A salt solution at 293 K is fed at the rate of 6.3 kg/s to a forward-feed triple-effect evaporator and is concentrated from 2 per cent to 10 per cent of solids. Saturated steam at 170 kN/m² is introduced into the calandria of the first effect and a pressure of 34 kN/m is maintained in the last effect. If the heat transfer coefficients in the three effects are 1.7, 1.4 and 1.1 kW/m2 K, respectively, and the specific heat capacity of the liquid is approximately 4 kJ/kg K, what area is required if each effect is identical? Condensate may be assumed to leave at the vapor temperature at each stage, and the effects of boiling point tise may be neglected. The latent heat of vaporization may be taken as constant throughout.
A salt solution at 293 K is fed at the rate of 6.3 kg/s to a forward-feed triple-effect evaporator and is concentrated from 2 per cent to 10 per cent of solids. Saturated steam at 170 kN/m² is introduced into the calandria of the first effect and a pressure of 34 kN/m is maintained in the last effect. If the heat transfer coefficients in the three effects are 1.7, 1.4 and 1.1 kW/m2 K, respectively, and the specific heat capacity of the liquid is approximately 4 kJ/kg K, what area is required if each effect is identical? Condensate may be assumed to leave at the vapor temperature at each stage, and the effects of boiling point tise may be neglected. The latent heat of vaporization may be taken as constant throughout.
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