Alexandria University Thermal Equipment, ME 413 Mechanical Engineering Department Midterm-Exam, November, 2010 Instructor: Prof. M. A.

Hassab Time: 1.5 hour ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Solve The Following Problem: The operating conditions and core geometry of an lube oil heater for gas-liquid service, TEMA designation: AES, are specified in the following tables: I- Process conditions: Item Fluid name Flow rate Inlet& outlet temperature Specific heat, CP Dynamic viscosity, Thermal conductivity, k Density, Prandtl number, Pr Fouling factor Maximum pressure loss Tube wall-resistance II- Mechanical design data: Item Tubes: size & layout Tube material Tube length No of tubes/shell No of tube passes Shell: inner diameter Baffles: ( central/end)spacing Baffle thickness TEME designation Units -kg/s o C J/kg.K N.s/m2 W/m.K Kg/m3 -m2 K/W Pa 2 m K/W Shell-side Lube Oil 5.0 50 & 120 2200 0.009 0.108 850 200 0.00045 70,000 -Units mm -mm ---mm mm mm -Tube-side Hot Water ? 170 to 130 4280 0.00018 0.67 910 1.2 0.0001 20,000 7.0E-5 Value 19.05, 15.75,25.4, 90o -(required) (required) 2 (required) 0.8 Ds/0.8 Ds 6 --

Symbol/Description do, di, pitch, angle 70/30 cupro-nickel L Nt Ntp Ds Lbc, (Lbi=Lbe) tbf AES

Based on the input data listed in the above tables for the shell-and-tube exchanger, calculate for the following cases of a new and dirty exchanger: Case 1: For a clean exchanger a) The overall heat transfer coefficient U, considering (hsactual=0.6 hsideal). (8 points) b) The total number and length of tubes. (4 points) c) The inner diameter of the shell and the total number of baffles. (4 points) d) Estimate the pressure losses in the tube and shell sides of the exchanger (6 points) Case 2: For dirty heat exchanger with Udirty =0.75 Uclean a) The heat transfer rate Q, and the outlet temperatures of the two fluids. (8 points) 1

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