It is proposed that the exhaust gas from a diesel powered electric generation plant be used to
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It is proposed that the exhaust gas from a diesel powered electric generation plant be used to generate steam in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with one shell and one tube pass. The steel tubes have a thermal conductivity of 40 W/m ∙ K. an inner diameter of 50 mm, and a wall thickness of 4 mm. The exhaust gas, whose flow rate is 2 kg/s, enters the heat exchanger at 400°C and must leave at 215°C. To limit the pressure drop within the tubes, the tube gas velocity should not exceed 25 m/s. If saturated water at 11.7 bar is supplied to the shell side of the exchanger, determine the required number of tubes and their length. Assume that the properties of the exhaust gas can be approximated as those of atmospheric air and that the water-side thermal resistance is negligible. However, account for fouling on the gas-side of the tubes and use a fouling resistance of 0.0015 m2 ∙ K/W.
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Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
ISBN: 978-0471457282
6th Edition
Authors: Incropera, Dewitt, Bergman, Lavine