Question

These devices are added into plant designs during pinch analysis. One of these devices is the feed-forward element in a popular recuperation scheme that places it immediately before and after a compressor. Calculations involving these devices use log-means, rather than arithmetic (10[1])or geometric means, between their inputs and outputs to estimate the average driving force. (10[1])The effectiveness of these devices asymptotically approaches one as the N·T·U, (10[1])or number of transfer units, increases. (-5[1])Corrugated plates (10[1])are used (10[1])in these devices to prevent fouling and maximize (-5[1])the (-5[1])Nusselt (“NOO-sult”) number. (10[1]-5[1])These devices are equipped with fins in the (-5[1])shell-and-tube configuration to increase surface area in the equation “Q (-5[1])equals U A (-5[1])delta T.” (-5[1])A distillation column’s reboiler is one of these devices that uses a counter·current (-5[1])flow of steam. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name these devices that transfer thermal energy between fluids (10[1])in pipes. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[8])

ANSWER: heat exchangers [or HEX or HX; prompt on exchangers; prompt on heaters; prompt on coolers; prompt on condensers; prompt on reboilers until read]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2148%0%48%93.40

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AFlorida B4010
Eric WolfsbergStanford AOhio State A5410
Matt SchiavonePurdue ARutgers B6510
Simon GorbatyDuke AChicago A71-5
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern AColumbia A7310
Nat KuNYU AUC Berkeley B7510
Amogh KulkarniChicago BFlorida A83-5
Raymond ChenToronto ATexas A84-5
Sarod NoriCornell BMIT A86-5
Ted GanPenn State ARutgers A8610
Jason HongBrown AGeorgia Tech A94-5
Charles HangWUSTL AYale A104-5
Conor ThompsonIowa State APenn A107-5
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BIllinois A109-5
Alan XieYale BMcGill A122-5
Carlos DoebeliImperial AHouston A125-5
Todd MaslykMichigan AMinnesota B12510
Alex AkridgeIndiana ANorth Carolina A13710
Robert CondronChicago CHarvard A13910
Tracy MirkinFlorida AChicago B1400
Maximillian NieburJohns Hopkins AColumbia B1400
Mitch McCullarIllinois AGeorgia Tech B1400
Rodrigo RoseMIT ACornell B14010
Albert ZhangColumbia BJohns Hopkins A1400
Geoffrey ChenCornell AMaryland A1400
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech ABrown A1400
Caleb KendrickMaryland ACornell A1400
Danny HanPenn AIowa State A1400