Steam is to be condensed on the shell side of a 1-shell-pass and 8-tube-passes condenser, with 50 tubes in each pass, at 30°C (hfg = 2431 kJ/kg). Cooling water (cp = 4180 J/kg·K) enters the tubes at 15°C at a rate of 1800 kg/h. The tubes are thin-walled, and have a diameter of 1.5 cm and length of 2 m per pass. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 3000 W/m2·K, determine (a) the rate of heat transfer and (b) the rate of condensation of steam.
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Steam is to be condensed on the shell side of a
1-shell-pass and 8-tube-passes condenser, with 50 tubes in
each pass, at 30°C (hfg = 2431 kJ/kg). Cooling water (cp =
4180 J/kg·K) enters the tubes at 15°C at a rate of 1800 kg/h.
The tubes are thin-walled, and have a diameter of 1.5 cm and
length of 2 m per pass. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is
3000 W/m2·K, determine (a) the rate of heat transfer and
(b) the rate of condensation of steam.
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