University of Santo Tomas ChE 2110: Heat and Mass Transfer

Faculty of Engineering AY 2020-2021

Department of Chemical Engineering Problem Set (PS)

Names: Instructor:
Cabe, Patrick Nathane Salazar, Alfonso Jan Engr. Allan Paolo L. Almajose, MSc
Rodriguez, Kent Wilfred Salazar, John Angelo Engr. Michael Francis D. Benjamin,
Reginio, Pierce Lenard Santos, Sean Raymar Ph.D.

Section: 3ChE-A Group No: 2 Date: September 30, 2022

PS3: Heat Transfer by Convection

A. Determine the appropriate formula for h by giving the Eqn. no. from Perry’s 9th Edition, given the
following conditions below:

Equation
Conditions:
No.

1. Forced convection: for fully developed turbulent flow where 0.7 < Pr < 16,700, ReD < 5-57
10,000, and L/D > 10

2. Forced convection: for fully developed flow in the transition region between laminar and 5-55
turbulent flow, and for fully developed turbulent flow where 0.5 < Pr < 105, 3000 < ReD < 106

3. Natural Convection: for a horizontal rectangular cavity heated from below, the onset of 5-49
advection requires RaL > 1708

4. For film type condensation in vertical tubes: For a Reynolds number < 30, the average 5-79
Nusselt number for laminar condensate films is

5. For Bank of tubes: The heat-transfer coefficient increases from row 1 to about row 5 of the 5-69
tube bank. The average Nusselt number for a tube bank with fewer than 10 rows

6. For fully developed turbulent flow of liquid metals, the Nusselt number depends on the 5-58
wall boundary condition. For a constant wall temperature

7. For natural convection: For laminar and turbulent flow on isothermal, horizontal cylinders 5-43
of diameter D,

8. For external flows for a single cylinder in cross flow. 5-63

9. For non-evaporating falling films: For laminar flow (Reδ < 20–30) 5-74

10. For external flows: The average Nusselt number for turbulent flow over a smooth, 5-67
isothermal flat plate of length x is given by

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B. Answer what is being required in the following problems.

1. Benzene is heated inside concentric pipes made of 1 inch and ½ inch sch 40. from 35 to 60oC by
4000 kg/hr of nitrobenzene at 80oC. A value of Uo equal to 570 is expected. How much benzene
can be heated in 48 m of pipe if flow is a) counter-current flow b) co-current flow

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2. A double pipe heat exchanger consists of a 2” Sch 40 steel pipe inside a 3inch Sch 40 steel pipe,
10 m long. Water at 25 oC flows at the rate of 100 kg/hr through the smaller pipe while steam at
120 kPa is condensing in the annulus. The water side heat transfer coefficient is 1,000 W/mK
while the steam side heat transfer coefficient is 20,000 W/mK. Find the exit temperature (oC) of
the water and the mass flow rate of steam (kg/hr). 

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3. It is desired to cool an organic liquid from 65oC to 40oC using water as cooling medium. The
organic liquid shall enter 5m/s and at the average temperature its properties are: density = 810
kg/m3, viscosity = 1 cp, specific heat = 2.1 KJ/kg-K and thermal conductivity = 0.14 W/m-K. The
cooling water shall enter at 28oC and leave at 35oC. Suppose a double pipe heat exchanger
composed of 1 inch and 2 inch sch 40 Steel pipes are used. Determine the length of the
exchanger needed (m) for (a) counter-current flow (b) co-current flow.
PART A: COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW

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4. A vertical condenser composed of ½” and 1.5” Std Steel pipes will handle cyclohexane vapor
condensing at 1 atm inside the small pipe. Assume water as the cooling medium at an average
temperature of 70oC and heat transfer coefficient of 3000 W/m2-K. Assuming film type
condensation, what is the mass rate of cyclohexane if the exchanger is 1.5 m long?

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