DKK1493 HEAT TRANSFER
CHAPTER 4
HEAT EXCHANGER
 Heat exchanger type
 The Heat Exchanger Analysis: Log Mean
Temperature Difference (LMTD)
CONTENTS
It is expected that students will be able:
 to classify different types of heat exchangers
 to calculate the log mean temperature
difference (LMTD) and determine correction
factor for multi-passes heat exchanger.
TOPIC OUTCOMES
TYPE OF HEAT EXCHANGER
Double-pipe heat exchanger
Shell and Tube Heat
Exchanger
1 shell pass
I tube pass
(1-1
exchanger)
1 shell pass
2 tube passes
(1-2
exchanger)
Shell and tube exchanger Shell inlet
Shell outlet
Tube inlet
Tube outlet
Shell inlet
Tube inlet
Tube outlet
Shell outlet
Cross-Flow Heat exchangers
One fluid mixed,
one fluid unmixed Both fluids unmixed
Gas flow
Gas flow
LOG MEAN TEMPERATURE
DIFFERENCE (LMTD)
1
'T
2
'T1
T
2
T
Distance
T1
2
T
Countercurrent
1
T
1
'T
2
T
2
'T
T2 T1
Distance
Co-current
T1
T’2
T2
T’1
T1
T’2
T2
T’1
Log mean temperature
difference
Energy Balances and Heat Transfer
Rate
 Energy balance on hot fluid:
 Energy balance on cool fluid:
 Heat transfer rate:
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TTcmq 
cicocp
TTcmq 
m
TUAq
This Tlm holds for a double-pipe heat exchanger
and 1-1 exchanger with 1 shell pass and 1 tube
pass in parallel or counter-flow.
When the hot and cold fluids in a heat exchanger are
in true counter-current flow or in co-current (parallel)
flow,
LOG MEAN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE
(LMTD)
2
1
21
1
2
12
lnln
T
T
TT
T
T
TT
Tlm
lm
TUAq
Example
An oil which has a cpm = 2.30 kJ/kg.K is being cooled in
a heat exchanger from 371.9 K to 349.7 K and flows
inside the tube at a rate of 3630 kg/h. A flow of water
enters at 288.6 K for cooling out and flows outside the
tube at 319.1 K. Calculate the heat-transfer area if the
U = 340 W/m2.K for each counter-current and co-
current flow. Discuss your result.
(Ans: 2.66 m2; 2.87 m2)
 For multiple-pass heat exchanger, the correction factor FT
used to calculate the true mean temperature drop. (under
assumption of counter-flow conditions)
 Two dimensionless ratios are used as follows:
 For counter-flow:
 Correct mean temperature:
 Heat transfer rate:
LOG MEAN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE
(LMTD) CORRECTION FACTORS
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Correction factor FT for shell
and tube heat exchanger
with one shell pass and
any multiple of two tube
passes (2, 4, 6, etc, tube
passes)
Correction factor FT for
shell and tube heat
exchanger with two shell
pass and any multiple
of four tube passes
(4, 8, 12, etc, tube
passes)
EXAMPLE 4.9-1: Temperature Correction Factor for a Heat
Exchanger
A 1-2 heat exchanger containing one shell pass and two tubes
passes heats 2.52 kg/s of water from 21.1 to 54.4oC by using hot
water under pressure entering at 115.6 and leaving at 48.9oC. The
outside surface area of the tubes in the exchanger is Ao = 9.30 m2
a) Calculate the mean temperature difference ΔTm in the
exchanger and the overall heat-transfer coefficient Uo
b) For the same temperature but using a 2-4 exchanger, what
would be the ΔTm ?
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T
2
T
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T
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waterkg/s2.52
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hot water
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2
1
21
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T
TT
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(b) ExchangerHeat42
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.KW/m1196
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mo
o
TA
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F
K39.8C39.8
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PROBLEM 4.9-2: Cooling Oil by Water in an Exchanger
Oil flowing at the rate of 5.04 kg/s (cpm = 2.09 kJ/kg.K) is cooled in
a 1-2 heat exchanger from 366.5 K to 344.3 K by 2.02 kg/s of water
entering at 283.2 K. The overall heat transfer coefficient Uo is 340
w/m2.K. Calculate the area required. (Hint: A heat balance must
first be made to determine the outlet water temperature)
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