ by the exhaust gas entering at $${800^ \circ }C$$ with a flow rate of...
Two streams of fluid of unit constant specific heats and unit mass flow rate exchange thermal energy in an adiabatic heat exchanger. The inlet temps of hot and cold streams are $${...
A double pipe counter flow heat exchanger is to be designed to cool $$12000$$ $$kg/hr$$ of an oil of specific heat $$1.95$$ $$kJ/kgK$$ from $$\,85{}^ \circ C$$ to $$\,55{}^ \circ C...
A shell and tube heat exchanger is to be designed for heating pressurized water by means of hot gasses which get cooled the data are as follows Temp of water at the inlet $$ = \,80...