Second semester 1432/1433

King Saud University ChE 317

College of Engineering Tutorial # 3
Chemical Engineering Dept 7!"!1"33
#eat Transfer $perations
1. Air is flowing through a tube having an inside diameter of 38.1 mm at a velocity
of 6.1 m/s! average tem"erature of 44#.# $! and "ressure of 138 %&a. 'he inside
wall tem"erature is held constant at 4.6 $ by steam condensing outside the tube
wall. (alculate the heat)transfer coefficient for a long tube and the heat)transfer
flu*.
2. +ater enters a 2.,)cm)internal)diameter thin co""er tube of a heat e*changer at
1,-( at a rate of ..3 %g/s! and is heated by steam condensing outside at 12.-(. /f
the average heat transfer coefficient is 8.. +/m
2
-(! determine the length of the
tube re0uired in order to heat the water to 11,-(.
3. +ater entering at 1. 1( is to be heated to 4. 1( in a tube of ...2 m /2 at a mass
flow rate of ...1 %g/s. 'he outside of the tube is wra""ed with an insulated
electric heating element that "roduces a uniform flu* of 1.!... +/m
2
over the
surface 3N
Nu
4 4.,. 5eglecting any entrance effects! determine6
a. 'he 7eynolds number.
b. 'he heat transfer coefficient.
c. 'he length of the "i"e needed for a 3. 1( increase in average tem"erature.
4. Air at a "ressure of 1.1.3 %&a and a tem"erature of 288.8 $ is flowing over a thin!
smooth flat "late at 3.., m/s. 'he "late length in the direction of flow is ..3., m
and is at 333.2 $. (alculate the heat transfer coefficient assuming laminar flow.
,. (old air 828.# 1( and 1 atm is re)circulated at a velocity of ..61 m/s over the
e*"osed to" flat surface of a "iece of fro9en meat. 'he sides and the bottom of
this rectangular slab of meat are insulated and the to" surface is 2,4 mm by 2,4
mm s0uare. /f the surface of the meat is at 86. 1(! "redict the average heat)
transfer coefficient of the s0uare.
6. Air at 83.4 %&a "ressure and 2.-( flows with a velocity of 8 m/s over a 1., m : 6
m flat "late whose 'em"erature is 14.-(. 2etermine the rate of heat transfer from
the "late if the air flows "arallel to the 3a; 6)m)long side and 3b; the 1.,)m side.
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Second semester 1432/1433
. Air at a "ressure of 6 %5/m
2
and a tem"erature of 3.. 1( flows with a velocity of
1. m/s over a flat "late .., m long. @stimate the cooling rate "er unit width of the
"late needed to maintain it at a surface tem"erature of 2 1(. 'he "hysical
"ro"erties of air at o"erating conditions are6 k 4 ...364 +/m.$! Pr 4 ..68! / 4
,.21 * 1.
84
.
8. /t is desired to "redict the heat transfer coefficient for air being blown by an a""le
lying on screen with large o"enings. 'he air velocity is ..61 m/s at 1.1.32 %&a
"ressure and 316., $. 'he surface of the a""le is 2.6 $ and its average
diameter is 114 mm. Assume that it is s"here.
#. Air at 1,.6 1( and 1 atm abs flows across a ban% of tubes containing four
transverse rows in the direction of flow and 1. rows normal to the flow at a
velocity of .62 m/s as the air a""roaches the blan% of tubes. 'he tube surfaces
are maintained ,.2 1(. 'he outside diameter of the tubes is 2,.4 mm and the
tubes are in)line to the flow. 'he s"acing S
n
of the tubes normal to the flow is 38.1
mm and S
"
is also 38.1 mm "arallel to the flow. Aor a ..3., m length of the tube
blan%! calculate the heat transfer rate.
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