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A tubular shell/tube exchanger is operated with the following conditions: Thermal conductivity of the tube wall, kTw, is 26 , btu/hr-ft-F Baffle window opening fraction

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A tubular shell/tube exchanger is operated with the following conditions: "Thermal conductivity of the tube wall, kTw, is 26 , btu/hr-ft-F" "Baffle window opening fraction is 0.1955 " "*** Neglect the viscosity correction" \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|} \hline & Tube-side & Shell-side \\ \hline tube Do,Di, inches & 0.75, & \\ \hline shell Di, inches & & \\ \hline passes & 4 & 42 \\ \hline tube length, ft & 16 & 1 \\ \hline number of tubes & 1196 & \\ \hline tube pitch, in & 1.25 & \\ \hline baffle pitch, in & & 12 \\ \hline bulk fluid temp, F & 120 & 60 \\ \hline fluid flow, lbs/hr & 230000 & 140000 \\ \hline cp, btu/lb- & 1 & 0.4 \\ \hline spgr & 1 & 1 \\ \hline viscosity, lb/ft-hr & 1.3 & 0.9 \\ \hline k, btu/hr-ft-F & 0.375 & 0.876 \\ \hline \end{tabular} What is the shell-side parallel flow area, Sb, ft2? What is the shell-side crossflow area, Sc, ft2? What is the shell-side parallel flow mass flux, Gb, lb/hr-ft?? What is shell-side crossflow mass flux, Gc, lb/hr-ft2? What is shell-side average mass flux, Ge, lb/hr-ft2? What is the shell-side Reynolds number, Nre? What is the shell-side Prandtl number, Pr? What is shell-side heat transfer coefficient, ho, btu/hr-ft2-F

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