//scilab 5.4.1 clear; clc; printf("\t\t\tProblem Number 11.27\n\n\n"); // Chapter 11 : Heat Transfer // Problem 11.27 (page no. 605) // Solution //HEAT EXCHANGER //Oil flows in the tube side and is cooled from 280 F to 140 F //Therefore, t2=140; //Unit:fahrenheit t1=280; //Unit:fahrenheit //On the shell side,water is heated from 85 F to 115 F T1=85; //Unit:fahrenheit T2=115; //Unit:fahrenheit P=(t2-t1)/(T1-t1); R=(T1-T2)/(t2-t1); //From the figure, F=0.91;//Correction factor LMTD=((t1-T2)-(t2-T1))/log((t1-T2)/(t2-T1)); //LMTD=Log mean temperature difference //Unit:fahrenheit TMTD=F*LMTD; //TMTD=True mean temperature difference //Unit:fahrenheit printf("The true mean temperature is %f fahrenheit",TMTD);