Step-1

The heat transfer in a counter-current double pipe heat exchanger

(Q.) is equal to heat lost by hot body represented by equation (1). It
is also equal to heat gained by cold body represented by equation
(2). Upon considering the overall heat transfer coefficient, the heat
transfer is also equal to UA(AMTD) which is given by equation (3).
A is heat transfer area in m2,
m. A is mass flow rate of stream A (hot fluid) in kg/s,
m.B is mass flow rate of stream B (cold fluid) in kg/s,
TA, in and TA, out are inlet and outlet temperatures of ‘A’ stream.
TB, in and TB, out are inlet and outlet temperatures of ‘B’ stream

Q. = m.A Cp,A (TA,in  TA,out ) ...... (1)

= m.BCp,B (TB,out  TB,in ) ...... (2)
= UA(T) AMTD
 T  TA,out   TB,in  TB,out  
 UA  A,in    ...... (3)
 2   2 
Step-2
Substitute the given values in above equations. The equations are
represented by (4),(5),(6).

Q. = m.A kgs -1  2000 Jkg -1K -1  (363K  318K) ...... (4)

= 1 kgs-1  1000 Jkg -1K -1  (TB,out  313K) ...... (5)
 363K  318K   313K  TB,out 
= 250 Js 1m 2 K 1  8 m 2      ...... (6)
 2   2 
Step-3
Solve equations (5) and (6) to obtain the value of TB, out represented
by equation (7). Then solve equation (4) and (5) to get the mass flow
rate of ‘A’ (m.A) represented by equation (8)
 363K 
1 kgs-1  1000 Jkg -1K -1  (TB,out  313K) = 250 Js 1m 2 K 1  8 m 2  
 2
TB,out  340.5 K ...... (7)
m.A kgs-1  2000 Jkg -1K -1  (363K  318K) = 1 kgs-1  1000 Jkg -1K -1  (340.5 K 
m.A  0.3055 kgs-1 ...... (8)
Answer
The mass flow rate of ‘A’ is 0.30 kgs-1