Film temperature calculation

Project : 2.5 Mkcal/hr heater

Heater Capacity
Coil heat absorption
Coil heat absorption in Kcal/hr
Thermic fluid flow
Thermic fluid inlet temperature
DELTA T across coil
TF outlet temperature
Mean temperature
Mean temp for calculations
Density
Viscosity
Specific heat capacity
Thermal conductivity
Tube OD
Tube Thick
Tube ID
Cross sectional area
Total no. of tubes per Pass

Kcal/hr
Kcal/hr/m2
m3/hr
kg/hr
C
C
C
C
C
kg/m3
kg/m.sec
kcal/kgC
kcal/hr.mC
mm
mm
m2
nos

Coil
Coil PCD
Coil height
No of turns per pass
length of tube per pass
Heat transfer area of coil
Heat flux for coil tubes
Velocity inside the tube
Reynolds number
Prandtl number
Nusselt number
Tube inside HTC
Fouling factor inside
Fouling factor outside
Thermal conductivity of tubes
Mean diameter of tube
Resistence of inside film
Fouling factor inside
Metal wall resistence
Fouling factor outside
Total resistance
Overall HTC till metal wall
Amount of heat flux
Total Temperature drop
Temperature drop in the film
Temperature drop in coke area
Temperature drop in metal
Temperature drop in outer fouling
Total drop

kcal/m2hrC
hr m2C/Kcal
hr m2C/Kcal
kcal/m hrC
mm
hr m2C/Kcal
hr m2C/Kcal
hr m2C/Kcal
hr m2C/Kcal
hr m2C/Kcal
kcal/m2hrC
Kcal/hr/m2
C
C
C
C
C
C

Film temperature
Tube skin temperature
Allowable film temperature

C
C
C

m
m
Nos
m
m2
Kcal/hr/m2
m/sec

Radiant coil
2,500,000
39.0%
975000
77
61048
305
24
329
317
318
792.8
3.78E-04
0.631
0.080
76.20
3.66
68.9
0.00373
2
Radiant
2.48
3.20
21
164
23
54079
2.87
414268
10.78
1857
2148
0.000154
0.000000
37
72
0.000466
0.000154
0.000094
0.000000
0.000713
1402
54079
38.6
25.2
8.3
5.1
0.0
38.6

Convective coil
2,500,000
61.0%
1525000
90
71133
305
33
338
321
321
790.4
3.73E-04
0.633
0.079
76.20
3.66
68.9
0.00373
3
3
Convective
Convective
Inner coil
Outer coil
2.00
2.25
4.50
4.50
20
20
124
139
51
58
17549
2.24
326722
10.71
1532
1764
0.000154
0.000000
37
72
0.000567
0.000154
0.000094
0.000000
0.000814
1228
17549
14.3
9.9
2.7
1.6
0.0
14.3

354.5
367.9

347.8
352.1
374.0

Allowable film temperature is higher than calculated max film temperature hence design is safe