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Design a heat exchanger for a specific process involving the heating of ethanol from 20°C to 80°C. The process flow rate of ethanol is 200 L/hr, and the heating medium is water available at 90°C with a flow rate of 500 L/hr. The heat transfer coefficient for the heat exchanger is 1000 W/m²K. Determine the surface area required for the heat exchanger to achieve the desired heating of ethanol using the given data

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To determine the surface area required for the heat exchanger, we'll first need to calculate the heat duty  Q  required to heat the ethanol from 20C to 80C. We can do this using the equation:Q = m * Cp * Twhere:- Q is the heat duty  W - m is the mass flow rate of ethanol  kg/s - Cp is the specific heat capacity of ethanol  J/kgK - T is the temperature change of ethanol  K The specific heat capacity of ethanol is approximately 2.44 kJ/kgK. To find the mass flow rate of ethanol, we need to convert the volumetric flow rate  200 L/hr  to mass flow rate using the density of ethanol   , which is approximately 789 kg/m.m =  200 L/hr  *  1 m/1000 L  *  789 kg/m  *  1 hr/3600 s  = 0.0437 kg/sNow we can calculate the heat duty:Q =  0.0437 kg/s  *  2440 J/kgK  *  80C - 20C Q = 0.0437 * 2440 * 60Q = 6394.8 WNext, we'll use the heat transfer coefficient  U  and the log mean temperature difference  LMTD  to determine the required surface area  A  for the heat exchanger. The LMTD can be calculated using the equation:LMTD =  T1 - T2  / ln T1/T2 where:- T1 is the temperature difference between the hot and cold fluids at one end of the heat exchanger  K - T2 is the temperature difference between the hot and cold fluids at the other end of the heat exchanger  K In this case, T1 =  90C - 20C  = 70 K and T2 =  90C - 80C  = 10 K. Thus, the LMTD is:LMTD =  70 K - 10 K  / ln 70/10 LMTD  37.1 KNow we can determine the required surface area using the equation:A = Q /  U * LMTD where:- A is the required surface area  m - U is the heat transfer coefficient  1000 W/mK A = 6394.8 W /  1000 W/mK * 37.1 K A  0.172 mTherefore, the required surface area for the heat exchanger to achieve the desired heating of ethanol is approximately 0.172 m.

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