Module 4: Activity No.

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Heat Transfer Fluid-to-Fluid Exercises Problem

Name: DEVILLENA, MARIANNE ANGEL

Student No.: 20190150631
Problem:
A boiler tube (OD = 3.5 in., ID = 2.7 in) contains water at 1250 psia (t sat = 572 0F). The
water film coefficient is hi = 2000 Btu/hr.ft2.0F when the heat flux is 52000 Btu/hr.ft2 of the
outside tube surface. Determine: (a) the outside tube temperature, (b) the permissible
thickness of boiler scale if the metallic temperature is not to exceed 925 deg F. Thermal
conductivities are: steel, k = 310 and for scale k = 3.5 Btu-in/hr.ft2.0F.
𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛:
𝑂𝐷 = 3.5 𝑖𝑛
1 𝑓𝑡
𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 3.5 𝑖𝑛 ( ) = 0.29 𝑓𝑡
12 𝑖𝑛
1 𝑓𝑡
𝐼𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 2.7 𝑖𝑛 ( ) = 0.225 𝑓𝑡
12 𝑖𝑛
𝑇𝑠𝑎𝑡 = 572 °𝐹
𝐵𝑇𝑈
ℎ𝑖 = 2000 𝐼𝐷 = 2.7 𝑖𝑛
𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹
𝐵𝑇𝑈
ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑥 = 52000
𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹
𝑄 𝑄
= 𝑈(𝑇𝑖 − 𝑇𝑜 )
𝐴
𝑟
1 𝜋𝑟𝑜2 𝜋𝑟𝑜2 ln 𝑟𝑜
𝑖
= +
𝑈 ℎ𝑖 𝜋𝑟𝑖2 2𝜋𝑘𝐿

𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐿 = 1
3.5 𝑖𝑛
0.29 𝑓𝑡 2
0.29 𝑓𝑡 2 𝜋 ( 2 ) ln ( 2.72 𝑖𝑛 )
1 𝜋 ( )
2 2
= +
𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈 0.225 𝑖𝑛 2 (2𝜋) (310 𝐵𝑇𝑈 − 𝑖𝑛 ) (1)
(2000 )(
𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹 2 ) 𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹

𝐵𝑇𝑈
𝑈 = 1191.302
𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹
𝑄
= 𝑈(𝑇𝑖 − 𝑇𝑜 )
𝐴
𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈
52000 2
= (1191.302 ) (572°𝐹 − 𝑇𝑜 )
𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 °𝐹 𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹
𝑻𝒐 = 𝟓𝟐𝟖. 𝟑𝟓 °𝑭
𝑄
= 𝑈(𝑇𝑖 − 𝑇𝑜 )
𝐴
𝐵𝑇𝑈
52000 = 𝑈(925°𝐹 − 528.35°𝐹 )
𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹
𝐵𝑇𝑈
𝑈 = 131.098
𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹
𝑟 𝑟
1 𝜋𝑟𝑜2 𝜋𝑟𝑜2 ln 𝑜 𝐴𝑜 ln( 𝑖 )
𝑟𝑖 𝑟𝑠
= + +
𝑈 ℎ𝑖 𝜋𝑟𝑖2 2𝜋𝑘𝐿 2𝜋𝑘𝑠 𝐿

2
3.5 𝑖𝑛
0.29 𝑓𝑡
0.29 𝑓𝑡 2 𝜋 ( 2 ) ln ( 2.72 𝑖𝑛 ) 0.29 𝑓𝑡 0.1125𝑓𝑡
1 𝜋 ( ) 𝜋( ) ln ( )
2 2 2 𝑟𝑠
= + +
131.098
𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈 0.225 𝑖𝑛 2 (2𝜋) (310 𝐵𝑇𝑈 − 𝑖𝑛 ) (1) (2𝜋)(3.5
𝐵𝑇𝑈 − 𝑖𝑛
)(1)
𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹 (2000 𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹 ) ( 2 ) 𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹 𝐻𝑅 𝑓𝑡 2 °𝐹

𝒓𝒔 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟒𝟑 𝒇𝒕