Code No: 5421AW R17

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

M. Tech II Semester Examinations, June/July - 2019
EQUIPMENT DESIGN FOR THERMAL SYSTEMS
(Thermal Engineering)
Time: 3hrs Max.Marks:75
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Note: This question paper contains two parts A and B.
Part A is compulsory which carries 25 marks. Answer all questions in Part A. Part B
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consists of 5 Units. Answer any one full question from each unit. Each question carries
10 marks and may have a, b, c as sub questions.

PART - A
5 × 5 Marks = 25
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1.a) Makeup water calculations for cooling towers, Range and Approach. [5]
b) Discuss the design principle of furnaces and assumptions made. [5]
c) Write about the film coefficient, fouling factors and their significance. [5]
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d) Explain Kettle Reboiler and its design details. [5]
e) What are the limitations and Advantages of 3-6 heat exchangers? [5]

PART - B
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5 × 10 Marks = 50
2.a) Obtain the expression for LMTD for a parallel flow heat exchanger.
b) A two pass surface condenser is required for 7000kW turbo generator which has a
steam consumption of 8Kg/k w-hr. the cooling water inlet and outlet temperature are
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320C and 430C respectively. The velocity of water in 2 cm outside diameter and
1.2 mm thick tube is 1.5 m/Sec. The desired vacuum is 660 mm of Hg and condenser
temperature is not to fall below 500C. if the dryness fraction of steam at inlet to the
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condenser is 0.9 and overall heat transfer coefficient is 3.489 K w/m2-0C. Find
i) cooling surface area required ii) The number of tubes and length of each tube.
Barometer reading = 760mm og Hg. [5+5]
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3.a) What are the methods of augmentation of heat transfer? Explain any one method of
augmentation in detail.
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b) A steam turbine used in marine applications has a condenser flow (of steam) at a full
load of 12200 kg/hr. The quality of steam at turbine exhaust is 0.86. The condenser
pressure is 0.08 bar. Sea water used for circulation is at 2.20C. The terminal
temperature difference between the steam and outgoing water is 580C. The circulating
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water velocity is maintained at 1.7 m/s. The condenser tubes are of 14 mm ID and
1.24 mm thickness. Determine
i) The rate of flow of cooling water
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ii) The length of tubes
iii) The number of tubes in condenser, Take U0 = 3260 w/m2k. [5+5]

4. The annulus of a double-pipe heat exchanger has an inner diameter of 36.6 and an outer
diameter of 59.7 mm. What is the heat transfer coefficient for water at 360C and
atmospheric pressure following in the annulus at a velocity of 2.71 m/s? What would be
the effective heat transfer coefficient if the inner tube had 24 m longitudinal carbon
steel fins of height 10.1 mm and thickness 0.81 mm attached to it? Calculate the
enhancement for the same flow rate. Also calculate the pressure drop per unit length of
heat exchanger, with and without the fins. [10]
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5.a) Derive an expression for average heat transfer co-efficient for condensations of vapor
on a flat vertical plate, using Nusselt’s theory and explain its limitations.
b) Dry steam at 1020C condenses on the outside surface of a horizontal pipe of 30 cm
outer diameter. The pipe surface is maintained at 820C by circulating water through it.
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Determine the rate of formation of condensate per meter length of the pipe and heat
transfer quantity. [5+5]
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6. Determine the heat flux in boiling of water at a pressure corresponding on a vertical
surface to a saturation temperature of 310C under pool boiling if the excess temperature
is 700 C. [10]
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7.a) Explain the principle of working with line diagram, the reflux type condenser.
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b) An evaporative condenser is used in a recreating system to take heat load of
refrigeration plant of 60 tons capacity. The heat rejection factor of the system is 1.4.
The water enters the condenser at 210C and leaves at 280C. Air enters the condenser at
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280C and 210C DBT and leaves the condenser at 260C and saturated condition. Find
i) the quantity of air passed through the condenser in m3 / minute ii) makeup water
supplied per minute. [5+5]
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8. In double pipe heat exchanger it is desired to cool 23, 810 lb/hr of engine oil from
1600 F to 1360 F, consisting of 2 × 1.0 inch lps on which are mounted 20 fins 0.5 in
high by 0.035 in wide. Seawater at 68 F will serve as the cooling medium. Pressure
drops of 10 psi are allowable on both streams and fouling factors of 0.001 for the
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engine oil and 0.005 for seawater are required. How many 20 ft hairpins will be
required? Engine oil flows on the finned side. [10]
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9.a) A fin tube coil is to be designed to heat 160 m3 of air per minute For 260C to 700C.
The heating medium is to be steam at a pressure of 0.33 atmospheres (l080C). Tubing
is to be of 12.5 mm I.D. And 16.0 mm O.D. Design the coil making suitable
assumptions.
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b) Explain the significance of fin efficiency and effectiveness. [5+5]
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10.a) A cooling tower has a duty of 44MW in which outlet and inlet water temperatures are
33 0C and 23 0C respectively. The available ambient conditions are 20 0C and 55% RH.
Carry out the complete design of cooling tower with suitable assumption make suitable
comments on the results.
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b) Explain about spray ponds and hyperbolic cooling tower. [5+5]
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11. A small-size cooling tower is designed to cool 5.5 liters of water per second, the inlet
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temperature of which is 440C. The motor driven fan induces 9 mᵌ/s of air through the
tower and the power absorbed is 4.75 kW. The air entering the tower is at 180C, and has
a relative humidity of 60%. The air leaving the tower can be assumed to be saturated
and its temperature is 260C. Calculate: (a) The amount of cooling water (make-up)
required for second. (b) The final temperature of the water. Assume that the pressure
remains constant throughout the tower at 1.013 bar. [5+5]

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