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The document contains a series of tutorial questions related to power plant technology, focusing on heat transfer calculations in various systems. It includes problems involving heating water in tubes, a counter-flow heat exchanger, and the heating of glycerine by ethylene glycol. Additionally, it addresses the heating of water by exhaust gases and solar-heated air in a heat exchanger, requiring calculations of power ratings, heat transfer rates, and outlet temperatures.

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Tutorial 2

The document contains a series of tutorial questions related to power plant technology, focusing on heat transfer calculations in various systems. It includes problems involving heating water in tubes, a counter-flow heat exchanger, and the heating of glycerine by ethylene glycol. Additionally, it addresses the heating of water by exhaust gases and solar-heated air in a heat exchanger, requiring calculations of power ratings, heat transfer rates, and outlet temperatures.

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Tutorial 2 (Power Plant Technology 2)

Q.1

Water is to be heated from 15 °C to 65 °C as it flows through a 3-cm-internal


diameter 5-m-long tube. The tube is equipped with an electric resistance
heater that provides uniform heating throughout the surface of the tube.
The outer surface of the heater is well insulated, so that in steady operation
all the heat generated in the heater is transferred to the water in the tube. If
the system is to provide hot water at a rate of 10 L/min, determine the
power rating of the resistance heater. Also, estimate the inner surface
temperature of the tube at the exit.

The properties of water at the bulk mean temperature of 40°C are provided
as ρ=992.1 3 ; k =0.631
2
kg W −6 m
; ν=0.658 × 10

Repeat the same problem for hot water demand of 1 L/min.


m mK s

Q.2

A counter-flow double-pipe heat exchanger is used to heat water from 30 °C


to 90 °C at a rate of 1.5 kg/s. The heating is to be accomplished by
geothermal water available at 160 °C at a mass flow rate of 2.5 kg/s. The
inner tube is thin-walled and has a diameter of 1.5 cm. If the overall heat
transfer coefficient of the heat exchanger is 650 W/m2.℃, determine the
length of the heat exchanger required to achieve the desired heating.

Given: Specific heats of water and geothermal fluids are 4.18 and 4.31
kJ/kg.℃.
Q.3

Glycerine (cp = 2400 J/kg°C) at 30 °C and 0.3 kg/s is to be heated by


ethylene glycol (cp = 2500 J/kg°C) at 80 °C in a thin-walled double-pipe
parallel-flow heat exchanger. The temperature difference between the two
fluids is 10°C at the outlet of the heat exchanger. If the overall heat transfer
coefficient is 300 W/m2-℃ and the heat transfer surface area is 3.2 m 2,
determine:
a) The rate of heat transfer.
b) The outlet temperature of the glycerine.
c) The mass flow rate of the ethylene glycol.
Q.4

Water at a rate of 45500 kg/h is heated from 80 °C to 150 °C in a heat


exchanger having two shell passes and eight tube passes with a total surface
area of 925 m2. Hot exhaust gases having approximately the same
thermophysical properties as air enter at 350 °C and exit at 175 °C.
Determine the overall heat transfer coefficient.

Q.5.

Water (cp = 4180 J/kg.°C) is to be heated by solar-heated hot air ( cp=1010


J/kg.°C) in a double-pipe counter-flow heat exchanger. Air enters the heat
exchanger at 95°C at a rate of 0.4 kg/s, while water enters at 25°C at a rate
of 0.15 kg/s. The overall heat transfer coefficient based on the inner side of
the tube is given to be 120 W/m2-℃. The length of the tube is 12 m and the
internal diameter of the tube is 1.5 cm. Determine the outlet temperatures
of the water and the air.

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