1.

A double-pipe heat exchanger is constructed of a copper (k = 380 W/m·K) inner tube of internal diameter
Di = 1.2 cm and external diameter Do = 1.6 cm and an outer tube of diameter 3.0 cm. The convection heat
transfer coefficient is reported to be hi = 700 W/m2·K on the inner surface of the tube and ho = 1400
W/m2·K on its outer surface. For a fouling factor Rf, i = 0.0005 m2·K/W on the tube side and Rf, o = 0.0002
m2·K/W on the shell side, determine (a) the thermal resistance of the heat exchanger per unit length and
(b) the overall heat transfer coefficients Ui and Uo based on the inner and outer surface areas of the tube,
respectively.

2. Engine oil (cp = 2100 J/kg·K) is to be heated from 20°C to 60°C at a rate of 0.3 kg/s in a 2-cm-diameter thin
walled copper tube by condensing steam outside at a temperature of 130°C (hfg = 2174 kJ/kg). For an
overall heat transfer coefficient of 650 W/m2·K, determine the rate of heat transfer and the length of the
tube required to achieve it.
Answers: 25.2 kW, 7.0 m

3. Glycerin (cp = 2400 J/kg·K) at 20°C and 0.5 kg/s is to be heated by ethylene glycol (cp = 2500 J/kg·K) at
60°C in a thin-walled double-pipe parallel-flow heat exchanger. The temperature difference between the
two fluids is 15°C at the outlet of the heat exchanger. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 240
W/m2·K and the heat transfer surface area is 3.2 m2, determine (a) the rate of heat transfer, (b) the outlet
temperature of the glycerin, and (c) the mass flow rate of the ethylene glycol.

4. Consider a water-to-water counter-flow heat exchanger with these specifications. Hot water enters at
95°C while cold water enters at 20°C. The exit temperature of hot water is 15°C greater than that of cold
water, and the mass flow rate of hot water is 50 percent greater than that of cold water. The product of
heat transfer surface area and the overall heat transfer coefficient is 1400 W/K. Taking the specific heat
of both cold and hot water to be cp = 4180 J/kg·K, determine (a) the outlet temperature of the cold water,
(b) the effectiveness of the heat exchanger, (c) the mass flow rate of the cold water, and (d) the heat
transfer rate.

5. Glycerin (cp = 2400 J/kg·K) at 20°C and 0.3 kg/s is to be heated by ethylene glycol (cp = 2500 J/kg·K) at
60°C and the same mass flow rate in a thin-walled double-pipe parallel-flow heat exchanger. If the overall
heat transfer coefficient is 380 W/m2·K and the heat transfer surface area is 5.3 m2, determine (a) the
rate of heat transfer and (b) the outlet temperatures of the glycerin and the glycol.