It is proposed that the exhaust gas from a natural gaspowered electric generation plant be used to
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It is proposed that the exhaust gas from a natural gaspowered 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 \(40 \mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{m} \cdot \mathrm{K}\), an inner diameter of \(50 \mathrm{~mm}\), and a wall thickness of \(4 \mathrm{~mm}\). The exhaust gas, whose flow rate is \(2 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{s}\), enters the heat exchanger at \(400^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and must leave at \(215^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). To limit the pressure drop within the tubes, the tube gas velocity should not exceed \(25 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\). If saturated water at \(11.7 \mathrm{bar}\) 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 \(0.0015 \mathrm{~m}^{2} \cdot \mathrm{K} / \mathrm{W}\).
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Fundamentals Of Heat And Mass Transfer
ISBN: 9781119220442
8th Edition
Authors: Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine