Department of Mechanical engineering III rd internal assessment Subject: Design of heat transfer equipments Subject code: Semester: IIIrd

SEM M.Tech Note: Answer any one question. Q1) A plant is being laid out in a restricted water locality. The total heat to be removed by the cooling tower is 26000,000 BTU/ hr. The locality has 5% WBT of 75o F The water will leave tower with 10 approach to WBT. Being water of ordinary mineral content it will emerge from equipment at 120 F. A tower 24X 24 Feet has been erected with a fan capacity of 187,000 CFM. How many diffusion units must the tower be capable of performing to fulfill process requirement. (50 marks) Date: Time: 1 hour

OR Q2) a)A cooling operation consist of passing 50,000 lb/hr of bone dry gas over trays of hot material from whose surface oxygen must be excluded. The gas is heated from 200 to 300 F and emerges with a dew point of 120 F. It then goes to cooler where it is cooled back to 200 F and heated from 85 to 120 F. A pressure drop of 2 inch of water is permissible. How many diffusion units must the tower be capable of performing to fulfill process requirement. (35 marks) b) What is cooling tower explain any two types of cooling towers with detail classifications. (15 marks)