Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
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ISBN: 9780470501979
Author: Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt, Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.43P
A shell-and-tube heat exchanger (1 shell pass, 2 tubepasses) is to be used to condense 2.73 kg/s of saturatedsteam at 340 K. Condensation occurs on the outer tubesurfaces, and the corresponding convection coefficient is
- What is the minimum number of tubes that shouldbe used, and what is the corresponding tube lengthper pass?
- To reduce the size of the heat exchanger, it is proposed to increase the water-side convection coefficient by inserting a wire mesh in the tubes. If themesh increases the convection coefficient by a
factor of two, what is the required tube length perpass?
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