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The overall heat transfer co-efficient for a shell and tube heat exchanger for clean surfaces is U<sub>0</sub> = 400 W/m<sup>2</sup>.K. The fouling factor after one year of operation is found to be h<sub>d0</sub> = 2000 W/m<sup>2</sup>.K. The overall heat transfer co-efficient at this time is

Correct Answer: 333 W/m<sup>2</sup>.K

A single pass shell and tube heat exchanger, consisting of a bundle of 100 tubes (inner diameter 25 mm and thickness 2 mm) is used for heating 28 kg/s of water from 25 degree Celsius to 75 degree Celsius with the help of a steam condensing at atmospheric pressure on the shell side with condensing heat transfer coefficient 5000 W/m2 degree. Make calculation for overall heat transfer coefficient based on the inner area. Take fouling factor on the water side to be 0.002 m2 degree/W per tube and neglect effect of fouling factor on the shell side and thermal resistance of the tube wall

After being in service for a period of six months, a heat exchanger transforms 10% less heat than it does what new. Determine the effective fouling factor in terms of its clean overall heat transfer coefficient. It may be presumed that the heat exchanger operates between the same temperature differentials and that there is no change in the effective surface area due to scale build up

In a counter flow heat exchanger, water flowing through a tube of 10 cm inner diameter is heated by steam condensing on the outside of the tube. The convective film coefficient on the water and steam side are estimated to be 12000 and 20000 k J/m2 hr degree. Neglecting tube thickness and its resistance to heat flow, workout the overall heat transfer coefficient for the heat exchanger

Plate type heat exchangers have less surface area as compared to a similar Shell and Tube heat exchanger. A Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger of equivalent area weigh six-seven times less than a Plate Type heat exchanger.

Air is to be heated by condensing steam. Two heat exchangers are available (i) a shell and tube heat exchanger and (ii) a finned tube heat exchanger. Tube side heat transfer area are equal in both the cases. The recommended arrangement is

Consider we have a Double pipe Heat Exchanger, with inner tube of diameter 20mm (neglect thickness) and outer tube of diameter 30mm. We have two fluids A & B (KA = 15W/mK and KB = 20W/mK) we desire to have their flow rates as 15m3/s and 21m3/s respectively. If their Nusselt number after calculation is Nui = 429 and Nuo = 530. What is the overall heat transfer coefficient of the equipment is no fouling exists?

Steam is to be condensed in a shell and tube heat exchanger, 5 m long with a shell diameter of 1 m. Cooling water is to be used for removing the heat. Heat transfer co-efficient for the cooling water, whether on shell side or tube side is the same. The best arrangement is

A heat exchanger to preheat oil for a furnace was designed without considering the possibility of scale formation, and the overall heat transfer coefficient based on the fuel oil side was 3200 k J/m2 hr degree. What would be the corrected coefficient of heat transfer if a fouling factor of 0.00025 m2 hr degree/k J for the fuel oil is taken into account?

Which is the best tube arrangement (in a shell and tube heat exchanger) if the fluids are clean and non-fouling?

The heat loss from unpainted aluminum side of a house has been calculated on the presumption that overall coefficient of heat transfer is 5 W/m 2 K. Later, it was discovered that the air pollution levels are such that fouling factor on this side is of the order of 0.0005 m2 K/W. Find overall heat transfer coefficient of dirty side