7.6. 96,000 lb/hr of 35˚F absorbtion oil in being cooled from 400 to 200˚F.

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the service is a 29 in. ID 1-2 exchanger having 338 tubes 1 in. OD, 14 BWG, 16’0’’ long on
11/4-in. triangular pitch. Baffles are spaced 10 in. apart, and the bundle is arranged for four
tube passes. What arrangement gives the more nearly balanced pressure drops, and what is
the dirt factor? The viscosity of the absorbtion oil is 2.6 centipoise at 100˚F and 1.5
centipoise at 210˚F. (Plot on logarithmic paper ˚F vs. viscosity is centipoise, and extrapolate
as a straigt line.) The viscosity of the distillate is 3.1 centipoise at 100˚F and 1.3 centipoise at
210˚F.