Q 5. Saturated steam at 295˚C is used to heat a counter-currently flowing stream of acetone...

Q 5. Saturated steam at 295˚C is used to heat a counter-currently flowing stream of acetone vapour from 65˚C to 290˚C in an adiabatic heat exchanger. The inlet flow rate of the acetone is 7500 standard litters per minute (at 1 bar), and the steam condenses and leaves the heat exchanger as liquid water at 86˚C.

I. Calculate the rate of heat transfer from the water to the acetone (kW).

II. Calculate the required flow rate of the entering steam in m3/min.

(Felder and Rousseau, 2005)

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