Shortcut Air Cooled Heat Exchanger Design

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Process Side
Heat Duty

25.0 MMBTU/h

Overall HTC, U
Process Side
Inlet Temperature
Outlet Temperature
Air Side
Inlet Temperature
Design Face Velocity
Site Elevation
Outlet Temperature

20.0 Deg F
600 ft/min
500 ft
32.83 Deg F

Result
LMTD
Correction Factor
Corrected MTD

14.7 Deg F
0.955
14.05 Deg F

Finned Area
Face Area
Unit Width
Total Tubes
Tubes per Row

4.0 BTU/h.ft2.F
52.0 Deg F
31.0 Deg F

444810 ft2
2766.2 ft2
92.21 ft
2657
443

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Date
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Tube Side
Tube OD
Fin height
Tube Layout
Tube Pitch
Tube Length
Tube Pass
Number of Tube Rows

Drive Power
Fan Efficiency
Motor Efficiency
Air Flowrate
Air Side Pressure Drop
Brake Power
Motor Shaft Power

r Design
E-101
Product Cooler
14/06/14
CheCalc

1.000 inch
0.625 inch
30 Degree
2.500 inch
30.0 ft
Multiple
6

75 %
95 %
1,659,740 ACFM
0.855 inch H2O
297.6 hp
313.3 hp

Shortcut Air Cooled Heat Exchanger Design

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Chemical Engineering Calculations

User Input Cell

Process Side
Heat Duty
Overall HTC, U
Process Side
Inlet Temperature
Outlet Temperature
Air Side
Inlet Temperature
Design Face Velocity
Site Elevation
Outlet Temperature
Result
LMTD
Correction Factor
Corrected MTD
Finned Area
Face Area
Unit Width
Total Tubes
Tubes per Row

3.8 MMKcal/h
19.5 Kcal/h.m2.C
121.1 Deg C
65.6 Deg C
37.8 Deg C
3.0 m/s
152 m
74.41 Deg C

36.4 Deg C
0.947
34.48 Deg C
5613 m2
34.9 m2
3.82 m
361
60

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Description
Date
By
Tube Side
Tube OD
Fin height
Tube Layout
Tube Pitch
Tube Length
Tube Pass
Number of Tube Rows

Drive Power
Fan Efficiency
Motor Efficiency
Air Flowrate
Air Side Pressure Drop
Brake Power
Motor Shaft Power

r Design
E-101
Product Cooler
14/06/14
CheCalc

1.000 inch
0.625 inch
30 Degree
2.500 inch
9.1 m
Multiple
6

75 %
95 %
383,030 m3/h
19.07 mm H2O
26.1 kW
27.5 kW