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Chemical Engineering · Q58

Heat Transfer

Engineering and GATE · Chemical Engineering · question 58

Q58

Steam is to be condensed in a shell and tube heat exchanger, 5 m long with a shell diameter of 1 m. Cooling water is to be used for removing the heat. Heat transfer co-efficient for the cooling water, whether on shell side or tube side is the same. The best arrangement is

A.
Vertical heat exchanger with steam on tube side
B.
Vertical heat exchanger with steam on shell side
Answer
C.
Horizontal heat exchanger with steam on tube side
D.
Horizontal heat exchanger with steam on shell side

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
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