It is proposed to cool oil in a counter-current, concentric tube heat exchanger composed of a thin-walled inner tube of 0.02 m diameter carrying oil and thin-walled, perfectly insulated outer tube of 0.05 m diameter carrying water. The oil flow rate is 50.0 kg min-1 and it has to be cooled from 90°C to 40°C using 60 kg min-1 water at 20°C. Calculate the heat load and the outlet water temperature.
Heat Exchangers
Heat exchangers are the types of equipment that are primarily employed to transfer the thermal energy from one fluid to another, provided that one of the fluids should be at a higher thermal energy content than the other fluid.
Heat Exchanger
The heat exchanger is a combination of two words ''Heat'' and ''Exchanger''. It is a mechanical device that is used to exchange heat energy between two fluids.
It is proposed to cool oil in a counter-current, concentric tube heat
exchanger composed of a thin-walled inner tube of 0.02 m diameter
carrying oil and thin-walled, perfectly insulated outer tube of 0.05 m
diameter carrying water. The oil flow rate is 50.0 kg min-1 and it has to be
cooled from 90°C to 40°C using 60 kg min-1 water at 20°C.
Calculate the heat load and the outlet water temperature.
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